Facilities Programme Manager - Football Foundation

£28,000 - £35,000
Central London

The Football Foundation is the nation’s largest sports charity. It funds the development of better sports facilities for communities across the country with money provided by the Premier League, The FA and the Government via Sport England. Launched in July 2000, the Foundation celebrated its tenth anniversary last year and has so far supported around 8,000 community sports projects worth £925m.

The main responsibility of the role is to manage the Foundation’s Facilities portfolio of projects in the London region. They will also be required to work in partnership with the Foundation’s London regional team, to ensure that capital facility requests take account of existing local and regional strategic plans that have been established to develop football and sports facilities across London.

Developing, assessing and evaluating grant applications within the Foundation and Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF) programmes is key to the role. The Facilities Programme Manager is required to take responsibility for monitoring and driving the full lifecycle of London facility projects. To include the: assessment process; approval process; construction or activity process; payment and final sign off; and post build monitoring & evaluation against predefined targets. The Facilities Programme Manager will be required to work closely and sustain relationships with funding partners and key organisations in partnership with The FA to ensure that the objectives of the Foundation are met.

Key Skills and Attributes:
• Excellent project management skills, especially in managing projects through their life cycle.
• Ability to assess business plans and grant applications.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation and presenting to groups of people.
• Strong written and analytical skills.

Experience:
• Experience of working in a grants environment.
• A background in governing body or sports administration.
• Programme Management experience, with specific reference to managing the complete lifecycle of a portfolio of projects.
• Experience of monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of facilities and development plans.

This is an exciting opportunity within the Football Foundation to make a real difference to grassroots football. The successful applicant will be a self-starter and a team player, willing to play their part in an exciting environment. If you are interested in this role, please visit our website at www.footballfoundation.org.uk to view the job description and person specification. To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to jobs@footballfoundation.org.uk. Interviews are scheduled to take place on Friday 13 January 2012.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 4 January 2012 at 5pm.