A position is available at the Manchester CFA.
Manchester Football Association is seeking to recruit a Social Inclusion Co-ordinator for football to continue to implement a strategic community development programme that will use football as a tool to build a better future.
This project has three main aims:-
1. To co-ordinate and support existing projects in Greater Manchester with a Social Inclusion theme.
2. To identify gaps in provision and provide opportunities by targeting deprived and hard to reach communities that sit outside of existing Social Inclusion projects.
3. To ensure a sustainable post exists for Social Inclusion beyond October 2012.
Specific areas of work will include:-
• Developing competitions for under-represented groups.
• Helping administer and deliver tournaments on a regular basis, involving social inclusion projects and other partners working in deprived communities.
• Helping to develop exit routes and further partnerships (SSP’s, local authority)
• Club development and workforce development
• Race equality and social inclusion
To apply, you need to be of graduate calibre and have significant experience in sports development working with challenging young people and adults within community settings. You need to be passionate about and committed to the development of football at a local level and ideally have a knowledge of The FA’s National Game Strategy.
Based at Manchester FA’s headquarters at the Salford Sports Village, candidates should have excellent interpersonal, presentation, administrative, communication and computer literacy skills and have the ability to influence at all levels, establish partnerships and manage finances associated with projects. You need to have a current full driving licence and be able to work evenings and weekends.
For an informal discussion about the role, please phone 0161 604 7625 and ask for Natalie Woodford.
Salary is from £22,500 to £26,000 and the role is a fixed term post until 31 October 2012.
Applications must be made by CV, addressed to Natalie Woodford (County Development Manager), Manchester FA, Salford Sports Village, Littleton Road, Salford, M7 3NQ.
For a job description, please phone 0161 604 7620 (press option 2) or email info@manchesterfa.com
Alternatively, a job description can be downloaded from
www.manchesterfa.com The closing date for CV applications is:
Friday 23 April 2010 at 12 noonYou must be available for Interviews on either Tuesday 4 May and or Friday 7 May 2010.
Manchester FA is committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
