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RECRUITMENT
PACK
Chair
September 2018

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This is an exciting
time to join the
London FA, as we
continue to pursue
a new phase of
transformation

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CONTENTS
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Your application                      04
Welcome to London FA                  07
About London FA                       08
The Board                             10
Our new Chief Executive               14
Management team                       15
Role description                      16
Person specification                  18
Staff structure                       21
Key dates and the selection process   22
The media advertisement               23
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YOUR
APPLICATION

Thank you very much for your
interest in this post. On the
following pages, you will find
details of the role and the selection
process to assist you in completing
and tailoring your application.
In order to apply you should         • Indicate on the declaration      Do contact one of us if you wish
submit:                                form if you cannot attend any    to have an informal discussion
• An up-to-date CV which               of the interview dates.          about the role and organisation
  shows your full career history     Please note that applications      or if you have any other
  – we recommend that this is        can only be considered if all      questions to help you decide
  no longer than three pages;        the documentation is complete.     whether to apply.
• A supporting statement             Please send your application,      Kind regards
  explaining why you are             preferably in MS Word or PDF       Radojka Miljevic
  interested in this role, how you   format by email to:                Partner
  are a good candidate for this      LondonFA@campbelltickell.com.      07989 608 380
  post, and how you fulfil the       Applications must be received      Kelly Shaw
  role requirements as set out       by Monday 1st October 2018,        Senior Recruitment Associate
  in the person specification        12 noon.                           07900 363 803
  on page 18, see below              Please ensure we receive your
  – we recommend that this is        application in good time. If you
  no longer than three pages;        do not receive confirmation
• The declaration form –             of receipt within 24 hours of
  completion of the equalities       sending, please call us on 020
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  is requested for monitoring        to the role/organisation in the
  purposes in line with our          header and use a secure email
  commitment to equality and         address from which to send
  diversity; and                     your application, to avoid it
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WELCOME TO
LONDON FA
Thank you for taking time to find out more
about the role of Chair at the London FA.
We are lucky to serve one of the      undergone some renewal over         Your commitment to and
most diverse cities in the world.     the last couple of years and        interest in football will be central
This strength differentiates          the Chair will be an important      to building your credibility in
London from many global cities        architect in leading the Board to   this role. Organisations like ours
and allows people living and          find its shared voice and cement    rely on the commitment of a
working in London to float            its profile among a range of key    vast array of volunteers, and
across the different communities      stakeholders – such as the FA,      your values and experience
that they wish to connect with –      the Council and the members,        need to be able to resonate
whether ethnic, class, religious,     as well as other private and        with the grass-roots heart of
gender, sexuality, physical           public sector partners. You will    our organisation. We think it’s
ability, demographic, or locality-    also need to be armed with a        likely that you will come with
based. We see this rich pool of       good understanding of how to        experience of the football
different communities of interest     role model and promote good         or sports sector. If you don’t
as fundamental to growing             governance, earned through          but believe you are our ideal
participation in our sport.           your own non-executive              candidate, you will need to be
Football is there for every citizen   experience and learning, and        able to demonstrate at interview
to enjoy, and our challenge is        will be able to inspire the         that you have absorbed what’s
to create the opportunities and       Board to add value and insight      particular to our sector and
pathways for all communities          to the organisation’s aspirations   relationships and that your
to see participating in football      and challenges.                     skills are strong enough to
as something for them and             As Chair, you will be an            establish credibility within this
reflecting them.                      important ambassador for the        peer group. You will also bring
Our next Chair will have a            organisation, whether engaging      an understanding of London’s
key role in stewarding change         in high level discussion with       political bodies and networks.
and we would expect anyone            funders, or connecting with the     You can find more information
coming into the role to have a        grass-roots membership. You         in this pack about us and about
depth of career experience in         will be an individual who handles   the role but do also speak to our
a senior leadership role, with a      relationships with ease and         recruiters if you have specific
good all-round knowledge of           diplomacy and actively enjoys       questions.
how to connect a vision and           engagement, and you’ll be alive     Yours faithfully
strategy with delivery. We have       to the dynamics of membership
a recently appointed Chief            organisations.                      The London FA Board
Executive, who will welcome
a sounding board and ally in
mapping the organisation’s
development both internally
and externally. The Board has
