Women's Leagues Administrator (FTC Until July 2025)

A game For All...

Are you passionate about working in Women's Football? We have a great opportunity for a Women's Leagues Administrator to join the growing team.

You will support the operational delivery of the FA Women's National League with fixture and registration support, league discipline, arranging suppliers, delivering league meetings and cup finals, and dealing with a host of enquiries and requests from the 72 clubs.

What will you be doing?

• Assist with the administration of the FA Women's National League.
• Provide support to the Women's Leagues Officer with player registrations on the Whole Game System and fixture generation through full-time.
• Match day administration work, including monitoring referee reports, collating team sheets, checking team statistic entries, etc.
• Minute taking and agenda pack creation for the FA WNL Executive Operational Committee, supporting league discipline activity.
• Collation and management of data from across the league, including managing access to the FA WNL Club Hub and ensuring up-to-date contact lists are available.
• Respond to general enquiries from clubs, covering a wide range of club topics including fixtures, registrations, referees, facilities etc.
• Manage the creation and approval of purchase orders for the team through Proactis.
• Provide support at events including cup finals and club meetings.
• Support the Women's Football Pyramid Team with administration tasks when required.
• Execute additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing can be maintained.

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role:

• Passion for working in women's football.
• Proficient skills in Microsoft Office.
• Commitment to excellent customer service.
• Office and administrative experience, including providing support in a busy team environment.
• Minute-taking experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively through written and phone correspondence.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, both internally and externally.
• Good attention to detail.
• Forward planning in a proactive manner.
• Ability to take on responsibility effectively and work without supervision.
• Ability to work as part of a team and contribute to team ideas.
• Must be able to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and use own initiative.
• Ability to organise and administer events.
• Has a commitment to Continuous Personal Development; dedicates time to personal growth.

Beneficial to have:

• Understanding of the football industry.
• Knowledge of the administration of sports competitions.
• Knowledge and understanding of women's football and the FA's strategy to grow and develop the game.
• Knowledge and understanding of the FA Women's National League and Women's Football Pyramid.
• Event organising experience.

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 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 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.