Anti-Doping Officer United Kingdom
The Football Association
Full Time
United Kingdom
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
The Role
The Football Association have an exciting opportunity for a Anti-Doping Officer to join the team. In role you will be working on:
- Lead on the planning, administration, and delivery of The FA's Social Drug testing programme.
- Manage the Football Association Supervising Officer (FASO) Programme.
- Assist in the results management process of Anti-Doping/Social Drug Regulation breaches.
- Provide administrative and budgetary support to the Anti-Doping team.
About the Team
Working to protect the integrity of football, this team supports the FA as a business, while acting as a regulator both on and off the field. They get involved in everything from behaviour and regulations on the pitch, to checking contracts – and to ensuring young people can enjoy the game in a safe environment.
What will you be doing?
- Lead on creating the monthly testing plan, including allocating social drug testing missions amongst professional clubs.
- Day to day communication with The FA's social drug testing provider regarding any changes to upcoming tests.
- Contribute to the development of key educational resources in relation to anti-doping.
- Deliver education sessions to players on anti-doping and other integrity related matters.
- Responsibility for the FASOs including training, performance management and compliance issues.
- Devise and present interactive training sessions at FASO events.
- Allocate FASOs to c. 300 testing missions and monitor their performance through reviewing post mission paperwork.
- Lead on the production and circulation of FASO literature, including newsletters, guidelines and selection forms.
- Act as first point of contact for FASOs, creating solutions for issues encountered at testing missions.
- Act as first point of contact for queries in relation to anti-doping from clubs and players.
- Support the delivery of The FA's Whereabouts programme when required, using player whereabouts to inform test planning and distribution.
- Assist with the Results Management Process for breaches of Anti-Doping/Social Drug Policy Regulations.
- Produce reports on the anti-doping and social drugs testing programmes.
- Engage with UK Anti-Doping to help facilitate the implementation of an effective anti-doping testing programme within English football.
- Liaise with key stakeholders (e.g. Sporting Chance) in relation to providing support, education and rehabilitation to players as part of the FA Social Drugs Regulations.
- Oversee the department budget including raising Purchase Orders, booking travel and managing expenses.
- 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 for the role:
- Administrative experience in a sport-related field.
- Experience of delivering training and co-ordinating staff.
- Strong record management skills, preferably with experience of handling confidential data.
- Ability to produce formal documents/correspondence to a high standard.
Beneficial to have:
- Experience in anti-doping or a related field.
- Knowledge of sporting structure internationally & in UK.
- Understanding of football.
- UK Anti-Doping accredited Educator.
What's in it for you?
We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, in order 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 flexibility on where you work.
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, 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.
Your contract with The FA will specify a fixed location of either Wembley Stadium, St. George's Park or our Processing Centre, unless the role is advertised as a homebased 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.
The Football Association
www.thefa.com
Wembley, United Kingdom
Mark Bullingham
$500 million to $1 billion (USD)
501 to 1000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Sports & Recreation
1863