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ABOUT
LONDON FA
Established in 1891, and affiliated to The Football
Association, the London FA is the regional Football
Association for London, working in partnership
with other regional County Football Associations. It
administers all levels of men’s, women’s and youth
football and is responsible for developing and
supporting all grassroots football across the capital.
Mission: get more people             played by over half a million        Our new three-year strategy has
playing football more often in       people whether at school,            set a roadmap to delivering
the capital                          Sunday league, five-a-side or        necessary change at the
Purpose: to enrich the maximum       professional level. But there is     London FA. Beginning with
number of lives through football     the potential to ensure further      governance, we have ensured
                                     growth in the game and to            that our corporate governance
Values: teamwork, passion,           embed all of the socio-              reforms comply with Sport
integrity, excellence                economic advantages it can           England’s Code for Sports
Following a comprehensive            bring to a community and to          Governance, to ensure the
business review, and with            individual lives.                    highest levels of transparency.
extensive consultation with our      We are working hard to stem the      Our newly reformed Board is
clubs, leagues, partners and         decline in men’s 11x11 football,     one of the most experienced
local authorities, this season the   but we have also seen a rise in      and representative boards in
London FA launched a three-          the women’s game. Women and          grassroots football, and better
year strategic plan to transform     girls football continues to be the   reflects London’s diversity.
football in the capital. We have     number one female team sport         Our key strategic objectives are
realigned resources to build on a    in England, with just shy of three   focused on:
foundation of partnership work       million people currently playing
at every level to enable more                                             - Participation & development:
                                     some form of the game. There           Support and deliver football
people to play football more         are now more opportunities
often across the capital.                                                   participation and development
                                     than ever before for women and         interventions to retain and
As we build to the Euro 2020         girls in London to get involved        grow football participants
finals and semi-finals here in       in the game – regardless of age,
London, we have a wonderful          ability or ambitions. Whether        - Football workforce: Train,
opportunity to inspire and unite     you want to be part of the next        develop and monitor the
the game across the capital and      generation of Lionesses and            football workforce of coaches,
further recognise the remarkable     take to the world stage or just        referees and club &
achievements of our volunteers.      want to play casually, there’s an      league officers
London is a hugely diverse city      opportunity for all.
where football is enjoyed and
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- Facilities: Support and           - For the first time ever, for the   In the first year of
  coordinate the development          2017/18 season, clubs              implementing our new
  of new and maintenance of           received a welcome pack on         strategic plan, we have
  existing facilities                 completion of affiliation which    established solid foundations
- Governance: Deliver football        provides a ‘one stop shop’         for success in future years,
  governance and administration       guide to the support service       including stabilising our
  activities to support the           available to them;                 finances, putting us in a strong
  coordination of football          - Via a new partnership with         position to reinvest even more
                                      Sportsguard, we have been          capital into grassroots football.
- Competitions & awards:                                                 We are already starting to
  Arrange, manage and deliver         able to reduce the cost of
                                      insurance at every level of        see results.
  the appropriate competitions,
  leagues and awards to               the game to provide a safe         If you’re committed to
  promote football                    environment for people to          utilising the power of sport
                                      enjoy football;                    to transform and enrich
- Business functions: Run the                                            people’s lives, and you want
  internal business functions to    - We have directly supported
                                      six local authorities in London    to lead an organisation with
  support the business activities                                        an exceptionally skilled and
  of the County FA.                   to apply for funding from the
                                      Parklife Fund which aims to        committed Board, supported
Some of the highlights from the       create a sustainable model for     by a brilliant staffing team,
last 12 months include:               football facilities based around   then this could be the ideal
- We have delivered a new £70k        artificial grass pitches on hub    opportunity for you.
  Grassroots Fund to support          sites; and                         Visit Londonfa.com to find
  our clubs to develop and retain   - We have seen year on year          out more, the annual report
  teams which has generated 94        team growth of 12% – an            is here and take a look at
  new teams across London;            increase of 336 teams across       these videos too.
- Based on this success we have       all age groups – making us
  grown this fund to £100k for        the top growth county in
  the 2017/18 season;                 the country.
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OUR PEOPLE
THE BOARD

