Women's Football Manager

Women's Football Manager

Application Deadline: 31 March 2025

Department: Women's Football

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Zurich

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 and support us on our mission.

THE POSITION
The Women's Football Manager will be responsible for the administrative support to Chief of Women's Football Officer and supporting the wider Women's Football Division.

These are your key tasks:

• Information flow – manage information for external and internal communication including memos, emails, presentations, and reports using various software, including word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software.
• Project management - Administrative and operational support for events or projects as assigned.
• Meetings (special events) management – prepare agendas, record minutes, prepare presentations, book rooms, and set up refreshments for meetings as required.
• Liaison with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring good interpersonal relationships are always maintained.
• Diary, Expenses and Travel management - provide personal assistant, administrative and planning support including diary management, scheduling appointments, travel and accommodation arrangements.
• Coordination of Women's Football Division meetings, projects and tasks as required.
• Providing the FIFA Women's World Cup team with necessary support to guarantee efficient project delivery including coordination of Government and Host City meetings.
• Supporting other departments in the Women's Football Division with administrative tasks as required.
• Division wide time management - managing information flow for decision making purposes in a timely and accurate manner.
• Performs and maintains sound administrative procedures with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, to achieve quality standards.
• Coordination of Divisional activities.

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:

• A minimum administration experience of 3-5 years
• Experience working directly with c-suite executives with clear understanding of executive level landscape and demands
• Experience working in international sports organisation with demonstrated stakeholder management skills
• Experience working in major international sports event with demonstrated knowledge of project structure, event planning and event project management processes
• Women's football knowledge
• Experience in Legal and Finance related administrative work
• Affinity towards IT and innovation
• Administration or commercial qualification
• Fluent in English. Proficiency in any other FIFA language (F / ES / GER) is an asset
• Strong organisational skills and ability to multitask with exceptional attention to detail
• Team Player, strong interpersonal skills, and ability to adjust communication styles to the audience, willing to work to tight timelines
• Positive ‘can do' attitude, proactive, takes initiative
• Ability to treat confidential information with appropriate discretion
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Willingness to travel

PERKS & BENEFITS
The biggest benefit of a career at FIFA is the privilege to work for the beautiful game and create something that matters.

Alongside that privilege, we also offer some extra perks and benefits:

• Health and fitness: Regular football sessions for all abilities, plus on-site gym.
• Home office: Up to two days of home office per week if work permits and home office allowance for all.
• Language courses: Offered to all staff to aid personal and professional growth.
• Continuous learning: We care about your development and encourage internal mobility, offering a variety of training and education to help achieve it.
• Pension: Flexible pension benefits with generous employer contributions.
• Relocation assistance: A dedicated team will be on hand to support your relocation.
• Sustainability: We support all employees using public transport.
• Vacation: Maintain a healthy work/life balance with a generous vacation allowance.
• Volunteering: Make an impact beyond your regular role and bond with colleagues by volunteering with one of our partners.

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