Job Description
Football Content Creator Apprentice Location: This is a hybrid role with opportunities to work remotely from the Berks & Bucks FA office (Milton Park, Oxfordshire), home and around the County. Salary: £252 per week (initial 12 months) Hours: 35 hours per week. (Requirement to work evenings and weekends in line with the demands of the role.) Contract: Until November 2025 (15 months) Creativity, imagination, and originality is what we are looking for from this role. We will support the successful candidate in developing their communication skills, to help us widen our engagement with different and more youthful audiences. You will have the freedom to develop your own content across our social media and other platforms, whilst supporting with communication across the team to capture attention. If that wasn't enough, during your time with us you'll have the opportunity to attend and cover some amazing grassroots football events that take place across our area. Key Responsibilities include: - Produce Content to promote Grassroots Football campaigns and initiatives. - Oversee Social Media Platforms - Monitor & Update Berks & Bucks FA website. - Attend and provide coverage of key Berks & Bucks FA events. For further information about this role please see the relevant Job Description, below. This role will be based at our headquarters in Didcot, Milton Park. Due to the nature of the work there may be a requirement to a small amount of evenings through the season. Flexible working arrangements and adjusted hours and home working opportunities, are available. Training delivered by Lifetime Training The training will be delivered through Lifetime Training, and will give candidates a Level 3 Community Sport & Health Officer qualification. More details on the training can be found here. About Berks & Bucks FA Berks & Bucks FA is the local governing body for football covering Berkshire & Buckinghamshire. Our role is simple, to lead, protect and support an individual's journey in football by inspiring a lifelong relationship with the game. Football has the power to Connect People and Change Lives and this is why we do what we do. These are exciting times for the County FA as we are at the beginning of our new four-year strategy and are settling into a new. County FA office. The continued growth of grassroots football continues to provide opportunities and challenges, and the successful candidates will be instrumental in helping the County FA to achieve our ambitions over the upcoming period What is it like to work for Berks & Bucks FA? Berks & Bucks FA is a great place to work. We are a relaxed, friendly workforce with a positive culture. We know that we are only as good as the people we employ. We offer a flexible working environment and we have embraced a hybrid method of working allowing our staff to work from the office as well as the flexibility of working remotely. Our staff see working in football as a privilege and all have one thing in common, we all believe in why we come to work, to connect people and change lives. We know the opportunities that football has on wider learning and wellbeing and this is our motivation to succeed. Application The closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Sunday 6th October. In order to apply please complete the application form (please note the below link will take you to an external website to apply): Football Content Creator Apprentice Application If you have any questions about the Football Content Creator Apprenticeship or would like an informal discussion, please contact Football Communications Officer, Steph Clark on 01235 544890 or via email . Application documents Working for Berks & Bucks FA - Applicant Pack Football Content Creator Apprenticeship - Job Description and Person Specification Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form Safeguarding The Berks & Bucks FA is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk. All eligible roles are subject to a DBS Check. E quality and Diversity Berks & Bucks FA promotes inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all parts of the community. If you have any requirements in relation to the recruitment or interview process, please include details on the application form. We also ask all candidates to submit the optional Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form to support our commitment to ensuring we are inclusive in our approach, this will be set out to all candidates completing the application.