GEORGE DORLING,                    ALISTAIR MORGAN,                     DEREK HARRIS,
chair                              non-executive risk & finance         non-executive football director
                                   director

George was appointed to            Ali is a qualified accountant        Derek, like many other
the Board in 2001 and is a         (CIPFA) and an Engagement            volunteers, became involved in
Vice-President of the London       Director at the National Audit       football administration when
FA. He is also the London          Office. In a public-sector           his son Paul joined a Youth
FA representative on the FA        career spanning almost 20            Club in 1981 and he has been
Council where he serves on         years, Ali has managed and led       involved in all aspects of a
the Alliance committee, Judicial   audits within the NHS, local         football club as Team Manager,
Panel and Trophy Committee         government, and the charity          Club Secretary, Chair, Child
of which he is Vice Chair.         sector as well as government         Welfare Officer. In 2002 he
George held many positions         departments. His current             joined Tandridge Youth League
within the footballing world       portfolio of clients are primarily   as Disciplinary Secretary and
including Chair of the AJY         within the justice system            later took on the General
League and is currently Chair      and include the Ministry of          League Secretary role. Due to
of the London Inter League         Justice. He is experienced in        the lack of volunteers, Derek
Cup. He was a senior referee       successfully delivering change,      also covers many other tasks,
and officiated in the Isthmian     most notably overseeing              including Fixtures Secretary.
league and refereed the London     financial reporting of the           He was a Surrey County FA
FA Senior Cup Final and            complex reorganisation of            Council Member, serving on
London FA Sunday Challenge         the NHS in 2013, involving           the League Representative
Cup Final. George had a career     over 400 organisations with a        and Facilities Committees.
in the manufacturing industry      turnover of over £90 billion.        Having spent some 36 years in
before becoming a Health           Ali is a keen football fan and       youth football, Derek remains
& Safety Consultant in the         long-time Arsenal season ticket      passionate about continuing
construction industry.             holder and fulfilled a lifetime      to provide a safe, friendly
                                   ambition in going to the World       and enjoyable environment
                                   Cup in 2014.                         for young people to play and
                                                                        enhance their skills.
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GABBY SHIRLEY,                       IAN WALLIS,                        KIRSTIN FURBER,
non-executive football director      non-executive football director    non-executive
                                                                        independent director

Youth Sport Trust London             Ian joined the Council of the      Kirstin is the Chief People
Region Development Manager,          London FA in 2002 and has          Officer, at ClearScore, one of
Gabby has an in-built passion        been on the Board of Directors     the leading FinTech businesses
for football. The impact of the      since 2012. He also Chairs         based in the UK, changing the
Trust’s development work across      the Cup Competitions               way people across the world
the Capital has been substantial,    Committee, as well as the          manage their finances.
providing a huge demographic         South-East Division and            She was previously People
of young Londoners the               many Judicial Commissions.         Director at BBC Worldwide,
opportunity to change their
lives using the power of sport.      Previously, he spent 27 years      a commercial subsidiary,
Gabby has 20 years’ industry         as General Secretary and 20        employing approximately 1,800
experience across the education      years as Chair of the London &     employees, across 14 countries.
and community landscape of           Kent Border Football League,       She had responsibility for
PE, sport and physical activity.     at that time comprising 120        organisational development &
Following a sabbatical year          adult Sunday teams and             learning; talent management
as Athletic Union President,         has therefore considerable         & resourcing; culture &
Gabby embarked on a career           experience with all aspects of     engagement; and reward.
journey that has developed a         football at grassroots level. He   Prior to joining BBC Worldwide,
highly driven, results orientated,   is also a founder and Trustee of   Kirstin held the roles of
strategic leader with strong         the Charlton Athletic Museum.      Executive HR Director at
project management skills.                                              Twentieth Century Fox, VP of
Having played from the age of                                           HR International at Discovery
8, in the London Metropolitan                                           Channel and positions at Ziff
5-a-side league through                                                 Davis, Warner Bros and the
to University first team                                                Granada Media Group. Kirstin is
representation and full colours,                                        an accredited coach, has CIPD
Gabby is well placed to support                                         Fellowship status, is a Business
the development of the London                                           Management graduate and a
FA strategy.                                                            keen travel photographer.
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LOUISE DORLING,                      PAUL MORTIMER,                       RUTH HOLDAWAY,
non-executive football director      non-executive football director      non-executive
                                                                          independent director

