Football Is All About Investing In People
This is a dual role in HR, supporting both the resourcing and L&D function in order to meet the broader objective of creating a diverse, high-performing workforce and an inclusive culture, supporting the organisation to prosper and grow.
As part of the recruitment team, you will support in delivering an effective and valued in-house recruitment service to hiring managers at The FA, as well as an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle including various recruitment coordination activities across vacancy posting, interview scheduling and system administration.
As part of the learning, development and engagement team, you will support in delivering a people-focused service to the business for the whole learner lifecycle. You will also support with delivering key engagement activities, from small projects through to all employee events. These activities will include scheduling of events/workshops, liaising with attendees, booking and managing venues and suppliers and acting as the contact for queries.
What will you be doing?
Resourcing and Talent
Provide regular but ad hoc recruitment support to the in-house team comprising of the Manager, Business Partner and Advisor across the full recruitment life cycle.
- System Administration - administer the recruitment system including creating a vacancy, advertising vacancies and updating candidate status according to recruitment process
- Mailbox Administration - liaise with the HR Enquiries team to confirm internal role approval and facilitate handover to the resourcing team and administer the careers mailbox ensuring prompt receipt, reply or triage of queries to appropriate team members.
- Shortlisting - review of applications and candidate screening in the recruitment system and careers mailbox.
- Interview Scheduling - schedule interviews according to shortlisting inc room booking and diary management at Wembley Stadium, St. George's Park or online.
Learning, Development and Engagement
Provide regular and focused support to the learning, development and engagement manager across the full learning and event lifecycle, including:
- Supporting the design, planning and execution of innovative learning, culture and engagement activities aligned with the FA strategy and values
- Lead on the scheduling of development and engagement activities, from small projects to all colleague events, liaising with stakeholders, venues and suppliers as required
- Managing post course/event follow up actions, including feedback and the administration of The FA's learning management system
- Supporting on the day of events/workshops and acting as the first point of contact for suppliers and /or attendees
- Executes additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group changing priorities.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing can be maintained.
- As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.
What are we looking for?
Essential for the role:
- Equivalent professional experience in a generalist and/or specialist HR role
- Experience of administration within a Recruitment, Learning or HR setting.
- Experience of influencing, advising and working in partnership with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent IT skills, including experience of using Microsoft Office specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritising workload and under time constraints.
- Manage multiple projects, simultaneously with varied levels of complexity
- Ability to work efficiently and effectively under time constraints
- Attention to detail, often when managing multiple data sets
Beneficial to have:
- Experience working in an in-house recruitment role
- Experience of working in an in-house learning role
- Working knowledge and understanding of football, sport
What's in it for you?
We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.
We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:
- Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and wellbeing.
- Free, nutritious lunches, at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
- Free private medical cover.
- A contributory pension scheme.
- An additional Thank You days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave.
- A hybrid working model offering greater flexibility.
For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page, https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/careers
Our Organisation
The Football Association [The FA] is the not-for-profit governing body of football in England. It is responsible for promoting and developing every level of the game, from grassroots through to the professional game, and generates significant revenue to support investment into English football each year.
The FA oversees England international teams across men's, women's, youth and disability football, as well as running the National League System and FA Competitions including the Emirates FA Cup, Barclays FA Women's Super League, FA Women's Championship, and Women's Adobe FA Cup, and the world-class facilities of Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park,
all with a purpose to Unite the Game and Inspire the Nation.
We currently work within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary.
Your contract with The FA will specify a fixed location of Wembley Stadium or St. George's Park unless the role is advertised as a home-based contract. The contractual location of this role can be found at the top of this advert on our FA vacancy page.
The FA, For All, For You
Our equality, diversity and inclusion strategy forms an integral part of our long-term commitment to using our influence across English football to create a game free from discrimination.
https://www.thefa.com/-/media/thefacom-new/files/about-the-fa/2021/fa_a-game-for-all-strategy.ashx
A Game For All outlines three key strategic commitments – Lead the Change, Be the Change, and Inspire the Change – which will ensure tackling discrimination remains a core priority for English football for years to come.
We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.
We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.
As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.