PA – Director of Professional Game Relations & General Counsel - FTC

This role provides trusted, highly visible support to senior leaders, coordinating complex activities and engaging with influential stakeholders across the game. The post-holder acts as a central coordination point across Professional Game Relations, Legal & Governance and Football Operations, supporting two directors and their direct reports. It suits someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys helping teams and leaders perform at their very best.

The position is a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract, with the successful candidate required to start in early December 2026.

• Provide high-level administrative support to the Director of Professional Game Relations and General Counsel, acting as a central coordination point for departmental activities and administrative operations.
• Act as a trusted point of support to the Directors and their direct reports, providing sound judgement, perspective and proactive support across Professional Game Relations, Legal & Governance and Football Operations to facilitate effective decision-making
• Collaboration and delivery of departmental priorities.
• Manage complex and frequently changing priorities across two directors' portfolios, ensuring competing demands are balanced effectively.
• Monitor and track actions arising from emails, meetings and committee or Board meetings to ensure completion and accountability.
• Manage diaries, travel and hotel bookings, expenses, and the coordination of meeting papers and agendas, providing full operational support.
• Provide business support to the Leadership Heads of Departments across the Legal & Governance and Football Operations divisions.
• Provide full secretariat support to the Football Regulatory Authority, Professional Game Board and other committees, including meeting planning, agenda compilation, paper distribution, minute taking, action tracking and maintenance of governance records.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with clubs, leagues, professional game stakeholders and senior internal colleagues, communicating on behalf of the directors with their counterparts and other Support Executives within the game.
• Co-lead the planning and delivery of the annual Professional Game stakeholder conference, managing project timelines, delegate communications, registrations, venue and supplier relationships, programme coordination, budget administration and event execution.
• Manage budgets and raise Purchase Order Requisition s.
• Undertake additional tasks as required to meet changing priorities, and comply with all company policies and procedures to maintain the highest standards of health, safety and well-being.

• Substantial experience in a PA/EA role at director level.
• Proven ability to manage multiple senior stakeholders and their competing priorities simultaneously.
• Evidence of high-level diary and scheduling management.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in all areas of work.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement and handle highly sensitive and confidential information with high levels of discretion, including previous experience working with confidential information.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to communicate to a high level with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Team and events coordination experience.
• Experience of taking accurate minutes at committee meetings and producing clear, timely and finalised meeting minutes.
• Experience of Microsoft Suite, including Teams.
• Experience of Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience of using board and committee portal systems to compile, manage and publish agenda packs and meeting papers.
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and initiative.
• Abi…