Louise has recently retired          Paul is a former English             Since 2013, Ruth has been
after a lifetime in the teaching     footballer and has played for        Chief Executive of Women in
profession, where she used her       several London clubs including       Sport, where she has created
mathematics, administration          Fulham, Crystal Palace and           and embedded a new vision to
and people skills expertise to       most famously Charlton               transform sport for the benefit
become a senior leader in a          Athletic where he had over 200       of every woman and girl in the
local primary school. Louise also    appearances and played in the        UK. She has had a 13-year
has over 40 years’ voluntary         Premier League. He also had          career in the voluntary sector
experience within both youth         stints at Aston Villa and Bristol    fighting for gender equality; with
and open-age football. Having        City. After his playing career       senior roles in communications,
served as a league secretary         ended, Paul held coaching            service delivery and business
and management committee             roles with Wimbledon, Arsenal,       development for Breakthrough
member, undertaking roles            Torquay United and Brentford.        Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer
including registrations, fixtures,   In 2007, Paul returned to            UK and Women’s Aid. Earlier
cups, results and disciplinary       Charlton Athletic to coach the       roles were at the NHS, the BBC,
matters for a large league over      club’s women’s team.                 the World Health Organisation,
many years, she is currently         Paul is currently the Professional   and the US Senate.
secretary of the London Inter        Players Engagement Manager           Ruth is on the Board of the
League Cup Competition               at Kick It Out, working with         English Sports Development
as well as a trained Judicial        current and former professional      Trust & has an Honorary
Secretary and Chair. Louise has      footballers. His role involves
                                                                          Doctorate from the University
been a member of the London          gaining a better understanding
                                                                          of East London. She is also a
FA Council for over four years.      of the real issues affecting
                                                                          regular judge for the Sky Sports
                                     players and allowing them to
                                     feed into the delivery of the        Woman of the Year Awards and
                                     campaign’s future strategies to      was named by The Independent
                                     tackle racism and discrimination     as one of the 50 most influential
                                     in football.                         women in sport.
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SIMON HUGHES,                      VIVIENNE AIYELA,
non-executive                      non-executive football director
independent director

Simon was appointed to the         Vivienne has over 15 years
Board in November 2015 and         of experience working across
has lived in London since 1977.    corporate, public, not-for-
He was a Liberal Democrat MP       profit and commercial sectors.
for Bermondsey from 1983-          In addition to working at a
2015. Simon was Minister           senior level in human resources
of State for Justice and Civil     and people development
Liberties from 2013-2015, and      throughout her career, Vivienne
before that his Party’s Deputy     has held the position of Chair
Leader and President and is        and Co-Ordinator of the CIPD
currently the President of the     Diversity and Inclusion Special
Liberal Democrats in London.
                                   Interest Group. She is also a
Since leaving Parliament, Simon
                                   non-executive director of the
has worked as Head of Public
Affairs for the Open University.   Metropolitan Police Service and
He is: Honorary Fellow, South      Co-Chair of BAME Challenge
Bank University; Chair, London     at Inclusive Employers.
Bubble Theatre Company; Chair      Since 2013, Vivienne has held
of Governors, St. James’s CoE      the position of Chair of the
Primary School Bermondsey,         Footballer’s Anti-Discrimination
Vice-Chair, Bacon’s College; and   Disciplinary Panel for the FA.
Trustee, Millwall Community        She’s also a member of
Trust. He is a long-standing       Women in Football and has
Millwall FC fan, and a supporter   a keen interest and expertise
of the Welsh rugby and             in the sport.
Glamorgan cricket teams.
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OUR NEW
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

