Wembley Stadium reopened in May 2007. This iconic landmark hosts everything from football matches to rock concerts and other popular events that demand world-class facilities.

Club Wembley is the main commercial arm of WNSL and offers its members high quality access to many of the major fixtures including The FA Cup final and all England home matches. Members are entitled to priority booking for a selection of Wembley’s other world-class sporting occasions and concerts, and can also make the most of the vast selection of cafes and bars dedicated exclusively to Club Wembley on event days.

St. George’s Park in Burton-on-Trent is The FA’s National Football Centre providing education for future generations of English football coaches.

It’s a leading sports medicine and performance research centre; a training home to enhance international team development; an inspirational hub for everyone involved in football from the grassroots to elite and houses a 228-bed accommodation facility in partnership with Hilton Worldwide. For further information on employment opportunities at the Hilton, St. George’s Park please email EMABT.SGP@hilton.com.

The FA Marketing team covers the breadth of the organisation from the Men and Women’s England senior teams to supporting and driving football at grassroots, as well as our flagship competitions including the Emirates FA Cup. The team includes brand, digital, FATV, CRM and customer services. In support of achieving The FA’s strategic goals, digital innovation is a key focus in order to enable direct engagement with every fan, player and participant. It is a fast-paced, energetic culture offering many opportunities to learn, deliver and grow.

Club Wembley delivers an exciting entertainment programme, supported by strategic marketing that ensures that the home of football offers visitors a world class spectator experience. From premium hospitality at the oldest football competition in the world, through to stadium tours and facilitating sell out concerts for the biggest acts in music. The breadth of the offer at Club Wembley ensures a wide range of opportunities across multiple professions.

The Finance team plays an essential business support role at The FA and works in partnership across all areas of the organisation at Wembley, our National Football Centre at St. George’s Park as well as the County FAs with the ultimate goal to ensure our sport is accessible For All. The team is made up of several key functions – Financial Operations, Commercial Finance, Tax & Internal Audit, Financial Accounting, and Programme Management. As a whole it ensures that the business is supported in all areas and collaborates with its stakeholders with their commercial decision making and budget and cost control. The Business Management function is a central team that operates across all divisions of The FA in an effort to promote planning, integration and efficiency across the business and assists in the development and rollout of strategic initiatives across the organisation e.g. annual business planning process. The team supports and maximises its revenues in order to invest back into the right places which in turn ensures that the FA delivers on its Strategic Plan.

Grassroots Football has two core objectives to develop and service the national game across 1.5m affiliated and many more recreational participants. Firstly it delivers focused interventions that help to attract and sustain participants in grassroots football, with a strong focus on growing female and disability participation. Secondly it provides services to the County FA, league and club network to enhance the standards and quality of grassroots football, and via the Football Foundation invest in the improvement of grassroots playing facilities.

The activities of our HR team are incredibly diverse. They are responsible for recruiting the best talent, and developing a healthy culture where employees are provided with the tools needed  to learn and develop. The organisation’s objectives underpin the work of our HR team. From implementing policies and providing strategic advice to business, to managing an exciting reward and recognition scheme; the HR team are committed to maintaining a modern, agile and collaborative workforce, which is the backbone of English football.

The Legal and Governance division are responsible for on and off-field football regulation and efficient case management services – including anti-doping, integrity, anti-corruption operations, discrimination case work and media/social media comments matters. Safeguarding matters and judicial service functions, including red and yellow cards, and the administration of hearings and appeals are managed by this division, along with the delivery of the legal function of the FA.

The Operations team are responsible for the delivery of events and operations at both Wembley Stadium and St. Georges Park. Delivering at the highest level in recognition of our venues iconic status on the world stage and the home of English football. The team aim to be good neighbours, proud and efficient hosts and innovative partners in the management and delivery of the very best and biggest events, sports teams, and artists. By acting as one team, they work with our business partners to deliver the very best in guest experience, client management and operational delivery.

Our Player Status, Competitions & Refereeing division are responsible for the administration and running of The FA’s competitions including The Emirates FA Cup, Youth Cup, FA Vase and FA Trophy. They manage and oversee the sanctioning of competitions and licencing, i.e. approving competition rules and monitoring licensing arrangements. The team lead English refereeing at an international level, appointing referees and assisting in their development/coaching towards the national list and select group. Administering the player status requirements of English football is also a key activity for this division, including player registrations, the transfer matching system, work permits, solidarity payments and the intermediary regulations/clearing house payments. Working with legal and governance, they aim to deliver effective football regulation and administration across the game.

The strategy arm of the FA leads insight, research and intelligence to inform policy and decision-making ensuring that we know everything we need to know about football. They support the Chief Executive and Chairman in promoting the work of The FA across its stakeholders both domestically and internationally and leading campaigns on high profile issues in the game.

The communications team are responsible for FA wide proactive and responsive communications. They seek to identify positive promotional opportunities within the media and maximise coverage across all media channels that directly relate to, and positively highlight our brands, teams and people. They also run an efficient press office function that provides a 24/7 service for all incoming enquiries, including ensuring that the FA, its assets and people are protected from a reputational perspective. 

The Technical division are responsible for leading some of the core strategic priorities. They aim to leave a legacy by raising levels of performance through striving to be the world’s best sporting education department delivering a range of qualifications, conferences, CPD and mentoring.The division will develop and nurture teams to challenge and succeed in international tournaments at all levels in the men’s and women’s game, culminating in winning England senior teams by 2022/23.

At the heart of the FA, the Technology division has a vision to deliver “successful teams through winning technology”. This will be achieved through the support of our key stakeholder groups, including grassroots football administration (e.g. affiliation, safeguarding and discipline); professional game (e.g. discipline, player registration and integrity); England teams, at SGP and on the road; operation of Wembley (Football and non-Football); education of participants in the game (e.g. coaching, refereeing); and FA internal organisation (e.g. accounting, HR,  email etc).

The internal team is supported by external expertise in key areas. They deliver using a mixture of technologies and suppliers; in-house bespoke software, supplier provided systems and some package solutions. The team also have outsourced services providing help-desk and support services. The diversity of operations and the ambition to be a world class organisation means that technology is a key enabler of success and provides both challenging and exciting career opportunities.