The Role

  • Leverage and develop partnerships to achieve greater coverage, reach and profile of the grassroots game across a regional area to ensure maximum connectivity (and best return on football investment), between Community Football Foundations; County FAs; School Partnerships and Local Authorities
  • Retain and expand Women’s Football structures in regional strategic locations (Barclay’s Girls’ Football School Partnerships; UEFA Women’s EURO Legacy Structures) and evolve the Barclays Super-Hubs to lead innovation/test new concepts
  • Provide specialist development support, advice, and training to County FAs within a designated region and their associated England Football Accredited Clubs to create sustainable provision for male, female and disabled participants
  • Lead and manage any FA football for development and social change plans across a regional area to tackle inequalities in the national game

    • Please note: in-person interviews are currently scheduled to be held at the end of September/early October at Wembley Stadium or St. George’s Park

    Key Accountabilities

    Networks and Structures :

  • Grow, retain and evolve Girls Football School Partnership structures 
  • Retain, develop and expand Womens Football legacy structures within key geographical locations, building on the success of UEFA Womens Euro
  • Support County FAs to create effective cross stakeholder action plans to achieve their targets and deliver successful football development outcomes for the local area
  • Design and deliver regional networking and training events for stakeholders

    • Relationship Management:

  • Strengthen relationships between the County FAs and wider football providers, connecting and aligning strategies
  • Represent The FA on regional/local strategy groups and make presentations on the work of the Grassroots Football Division
  • Champion the perspective of County FAs and delivery partners across The FA and with key partners, elevating their profile and the recognition of the work undertaken at local level
  • Influence stakeholders adoption of FA digital communication and products to reach customers across the wider football landscape

    • Influence and Impact

  • Provide specialist advice and guidance to support the development of the male, female and disability pathways in England Football Accredited Clubs
  • Develop processes that enables local knowledge and insight to inform national strategies
  • Relentlessly challenge alignment of football strategies across a regional area, including value for money and scale of impact
  • Ensure the best possible return on football investment across regional projects and interventions
  • Execute additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group changing priorities.
  • Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing can be maintained.

    • What we are looking for

    Essential

    Knowledge

  • Business / Sport development qualification.

    • Experience

  • Strong Influencing skills in the areas of strategy and policy.
  • Experience of grassroots football.
  • Track record of creating effective, detailed business plans to achieve a range of outcomes.
  • Success in leading transformational change programmes.
  • Broad business development skills covering the areas of people management, influencing and negotiating
  • Developing successful partnerships and attracting investment.
  • Ability to gain buy in to equality objectives.

    • Desirable

    Technical Skills

  • Strategic management, policy implementation and business improvement.
  • Evaluating risk, dealing with conflict and managing change.
  • Achieving results through performance management.
  • Relationship management through coaching and mentoring.

    • Knowledge

  • The FA Grassroots Football Strategy.

    • Experience

  • Regional Management or Senior Sport Development role
  • Working in partnership with football and wider community organisations.
  • Political and functional workings of Local Authorities, Sport England and other partners.
  • Shared service models.

    • Additional Technical Skills

  • Health and safety skills / qualification.
  • Project management skills / qualification.
  • Understanding of data analysis.