PAUL BICKERTON
Chief Executive

Paul joins the LFA from Sport      coaching charity, delivering       significantly to growing
England and brings with            training and development           participation over that period.
him nearly two decades of          programmes across the south of     More recently he has worked
experience in sport. The new       England. He also has significant   in a number of different roles
appointment will see Paul          experience of working in           at Sport England and in 2016
lead the LFA, as we continue       London and was BADMINTON           led the overall process by which
with our strategy of making        England’s London Regional          Sport England invested circa
the sport more inclusive and       Manager for five years in the      £260m into NGBs for the
representative of Londoners.       lead up to the 2021 Olympics.      2017-21 cycle.
The early years of Paul’s career   Paul led a team to deliver a
were spent as a qualified coach    legacy plan for the sport in
educator and tutor for a leading   the capital, which contributed
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OUR PEOPLE
MANAGEMENT TEAM

BECKY GREAVES                     HUGH GILROY                       NEIL TWITCHETT
head of governance                head of engagement and support    head of delivery

Becky has over 12 years of        Hugh has worked at London         Neil has worked at the London
experience working within         FA for nearly 2 years, working    FA for a year. His role includes
grassroots football, 3 of         as Workforce Development          leading on developing facility
those in the role of Head of      Officer previously before         projects including Parklife,
Governance at London FA.          undertaking his current role.     delivering club and league-
Becky oversees the London         Hugh’s role includes building     based programmes and
FA Disciplinary Process,          strategic partnerships with       Local Authority partnerships.
Safeguarding, Club Affiliations   key organisations; leading on     He manages a team of
& League Sanctions as well as     workforce development and         four Football Development
Online Player Registrations.      technology; and overseeing        Managers who work with
                                  participation campaigns           partners across Local Authority
Becky is also the Senior                                            areas to grow and sustain
Safeguarding Lead for             including for walking football.
                                                                    football delivery.
London FA and is                  Hugh is a Level 3 referee,
responsible for the strategic     FA Referee tutor, observer        Neil currently coaches an
overview of Safeguarding          and mentor.                       Under 10 grassroots football
within the County.                                                  team which plays in the
                                                                    Cambridgeshire league. He
Having been born and bred in                                        has three children who are
Northamptonshire, Becky is a                                        all involved in sport and he
Northampton Town fan, and                                           supports West Ham United.
also supports Arsenal.
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ROLE
DESCRIPTION
Reports to:                         Core                               • Deals with paperwork
                                                                         associated with the function
The London FA Board members         responsibilities:                    of chairing Board meetings,
                                                                         including development of the
                                    Strategic leadership
Role purpose:                                                            agenda and Forward Plan with
                                                                         the Chief Executive.
                                    • Ensures the Board sets the
• The Chair provides strategic        London FA’s vision, mission,
  leadership to the Board                                              • Ensures that the Board
                                      values and standards and
  and to the organisation as a                                           receives professional advice
                                      that its obligations to its
  whole, working with the Chief                                          when it is needed from
                                      stakeholders and others,
  Executive to ensure that the                                           external sources.
                                      including any funders, are
  design of the Board’s work          understood and met.              • In the case of urgent business
  supports achieving the London
                                                                         occurring between meetings,
  FA’s outcomes.                    • Promotes good governance
                                                                         takes necessary decisions
                                      and ensures that the London
• The Chair ensures that                                                 on behalf of the Board, in
                                      FA’s affairs are conducted in
  the Board delivers its key                                             accordance with agreed
                                      accordance with the Code for
  strategic role and provides                                            urgency arrangements.
                                      Sports Governance.
  effective governance of the
                                                                       Stakeholder engagement
  organisation, securing its        • Contributes to the effective
  viability and sustainability,       governance of the London FA      • Is a visible and known
  and looking to maximise its         through membership of any          presence to members of the
  effectiveness, within the scope     committees or sub-groups.          Council and can champion
  of its Terms of Reference.                                             change initiatives with them.
                                    Conduct of Board business
• The Chair plays a lead role                                          • Is able to work constructively
  in shaping the Board’s            • Ensures that the business
                                                                         with the membership.
  development as a strong team,       of the Board is
  working in a complementary          conducted efficiently.           • Working with the
  way with the Chief Executive’s                                         Chief Executive.
  leadership of his or her          • Ensures that Board members
  team, to encourage quality          are given the opportunity        • Ensures that a constructive
  discussions and debate.             to express their views and         working relationship is
                                      their views are sought before      established with and
• The Chair contributes to the        important decisions are taken.     support provided for the
  promotion and positioning of                                           Chief Executive.
  the organisation with a wide
  range of external stakeholders.
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• Ensures that the Board makes      Promoting the organisation
  proper arrangements to
  appraise the performance of       • Acts as an ambassador for the
  the Chief Executive, to set         London FA externally and helps
  objectives and to determine         to build its brand and public
  the remuneration for this role.     image, ensuring an effective
                                      local and regional profile in
• When necessary (e.g. following      consultation with the
  a resignation) ensures that         Chief Executive.
  any new Chief Executive
  is recruited in a timely and      • Represents the London FA
  orderly manner in line with         with key stakeholders, such as
  the London FA’s                     the Football Association, other
  employment policies.                county football associations
                                      and other influential
Developing the Board team             decision-makers.

