National Development Manager – Solutions and Innovations - 2 year Fixed Term Contract
The FA's Grassroots Division are looking for a National Development Manager - Solutions & Innovations to:
- Design, lead and implement annual events and resources, including a national conference, roadshow and various multimedia resources for families, coaches and young people, all aligned with The Greater Game behavioural change principles.
- Implement and grow The Greater Game Flagship Clubs offer to ensure national reach and alignment with stakeholder priorities.
- Lead the expansion of sessional football activities for 14-16 year old girls
- Support the creation of a range of female health initiatives
- Support the design and delivery of CFA and National Partner workforce training
- Support the evolution of the Youth Game
Please include a cover letter with your application, clearly outlining how you meet the specified criteria.
Interviews are currently scheduled to be held on Tuesday 8th October in Wembley.
What will you be doing?
- Design, lead and implement annual events and resources, including a national conference, roadshow and various multimedia resources for families, coaches and young people, all aligned with The Greater Game behavioural change principles.
- Implement and grow The Greater Game Flagship Clubs offer to ensure national reach and alignment with stakeholder priorities. Utilising the support of Flagship Club relationship managers.
- Maintain effective communication with The Greater Game Senior manager and various stakeholder groups to ensure new and existing interventions are developed to achieve maximum impact and drive transformational change.
- Lead the design, development, and piloting stages of new interventions to ensure The Greater Game is embedded into grassroots football clubs. Ensuring partners are engaged and embedded throughout.
- Develop strong relationships with programme partners, County Football Associations and Grassroots Football Clubs
- Develop a strong network of experts and remain up to date with effective practice (nationally and internationally) and identify domestic solutions that can improve grassroots football participation.
- Support the creation of a range of female health initiatives
- Support the design and delivery of CFA and National Partner workforce training
- Executes 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.
- 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 Skills:
Knowledge
- Undergraduate degree/equivalent qualification
- Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Football
Experience
- 5 years' experience of volunteering in grassroots football clubs
- Experience of implementing off-pitch practices (Eat, sleep, move, think) to help improve on pitch performance.
- Experience of delivering events for adults and or young people
- Skilled and practiced at using creative and innovative thinking to engage target audiences
- Ability to design and create football practices/ interventions that meet the needs of the football pathways
- Communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to manage, prioritise and complete work across multiple streams and deadlines.
- Experience of designing training events for adults
- Demonstrate creative delivery approaches to diverse audiences.
Technical Skills
- Basic budget management skills
- Advanced event and project management skills
- Advanced reporting and writing skills
- Advanced Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, one note
- Ability to create presentations and present to a wide range of key stakeholders
Desirable Skills:
Knowledge
- Postgraduate degree
- UEFA B Certificate in Coaching Football
- Recognised project management qualification
Experience
- 5 years' experience of working and delivering football for players aged 12-16 (male, female and disabled) in football clubs.
- Experience of developing and implementing behavioural change programmes for teenagers
- Experience of creating resources for 12–16-year-olds
Technical Skills
- Extensive event and project management skills
- Extensive Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, one note
- Experienced at creating and delivering presentations to project boards
A full clean driving licence
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 offering 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
Our Organisation
The Football Association [The FA] is the not-for-profit governing body of football in England. It is responsible for promoting and developing every level of the game, from grassroots through to the professional game, and generates significant revenue to support investment into English football each year.
The FA oversees England international teams across men's, women's, youth and disability football, as well as running the National League System and FA Competitions including the Emirates FA Cup and Women's Adobe FA Cup, and the world-class facilities of Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park, all with a purpose to Unite the Game and Inspire the Nation.
We currently work within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary.
Your contract with The FA will specify a fixed location of Wembley Stadium or St. George's Park unless the role is advertised as a home-based contract. The contractual location of this role can be found at the top of this advert on our FA vacancy page.
The FA, For All, For You
Our equality, diversity and inclusion strategy forms an integral part of our long-term commitment to using our influence across English football to create a game free from discrimination.
https://www.thefa.com/-/media/thefacom-new/files/about-the-fa/2021/fa_a-game-for-all-strategy.ashx
A Game For All outlines three key strategic commitments – Lead the Change, Be the Change, and Inspire the Change – which will ensure tackling discrimination remains a core priority for English football for years to come.
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.
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