Description
30,000 - £35,000 (dependent on skills and experience) plus generous benefits
Location: home-based, with occasional travel to Football Foundation offices.
This is an exciting role for someone who is passionate about sports development to use their project management skills to support the development of programmes that will directly benefit grassroots community football.
About the Football Foundation :
We’re the Football Foundation - the Premier League, the FA and government’s charity delivering upon a shared vision to help communities improve their local football facilities through grants. We’re the only example of a partnership between a national Government and a national sport coming together to support communities throughout the country. Over the last 20 years we’ve been busily planting the seeds to grow grassroots football, transforming communities where demand is greatest, and impact will be strongest. We have worked closely with local authorities, County FAs and other passionate people in communities up and down the country to deliver over 17,000 sports projects worth over £1.8 billion and we’ve got big plans to revolutionise England’s grassroots facilities over the next decade.
The role :
As the Programmes Officer role -
- You will provide critical support to the Programmes Team in their work developing and refining programmes to enable delivery against our priorities in the National Football Facilities Strategy (NFFS).
- You will oversee the day-to-day management of the Premier League Fans Fund Small Grants Scheme and will support the management of the Large Grants Scheme, including managing monitoring and evaluation of the schemes supporting the management of panel meetings.
- You will develop and maintain relationships with representatives of the Premier League, FA, English Football League, Players Football Association, Sport England and National League and other Leagues and organisations and stakeholders that would benefit from the schemes.
- You will also support the management and delivery of the Active Through Football Programme, including liaising with grant recipients to support them to meet the requirements of their grant award.
- You will also provide support as needed across the Programmes team on the design and development of new and existing programmes, and over time we expect you will have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of programmes.
What are we looking for?:
- You don’t have to be a football fan to join the Foundation, but you must have a good knowledge of sports development and how it can be used for community benefit, as well as a good understanding of the challenges faced by grassroots football clubs, community organisations and the voluntary sector.
- You must have strong communication and interpersonal skills with experience of communicating with and supporting a diverse range of colleagues and customers remotely.
- You must be highly organised, with working knowledge of different project management techniques and experience of managing multiple projects at the same time.
- While not essential, experience of producing robust reports and of using dashboards to monitor the progress of projects would be useful.
- While not essential, a good understanding of the inequalities that exist across socio economic groups in supporting active lives, and experience of working to reduce these, as well as knowledge of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) interventions and strategic agendas linked to the football and sports sectors would also be useful.
For full details of the role and requirements, please download our recruitment pack on our website.
What can we offer you?:
The salary for this role is £30,000-£35,000 per annum, dependent on relevant skills and experience.
You will start on 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (which increases after 2 years), plus additional time off to volunteer.
We also offer a generous pension scheme (8% employer contribution), collective bonus scheme, free health care provision, a monthly gym subsidy, interest-free season ticket loan, death in service benefit and access to selected match tickets
We are committed to helping our staff maintain a healthy work-life balance, so offer flexible working around core hours to help you achieve that.
Equality and Diversity Commitment We request that all applicants complete our equal opportunities form as part of the application process. This anonymous and confidential form helps the Football Foundation to build up a picture of who is applying to join the organisation, and to monitor progress in this area. The link to complete this is in the application process.
The Football Foundation is committed to, and values the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all our team feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential. We encourage and welcome applications from all, regardless of background and are particularly interested to hear from individuals belonging to under-represented groups including individuals from minoritised communities, individuals with a disability and LGBTQI+ individuals.
Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview stage, please contact us at [email protected]
Interested? Please click the link to apply, you'll be required to send us your CV, cover letter and submit an equal opportunities form.
The closing date for applications is: 9am Tuesday 31st August
We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible, as we may close the advert once we have received sufficient applications.
All applications received will be short listed against the role requirements and person specification. Those most closely matching our requirements will be invited to take part in an online interview. Due to the volume of applications received for most roles, the Foundation only contacts candidates if they are shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, you should assume your application has not been successful.
Please note that you must be eligible to work in the UK to apply.
