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The FA Learning Division are looking for a Senior Workforce Co-ordinator to be responsible for overseeing the diversification and recruitment of a casual workforce of coach developers and tutors across multiple disciplines and delivery modes. You will be responsible for ensuring inclusive delivery practice is upheld across coach education at all times and that recruitment efforts attract diverse candidates who represent the football community while maintaining high standards of quality and volume to meet seasonal demands. You will collaborate closely with various departments to enhance staff engagement and facilitate a smooth onboarding experience.
Please include a cover letter with your application clearly outlining why you are interested in the role and why you feel you meet the criteria.
Interviews are scheduled to be held on Thursday 19th June at The National Football Centre, St. George's Park.
What will you be doing?
* Oversee the diversification of the casual workforce, adopting a long-term approach that focuses on building a pipeline of top candidates for future needs.
* Support and upskill the casual workforce in ensuring inclusive delivery practices are upheld at all times.
* In collaboration with the EDI team, identify opportunities to attract and engage underrepresented individuals into coach developer/tutor roles.
* Work effectively with the Senior Deployment Coordinator to ensure excellent staff engagement and experience leading to high-quality delivery.
* Effectively execute robust recruitment of the workforce, with high consideration for attracting and identifying diverse individuals that represent the football community and create highly effective delivery teams based on shared knowledge and skills.
* Build and maintain effective working relationships with HR, Finance and legal to ensure our recruitment policies are efficient and effective.
* Collaborate effectively with colleagues across the department to ensure we have a highly effective casual workforce capable of achieving our department's purpose.
* Effectively manage data, reporting on trends and targets across the department.
* 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:
Knowledge
* Strong understanding of Equality, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EEDI) principles and how they apply in workforce development.
* Understanding of the barriers to entry faced by underrepresented groups in the workforce, particularly in sports or community programs.
Experience
* Experience in attracting and engaging individuals from underrepresented groups.
* Demonstrated experience in upskilling groups around inclusive practice.
* Experience supporting or delivering EDI-related initiatives or change programs.
* Effective relationship management skills, with the ability to build strong partnerships and influence stakeholders at all levels to drive alignment and achieve event objectives.
* Demonstrated experience in supporting learning delivery across multiple formats (in-person, virtual, hybrid) and diverse disciplines, adapting to different learning needs and logistical challenges.
Skills
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel,or data analysis, reporting, and logistical planning.
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and effectively to a range of stakeholders.
* Strong organizational and project management skills, ensuring efficient coordination and execution of recruitment events and workforce management.
Beneficial to have:
Knowledge
* Degree qualification in learning, education, sport, or a related field, providing a strong foundation in pedagogical principles and workforce recruitment management strategies
* Understanding of football coaching qualification structures.
* Familiarity with adult learning theories and design principles, particularly as they relate to organising, recruiting and developing a casual workforce
* Knowledge of event logistics management, including venue coordination, scheduling, and resource allocation, with a focus on optimising the learner experience
Experience
* Prior involvement in designing or delivering inclusive leadership programs or community outreach initiatives.
* Background in managing workforce budgets, ensuring cost efficiency without compromising on quality and learner experience.
* Experience with risk management in event planning, including contingency planning and problem-solving in dynamic learning environments.
* Proven experience in managing learning events across geographically dispersed regions, ensuring consistency and quality across various locations.
Skills
* Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including the ability to analyse complex data sets, create detailed reports, and manage event logistics.
* Experience with project management tools to organize, track, and deliver learning events on time and within scope.
* Knowledge of virtual event platforms (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft Teams, WebEx) and how to effectively integrate these tools into learning delivery.
* Experience with presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint, Prezi), creating visually engaging and informative presentations for stakeholders and learning events.
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 and well-being.
* 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 (based on a full-time, permanent contract.)
* A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.
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
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.
Company
It is responsible for promoting and developing every level of the game, from grassroots through to the professional game, and successfully generates enough revenue to support investment of over £150m 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.