• Considers what the business       • Attends ad-hoc meetings
  needs from non-executive            as required (for example
  skills and takes an active role     stakeholder meetings) to
  in Board renewal, recruitment       promote the values and
  and succession planning.            purpose of the organisation.

• Ensures that annually the
  performance of individual
  Board members, including
  the Chair, and the Board’s
  collective performance,
  is evaluated.

• Establishes a constructive
  working relationship with any
  deputy and with fellow
  Board members.
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PERSON
SPECIFICATION
Core                                                                        Ability, skills &
competencies:                                                               knowledge:
• Leadership – exceptional              • Negotiating and influencing       • Has non-executive experience,
  leadership skills. Ability to chair     – demonstrates effective skills     including having chaired in
  meetings, listen, contribute            in persuasion and negotiation       a team environment (e.g. a
  to the discussion as required,          to influence others. Can set        committee or Board)
  interpret debates and drive             the style and tone of Board
  the Board to decisions, with a          meetings in order to promote      • An excellent grasp of the
  willingness to speak their mind.        effective debate and decision       tenets of good governance and
  Can also hold their own in a            making. Can network and             would be able to apply these
  range of public environments,           make an impact with                 to the development of the
  presenting arguments with               wider audiences.                    London FA Board and its
  knowledge and understanding                                                 ways of working
  of wider strategic contexts.          • Team working – ability to
  Able to listen and make                 develop positive relationships    • Has a proven track record of
  reasoned contributions to               that generate confidence and        leading or having high level
  debate and a willingness to             respect. Ability to engage and      management experience in
  speak their mind.                       enthuse people individually         an organisation, whether
                                          and in groups. Experience           commercial, charitable or
• Strategic thinking –                    of working in collaboration         public sector, and
  demonstrates strategic vision,          with others, working towards        delivering impact.
  thinking, foresight and insight.        common goals and shared
  Can encourage the Board to              objectives. Can bring team        • Must be up to speed with
  think about the level of risk           unity from a range of different     Government and Greater
  it can entertain to achieve             backgrounds and experiences.        London Authority policy as
  organisational objectives                                                   it applies to the sport and
  and has ample experience of           • Change management – is              physical activity landscape and
  business planning and review.           able to find ways of keeping        will understand its application
                                          everyone on board with              in the football sphere.
• Judgement – can provide clear,          change, is willing to challenge
  independent, balanced advice            unhelpful or disruptive           • Understands the sports
  and guidance with the ability           behaviours and can keep             infrastructure (e.g. the FA,
  to challenge constructively.            everyone to task around the         Sport England, Greater Sport
                                          evidence for decision-making.       etc.) as it applies to London.
• Compliance – Experienced in
  appreciating the importance
  of corporate compliance,
  with a track record of its
  application across a
  public-facing organisation.
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                                     Personal
                                     attributes:
• A strategic thinker, who can       • Must bring a genuine              • Has effective self-management
  apply creative and imaginative       enthusiasm for football and         skills: will take the time needed
  solutions, with good                 a willingness to promote its        to learn, engage, prepare,
  judgement and a commitment           benefits for personal and           discuss and negotiate as
  to results.                          community well-being.               needed.

