Job description
- 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?
- Knowledge and application of modern business techniques and processes in relation to voluntary organisations.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
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