Football is a game for all, where anyone can change the world.
That might seem a bold claim. But we know it is true. Just look at how football steps up when times are tough. It provides education and empowerment, escapism and enjoyment. Promoting health and well-being, and the power of teamwork. And with our new strategy for 2020-2024, we have a plan for all. Positively impacting every community across the country. Everyone can win if we build on the progress made over the previous four seasons.
Football has the power to bring people together, remove barriers and be a force for good.
Our current equality, diversity and inclusion strategy will run until 2024 and forms an integral part of our long-term commitment to using our influence across English football to create a game free from discrimination.
Our three commitments,
* LEAD THE CHANGE - By actively tackling discrimination on and off the pitch.
* BE THE CHANGE - By building a diverse workforce from the inside out.
* INSPIRE THE CHANGE - By promoting an inclusive and united game which is for all.
Football Your Way – Disability Plan
We have an ambitious new three-year plan titled Football Your Way, to help develop, improve and raise awareness of Disability Football in England.
The new plan is the first of its kind and covers seven key areas, demonstrating our commitment to ensuring that as part of the equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, disabled people have the opportunity to engage and participate in football their way, from grassroots all the way to the elite end of the game. The plan comes under the umbrella of the broader equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which is about creatingA Game For All .
The launch of the three-year plan, from 2021-2024, outlines our intentions to create a more diverse and inclusive workforce from inside the FA and out, and from top to bottom, whilst also growing participation, increasing the number and quality of coaches, developing an inclusive and diverse talent pathway, increasing support for elite players and raising the profile of disability football at every level.
Football Your Way will allow us to create and sustain a culture across the sport where disabled people have access to all opportunities and feel they truly belong, both on and off the pitch.
The seven pillars of focus are:
•Our People and FA Culture: Build full-scale awareness of what we have to offer disabled people while increasing understanding within the organisation around what it means to have a disability. Enhancing this understanding and creating an increased culture of inclusion will help increase disability declaration and representation within the organisation from 3.3 per cent to ten per cent.
•Participation: A focus on recovering and returning to pre Covid participation levels and then increasing the number of disabled people taking part in football, whether that be simply for fun or for competition across schools, clubs and the community
•Talent Pathway: Ensure that disabled people understand what is available and how they can grow as athletes and showcase how sustainable and inclusive the pathway is. By 2024 the forecast is an increase of 25 per cent of players coming up through the Talent Pathway into England Para teams
•National Teams: Provide world-class coaching and support services for six senior England and associated U21 teams with the aim of every Para team challenging for podium success by 2024. Football Your Way also commits to establishing two new blind and cerebral palsy England Women’s teams by 2024
•Coach Development: Focus on recruiting and developing a great number of quality coaches that can nurture and grow future football players. By 2024, personalised support will have been delivered to all coaches in the talent and international pathway
•Marketing and Communications: Embedding disability into everything that we do. This will range from ensuring disabled people are represented when we showcase our football offerings, to ensuring that we proactively increase the promotion of disability football. This will include driving awareness of opportunities available for disabled players, coaches or administrators and will be about working to challenge stereotypes and change perceptions
•Partnerships: Ensuring sustainable funding is allocated to the future of disability football by securing two additional purpose-led partners.
Football can only become what we choose to make it.
Football means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For some it’s dreams of elite excellence, for others it’s a way of connecting with their community and levelling the playing field. Both are true. For us, we’ve all got our own dreams and ambitions for how football can adapt, how it’s perceived, who it will reach and whose worlds it will change. Transport yourself ten years into the future, what does football look like?
That’s for you to decide.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
Lifestyle
* Pension Scheme
* Subsidised Onsite Gym
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* Life Assurance
* Season Ticket Loan
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
At The FA, we are dedicated to developing our people both professionally and personally. We focus on business needs identified from our business planning process as well as the learning needs identified from our performance and development reviews.
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