JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, maintain, and oversee the IFRs operational governance framework ensuring compliance with corporate, regulatory, and public sector standards, as well as the governance requirements set out in Football Governance Bill.
• Providing leadership to the Governance team, helping develop the board secretariat and executive governance functions to support robust and timely decision making.
• Leading the transition of governance functions as the organisation transitions from the Shadow Football Regulator to the Independent Football Regulator.
• Overseeing the appointment, induction and establishment of the IFR’s Board as well as other decision making groups, supporting them as individuals and a group to make effective decisions.
• Working across the team and with the programme management function to sequence decision making in a way which enables teams to deliver against programme milestones.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Outstanding leadership skills with the ability to build a strong team culture and ethos, and to motivate and manage a team to deliver at pace on a challenging and complex agenda.
• Experience of working with senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Ability to prepare concise briefings, reports, and board papers, and adapting style for different audiences.
• Ability to act as a conduit between decision makers and the wider team, developing a deep understanding of the programme and using your judgement to sequence decisions in a way which enables the programme to meet critical milestones.
• Ability to understand, analyse and deliver complex policy and delivery issues at pace; and to use your judgement to provide clear, strategic advice.
• Ability to align your work with organisational strategy, and to anticipate and mitigate future challenges.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Experience of leading or working within a governance function.
• Familiarity with Non-Departmental Public Bodies, especially Regulators, and their relationship to Government.
• Knowledge of the football industry.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, maintain, and oversee the IFRs operational governance framework ensuring compliance with corporate, regulatory, and public sector standards, as well as the governance requirements set out in Football Governance Bill.
• Providing leadership to the Governance team, helping develop the board secretariat and executive governance functions to support robust and timely decision making.
• Leading the transition of governance functions as the organisation transitions from the Shadow Football Regulator to the Independent Football Regulator.
• Overseeing the appointment, induction and establishment of the IFR’s Board as well as other decision making groups, supporting them as individuals and a group to make effective decisions.
• Working across the team and with the programme management function to sequence decision making in a way which enables teams to deliver against programme milestones

To apply for this vacancy, you will need to submit the following documents which will assessed against the experience success profile:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential and desirable criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages and you should insert your CV into the “Job History” section on Civil Service Jobs on the Civil Service Jobs application form.
• A Statement of Suitability (max 750 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential requirements highlighted. You may also choose to reference the desirable skills listed however these will not be considered in the assessment of your application except in circumstances where there are a high number and calibre of candidates