League Secretary Vacancy - Paid
The league is one of the largest adult football leagues in Europe, with nearly 70 clubs and 220 sides playing Saturday afternoons in and around London and the Home Counties throughout September to May.
What is the league looking for?
The league seeks a motivated, experienced sports administrator to work alongside a number of volunteers to ensure grass roots football is managed and maintained to the very highest standards across their league structure.
The work involves several different roles across the leagues various functions
• Supporting the league Executive and its members
• Supporting the maintenance and development of the league website
• Supporting the administration of the league’s fixtures
• Supporting the administration of the league’s referees
• Undertaking the role of league match secretary for northern divisional clubs
• Supporting the administration of club fines
The successful candidate is likely to be able to demonstrate the following skills and abilities
Previous experience of football league administration
Good working knowledge and experience of primary Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc)
Good working knowledge and experience of FA administration systems – Full Time and Whole game System
Good working knowledge and experience of standard web package software
Good oral and written communication skills
Ability to work under pressure and to regular deadlines whilst being calm, polite, helpful, courteous, and professional always
Good planning and organisational skills
Be understanding and empathetic to the league’s large groups of voluntary club officials
A good understanding of amateur football
Be able to demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised
Be able to demonstrate an attention to detail
The role is home based, working remotely but may require occasional travel to meetings.
You should be flexible around the times and days worked, the work demand will vary day to day, month to month and of course – football takes place on a weekend!
You will be reporting routinely to the League Chairman, Vice Chairman and League Executive committee.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a keen interest in sport who is looking to assist grass roots football in a paid administrative role.
Alternatively, the league is open minded to the role being split between two individuals on a job share basis.
Applications should be made to neilljohnstone@me.com in writing by close of business Monday 21st September 2020 and be accompanied by a CV and a covering statement as to why you feel you may be an appropriate candidate.