Director State Development

The All India Football Federation (Aiff); New Delhi; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A national sports governing body is seeking a Director of State Development to lead Football development in India. Responsibilities include supporting State FAs, analyzing Football activity data, and establishing cooperation with local stakeholders. Candidates should have 3-5 years of experience in the Football industry and excellent communication skills. The role requires a Graduate/PG with a preferred Diploma in Sports Management. Applications via email are due by December 23, 2022.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience of 3-5 years in the Football industry.
• Age below 50 years.
• Ability to develop working relationships with stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and good working relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support State FAs in Football development.
• Analyze data from MAs of Football activities.
• Create customized developmental plans for State Associations.
• Organize courses for referees and coaching education.
• Develop and maintain good professional relationships with State MA officials.
• Financial management of activities under State Development programme.
• Provide feedback on development of all State Associations.
• Report to the Secretary General at AIFF.
• Organise referees courses and develop referees structure at SA level.
• Design a five-year plan for leagues development at MA level.

Skills

Leadership capacity

Excellent communication skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Basic legal knowledge of Societies Act

MS Office

Education

Graduate/PG in any stream

Diploma in Sports Management preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Date : 13-12-2022 to 23-12-2022

Area : Director State Development

Type of Contract : contract

Email Application with one page resume to : [e-mail]

Application Deadline : December 23, 2022

Reports to Secretary General

Job Description

• Hold, support & assist State FAs in Development of Football.
• Collect ,Segregate and Analyse data from MAs of Football activities across India.
• Liaise with other departments (Leagues, Grassroots, Coach Education, Referees, Competitions ) at AIFF to monitor development activities in the States.
• Create a customized developmental plan with the AIFF Technical Director for various State Associations based on their performance and activities over the years.
• Develop and Maintain good professional relationship with State MA officials on behalf of AIFF.
• Financial Management of all concerned activities under State Development programme.
• Create a good communication chain between AIFF and State MAs to carry out all developmental operations.
• Provide feedback on development of all State Associations.
• Report to the Secretary General at AIFF.
• REFEREES
• Proposing to the States Associations to create a structure for referees organization and delegate a leader
• Organizing courses for referees at the State Association’s (SA) level
• Developing a structural number of referees at the SA to be able to cover the leagues and all the other competitions for men and women’s football.
• Increasing the number of highly educated and licensed referees.

COACH EDUCATION

• Helping the MA to plan an yearly coaching education plan.
• The need to increase the number of women’s coaching staff-GK/Physical/Football Performance/Head Coach.
• Financial transparency when organize those kind of courses, and reducing the huge gap of the total cost for the participants between different states.
• Coordinate with the Coaching Education program of AIFF to implement a realistic number of instructors for every MA.

GRASSROOTS

• Partnership/collaboration with local stakeholders/State Governments and corporate.

LEAGUE AND YOUTH COMPETITIONS

• Helping the MAs to implement a sample of sponsoring program in order to obtain funds for the league/competitions
• To analyse the reality of every each state and create a plan at the short/middle/log term to increase the numbers of games played at different ages.
• The implementations of a digital data of the leagues organized by every each MA.
• Designing a five year plan for leagues development at MAs level.

Candidate’s Profile :

• Age below 50 years.
• Grauate/PG in any stream with Diploma in Sports Management preferred.
• Relevant experience of 3-5 years preferably in Football industry and start ups.
• Should be able to develop basic working relationship with stake holders.Basic Working legal knowledge of Societies Act
• Proven leadership capacity and good relationship with subordinates.
• Excellent communication - written and oral – skills.
• Advanced Level of knowledge in Microsoft Office platforms such as Excel, Word and Powerpoint.

Interested candidates should mail their CV along with expected remuneration to [e-mail] with the subject as "Application for the Post of Director State Development". Last date of Application is 23 rd December 2022.

AIFF reserves the right to cancel/reject the vacancy or applications without assigning any reason. The Candidate should be available for immediate joining.