Job description:

EXTERNAL COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS’ FA

Role:                                 Council member (external) x 3

• Girls’ football
• Disability football
• Groups underrepresented in football by virtue of race or cultural heritage

Salary & benefits:            These are voluntary posts although reasonable expenses will be reimbursed

Responsible to:               Chair of Council

Main responsibilities:      Council members shall be responsible for overseeing matters relating to managing, running and organising schools’ football along with any other matters as the charity trustees shall determine from time to time. Council members shall elect Trustees from amongst their number

• Advise Council on matters relating to the area of lived experience under which candidates are appointed, and support Council & staff, via the CEO, to develop their knowledge and understanding of that specialism.
• Attend Council meetings and the AGM, usually amounting to 6 meetings per year;
• Serve on one or more of the ESFA’s specialist committees to set the standards, priorities, projects and other activities for the support and/or delivery of schools’ football
• Review and evaluate the Association’s football programmes and propose any changes to the AGM;
• Elect the ESFA Trustees from within their membership and then support them to fulfil their responsibilities;
• To act with high standards of professionalism, business integrity and personal conduct at all times, as per the Council Commitment Statement;
• Comply with the ESFA’s Safeguarding Code of Conduct;
• Demonstrate a commitment to ESFA policy in practice;
• To act as an ambassador for the ESFA in the conduct of all  business;

Eligibility and selection

• Eligibility to serve is subject to compliance with ESFA safeguarding protocols, suitable references and confirmation that the postholder has nothing, or does nothing, to bring the ESFA into disrepute.
• External members are recruited to provide specialist knowledge and/or to fill skills gaps on Council
• Recruitment is by open selection through advertisement and interview

Term of Office

Council members shall be appointed for up to a three year term of office. A Council member can be re-elected to serve no more than 3 consecutive three year terms, and can only be re-appointed thereafter following a gap of 3 years.

For further details about the role and the selection process, please go to the ESFA website, here:

https://schoolsfootball.org/about-us/join-in/vacancies/