Fa League Consultant

**Football is all about investing in people...**
- We are excited to be searching for a pool of League Consultants, who as part of the Club Network Strategy 2030, will help support a vibrant League and Club network that delivers inclusive football for its local community by supporting:

- Building a robust and sustainable league & club network with sound infrastructure.
- Leagues to deliver appropriate offer of activities.
- Leagues to create high-quality operations.

**What You'll Do?**
- To equip and empower the most progressive England Football Accredited leagues in becoming sustainable and efficient.
- To support leagues on their transformational journey of change through professional support services and expertise.
- To ensure they are structured for success, capitalising on opportunities.
- To support leagues with a holistic business perspective of themselves, focusing on 8 key themes of self-assessment and development, putting in place strategic planning with clear objectives and actions.
- To support leagues to become financially sustainable whilst been able to demonstrate their offer and impact both on and off the pitch, engaging with more people and other organisations to lead cultural change within their community.

**What You'll Need?**
- Essentially for the role:

- We will be looking for people with knowledge of one or more of the following: National League System, Women's Football Pyramid, Grassroots Football, Highly Disadvantaged Communities, and Volunteers.
- Experience working with or supporting successful organisations.
- Knowledge and understanding of how football leagues and clubs operate, including the processes and procedures they undertake during a season for the different levels of the game and competitions.
- Ability to challenge in a constructive manner and respond to the developmental needs of individual clubs with the ability to listen to, and motivate, volunteers.
- Experience in coaching, mentoring and/or supporting club officials in a positive and responsible manner.
- Minimum of 10 years' experience in sport across a range of roles.
- Clean driving licence and/or the ability to travel to football clubs and events to be able to perform the role.
- Beneficial to also have:

- Knowledge and understanding of one or more of the following and how they can support clubs to achieve their ambitions:

- Identity, culture and philosophy.
- Good governance standards, roles and responsibilities, policies and procedures and strategic planning.
- Football development, creation of positive environments and inclusive offers.
- Financial sustainability, accountability, and developments.
- Volunteer retention, recruitment, training, and support.
- Matchday and training facilities, capital projects and funding sources.
- Community, partnerships, insight, and impact.
- Marketing and communications.
- Other desirable skills and expertise:

- Knowledge and understanding of the reflective practitioner.
- Knowledge of the Sport England Club Matters programme.
- Experience working as a mentor or coach in a commercial or volunteer organisation.
- Management and leadership skills.
- Experience in change management.
- IT literate with the ability to utilise technology to provide solutions and the capacity to learn new systems.

**What's in it for you?**
- We pride ourselves in offering a competitive rate of pay as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
- We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, and by doing this we offer top-of-the-range facilities across two core business locations. 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 have 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.

**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, Barclays FA Women's Super League, FA Women's Championship, and Vitality Women's 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.
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