What will you be doing?

To coordinate and manage the monitoring, delivery and delivery payment processing of 2024/25 project submissions.
Provide administrative support with communications, document interrogation and storage, and scheduling of key meetings and events.
To support with application eligibility process, provide funding recommendations to FA project leads, producing and distributing funding decisions.
To provide high-quality administration support as required to aid the delivery of FA programmes and activities.
To action ad-hoc project tasks from internal stakeholders.
To monitor and action allocated items within departmental inboxes and company software programme requests in addition to your workload.
To raise orders and process divisional invoices using the company Purchase Order system.
To prepare reports, and presentations and maintain databases as requested.
To support the coordination of, and attend, team meetings, noting and owning closing of actions where required.
Establish good rapport with all stakeholders, departmental colleagues, County FAs and relevant key external partners.
Executes additional tasks as required to meet FA Group's changing priorities.
Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and well-being can be maintained.
As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role:

Office and administration experience.
Ability to organise, coordinate and attend events.
Project and programmes support: experience of taking ownership of small projects through to completion.

Beneficial to have:

Minute-taking experience.
Ability to review, evaluate and streamline existing services and procedures.
Experience in supporting Committees.

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and wellbeing.
Free, nutritious lunches, at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
Free private medical cover.
A contributory pension scheme.
An additional Thank You days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave.
A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page, https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/careers

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

Grassroots Project Coordinator (6 Months FTC)