Senior Coach Education Organization Manager (freelancer)

Senior Coach Education Organization Manager (Freelancer)

Department: Professional Football

Employment Type: Freelance

Location: Remote

Description
As the organiser of some of the biggest and most iconic sport events in the world, we lead the way in the sport and event industry.

Join the team as a freelancer and support us on our mission.

THE POSITION
These are your key tasks:

• Lead engagement with Member Associations' coach education leaders.
• Develop and manage global coaching development reports.
• Support programmes related to coach education leaders (e.g., FIFA Training Centre Community Engagement, webinars, seminars and workshops).
• Act as the department point of contact for the FIFA Regional Technical Consultants.
• Develop reports on Confederations' Coaching Conventions Status.

YOUR PROFILE
We work hard at FIFA.
We are dedicated, ambitious and innovative.

And we respect our values. Always.

For all roles, we seek talented people with an entrepreneurial spirit and a global mindset.

The specific competencies we require for this position are:

• Has a coaching degree (at least equivalent to Confederations A Diploma) and long standing (min. 5 years) experience in working with national and international level players and teams
• Academic degree in a sports related field is preferred
• Minimum 5 years' experience working for an international football organization (ideally within a Confederation, Governing Body or Member Association)
• Minimum 5 years' experience facilitating coaching license courses
• Proven knowledge/experience of how FIFA works with its Member Associations
• Track-record in managing projects and leading people
• Proven ability working within a multi-cultural work environment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Strong sense of responsibility, accountability and a service-oriented mindset
• Self-confidence and diplomacy
• Solution orientation with great ability to understand complex processes and translate into simple solutions
• Ability to work under pressure: commitment to deliver high-quality outputs in a timely manner
• Ability to communicate and resolve problems in a multicultural environment
• Understanding of Member Associations' coach education systems
• Understanding of Confederations' coaching conventions
• Familiarity with FIFA Global Football Development Programmes
• Fluent in English
• Proficiency in any other FIFA language (F / ES / GER) is an asset)
• Proficient in Word / PowerPoint / Excel
• General availability within Mon-Fri 8-6 Zurich time
• Willingness to travel globally