Planning and Resource Coordinator

**Set the bar for greatness...**

The FA are excited to be searching for a Planning and Resource Coordinator who will support the Education Planning & Resource Lead in providing the highest standards of planning and resourcing support across our learning offers. This position is responsible for ensuring seamless planning and scheduling for all learning events.

Key responsibilities include:

- **Event Coordination**: Provide comprehensive logístical and administrative support for learning and development events, ensuring smooth execution from planning to post-event follow-up.
- **Stakeholder Engagement**: Build and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues and external partners.
- **Learning Impact**: Provide the highest standard of planning and scheduling of learning activities to ensure a positive learner experience.
- **Continuous Improvement**: Have a desire for personal development, reflecting and identifying areas for continuous improvement. Contributing to the development of team members.

**What will you be doing?**
- Coordinate the scheduling of all FAL learning events (incl. qualifications, programmes and CPD) working with the relevant stakeholders.
- Maintain and coordinate the calendar of central FAL learning events and operational milestones, ensuring accurate and real-time records of delivery activities over a 36-month view.
- Input into the proactive reporting of planning activity across the department and support any planning data and insight requests.
- Lead and support on the booking of all venues for learning events across our offer.
- Manage relationships with venues (incl. raising POs, Contracts, Risk Assessments, and chasing Invoices)
- Coordinate the qualification venues' quality assurance processes.
- Coordinate group logístical bookings for learning events where required (incl. flights, coach travel, hotels)
- Support the change request management process.
- Identify and mitigate any planning risks/issues.
- Work in a flexible and agile manner to support wider FAE Operations.
- Provide project support for FAL strategic projects where required.
- Supporting the tracking of department budgets by ensuring financial processes are adhered to in a timely manner.
- Support the maintenance of the FAL Operating Manual to ensure minimum standards and clear, consistent processes.
- Support the maintenance of effective day-to-day relationships with colleagues across FA Learning and the wider FA Group
- Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that 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:

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven team-working experience.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment and delivering excellent customer service.
- Experience in short-term and long-term planning and resource management.
- Ability to demonstrate working with and supporting numerous key internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience in working with administration processes and procedures.
- Experience of data management and reporting.
- Evidence of diary and scheduling management.
- Proficient skills in MS Office, including Excel.

Beneficial to have:

- Experience of a sporting organisation/association.
- Budget management experience.

**Additional Information**

Interview dates for this role are scheduled for 30th September, and 1st October at St George's Park in Burton-Upon-Trent.

As part of FA Learning's commitment to delivering exceptional standards in learning solutions, we are equally dedicated to the development of our own teams. Within the Learning division, we actively support the personal and professional growth of our staff.

**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 an