• Skilled at bringing people         • Diplomacy – able to present,      • Has a personal and clear
  together to generate a               defend or champion changes          commitment to equality and
  strong team spirit, able to          of different kinds to a variety     diversity and how it might
  work collaboratively, building       of audiences, in a way that         apply within the work of the
  consensus and encouraging            is authentic, inclusive and         London FA.
  ‘cabinet style’ decision making.     demonstrates the capacity
                                       to entertain and engage with      • Is business minded but with a
                                       other points of view.               social ethos.

                                     • Is recognised as a person of
                                       integrity and credibility in
                                       the conduct of all aspects of
                                       the role and can command
                                       confidence across a wide range
                                       of stakeholder interests.

                                     • Can devote the necessary
                                       effort and input to the role.
                                       Estimated time commitment
                                       for the role is 2-3 days per
                                       month. Can be flexible in
                                       the application of time. Is
                                       committed to at least a
                                       three year tenure.
www.campbelltickell.com
0208 830 6777
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STAFF
STRUCTURE
                                             CHIEF
                                           EXECUTIVE
                                            OFFICER
                                           Paul Bickerton

       HEAD OF                               HEAD OF                               HEAD OF
     GOVERNANCE                              DELIVERY                            ENGAGEMENT
                                                                                 AND SUPPORT
        Becky Greaves                      Neil Twitchett
                                                                                   Hugh Gilroy

     DESIGNATED
    SAFEGUARDING                            FOOTBALL                               COACH &
       OFFICER                            DEVELOPMENT                            EDUCATION
                                            MANAGER                             CO-ORDINATOR
        Yasmin Dyer
                                            Laura Foster                           Neil Fowkes

     DESIGNATED                             FOOTBALL                              CUPS AND
    SAFEGUARDING                          DEVELOPMENT                           COMPETITIONS
       OFFICER                              MANAGER                                OFFICER
        Nikeeta Patel                      Luke Thompson                              Vacant

    INVESTIGATIONS                          FOOTBALL                             WORKFORCE
      & CUSTOMER                          DEVELOPMENT                           DEVELOPMENT
   SUPPORT OFFICER                          MANAGER                               OFFICER
          Carl Long                        Rakhi Shingadia                       Nicholas Wright

    INVESTIGATIONS                         DISABILITY                             COURSES
      & CUSTOMER                            FOOTBALL                            ADMINISTRATOR
   SUPPORT OFFICER                        DEVELOPMENT
                                                                                  Andre Thomas
                                            MANAGER
        Richard Berry
                                          Conor McBrearty

                                    Shared Administrators x 6
   Francis Aderiye, Calum Opere-Hoyal, Amanda Lewis, Alex Burke, Marquel Ellis-Brooks, Lilly Phelan
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KEY DATES AND
THE SELECTION PROCESS
Role closes
Monday 1st October 2018
at 12 noon

First interviews with Gera Patel
and Radojka Miljevic at Campbell
Tickell offices in Wembley
Wednesday 10th October 2018

Final interviews with a London
FA panel at Wembley Stadium
Wednesday 24th October 2018
Chair
Voluntary role / London
Are you the engaging                 You will need to have senior         building your credibility in this
                                     leadership experience to help us     role, and it’s likely that you will
Chair who can complete               steward change effec vely, both      come with experience of the
our Board team?                      at Board level and with our          football or sports sector. You
We at the London FA are looking      partners. You will understand how    will also bring an understanding
to grow the long-term                to role model and promote good       of London’s poli cal bodies
par cipa on in our sport so that     governance, earned through your      and networks.
it beer reflects London’s diverse   own non-execu ve experience          Visit www.campbell ckell.com/jobs
popula on, and will do this by       and learning.                        to get further details. You can
changing our focus, culture and      As Chair, you will be an important   also speak to Kelly Shaw on
infrastructure. To get there, we     ambassador for the organisa on,      07900 363 803 or Radojka
have recently recruited a new        whether engaging in high level       Miljevic on 020 3434 0990.
Chief Execu ve and are now           discussion with funders, or          Closing: Monday 1st October
looking for the next key player –    connec ng with the                   2018 at 12 noon.
in the posi on of Chair – to         grass-roots membership.
complete our leadership team.
                                     Your commitment to and interest
                                     in football will be central to
Third Floor
Olympic Office Centre
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HA9 0NU
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