Head of Strategy & Business Management (Women's Football) - Maternity Cover, up to 12 months

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday 16th October, and final stage interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 22nd October, also at Wembley. What will you be doing? Women's Football Strategy

• Lead divisional heads to set the vision and develop strategic priorities for The Women's Game;
• Oversee the operational delivery of the Women's Strategy across the duration of its delivery;
'Uniqueness of Women's Football' strategic priority delivery
• Drive deliverables of key Women's Football strategic priority 'Uniqueness of the Women's Game'
Strategic 'Golden Thread' oversight
• Oversee delivery of key strategic golden threads, not specific to individual divisions - Female Health and EDI.
Internal Executive Collaboration
• Drive collaboration between FA divisions to ensure connectivity, joined up thinking and synergies across the Women's Game;
• Manage the overall governance structure of the Women's Senior Management Team
Women's Board / Women's Football Forum
• Act as principle executive for matters relating to the whole game, providing oversight to the board on progress against strategic objectives, key updates, and risks to delivery across the game.
Business Planning leadership and connectivity
• Have full oversight of business plan creation and accountability for connectivity across the Women's Game.
Stakeholder Management
• Work with key football stakeholders to build and retain connectivity to ensuring joined up thinking and execution;
• Where beneficial, represent the FA as a subject matter expert on Women's football and the Women's football strategy in England in external groups and events.
Business Reporting Oversight
• Accountability for progress reporting of Women's football strategy to stakeholders across the business;
• Oversee KPI reporting to the Women's Football Board;
• Deliver all women's board papers and reports.
Internal Consulting across the Women's Game
• Guide the business on best practice in project planning and management
• Execute 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., 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 Wembley Stadium or St. George's Park unless the role is advertised as a home-based 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. Documents
• TM0934 FA BENEFITS BOOKLET V1.pdf (188.82 KB)
  
  Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification/experience
• Comfortable and competent with the big picture and translating into operational plans;
• Proven ability to work within complex or matrix structured organisations and galvanise people within non direct reporting structures;
• Experience of strategic and financial planning and management;
• Experience of successful programme and project management;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills;
• Excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Full, clean driving licence
Beneficial to have:
• Familiarity with FA programme management processes and tools (including Smartsheet);
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills;
• Proven ability to work across a wide range of stakeholders internal and external;
• PRINCE2 or similar level project or programme management qualification
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.

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 and Women's Adobe 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.

The FA is looking for a Strategic Lead for Women's Football. Driving the development of the Women's Football Strategy and oversight of its delivery (with understanding of complementary strategies), you will be responsible for the delivery of key strategic areas of the women's football strategy and ensuring internal and external collaboration and operations to enable joined up thinking and execution. Please note: This role is a maternity cover contract of up to 12 months, with a start date of January 2025 and ideally flexibility to be available for some handover days in December 2024. The role can be based from either Wembley Stadium or The National Football Centre, St. George's Park., 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 greater flexibility.