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

As PA to the Director of Professional Game Relations and General Counsel, you'll play a trusted and highly visible role, supporting senior leaders, coordinating complex activities and engaging with influential stakeholders across the game. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy being the person who helps teams and leaders perform at their very best, we'd love to hear from you.

This role is a 12 month fixed term maternity cover contract, and we require someone to be able to start early December 2026.We operate within a hybrid working policy, whereby it is expected that team members be in office two days a week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays), and the remaining can be worked remotely. Flexibility on office days may be required from time to time.

• 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, while serving as a central coordination point across Professional Game Relations, Legal & Governance and Football Operations to facilitate effective decision-making, collaboration and delivery of departmental priorities.
• Managing 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 ensure completion and accountability.
• Diary management, travel and hotel bookings, expenses, coordination of meeting papers and agendas, and full operational support.
• Provide business support to the Leadership Heads of Departments across Legal & Governance and Football Operation Divisions.
• Provide full secretariat support to the Football Regulatory Authority, Professional Game Board and other committees as required, 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 as well as being able to communicate on behalf of the director(s), 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 the budgets accordingly with raising Purchase Order Requisition s.
• Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that the highest standards of health, safety, and well-being can be maintained.
• As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

• 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
• Being able to exercise sound judgement and handle highly sensitive and confidential information with high levels of discretion; previous experience working with confidential information.
• Excellent organisational & time management skills
• To be able to communicate to a high level with internal & external stakeholders at all levels
• Team/events co-ordination
• 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.
• Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team.
• Excellent verbal communication and written skills
• Excellent team working skills

• Good knowledge and understanding of Men's…