Assistant Company Secretary

The Football Association have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Company Secretary

You will support the Company Secretary, providing advice and assistance on all company secretarial issues and ensuring that The FA, its subsidiary companies and charities are meeting their statutory requirements.

What will you be doing?

• Provide assistance to the Company Secretary on the development of corporate governance practice across The FA, subsidiary companies and charities.
• Assist the Company Secretary with ensuring that the FA, its subsidiary companies and charities comply with relevant constitutional and statutory requirements, including maintaining the statutory registers in Diligent Entities, ensuring that the Group files statutory information promptly as required and advising on any other compliance matters.
• Be responsible to the Company Secretary for ensuring that FA Council procedures are followed including for example:
  • organising and administering meetings of Council and issuing papers through Nasdaq Boardvantage;
  • assisting with the annual nomination and election procedures for Members of Council;
  • assisting with the annual Committee appointments process;
  • assisting with the induction process for all new Council Members; and
  • advising Council Members on any relevant matters relating to their role.
• Assisting with Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings and ensuring that all logistical and voting procedures are in place.
• Assist with the FA National Sports Centre Trust and FA Benevolent Fund, ensuring that all legislative, constitutional and regulatory procedures are complied with; advising trustees on such matters and arranging and administering trustee meetings as required.
• Overseeing internal and external communication on corporate governance matters, including information to FA Council members, corporate governance pages of The FA's website and assisting with the production of the Council Annual Report and annual reports of all FA Group companies.
• Providing advice and assistance on improving the corporate governance practices of County Football Associations.
• Maintaining a know-how library of company secretarial and corporate governance best practice.
• Keeping up to date with all relevant statutory, legislative and other regulatory procedures relating to company secretarial matters, in particular the UK Sport / Sport England Code for Sports Governance.
• Executes additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure 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.

What are we looking for?

• Qualified / part CGI (or equivalent)
• Prior experience in a company secretarial / governance professional role
• Previous use of Diligent Entities or other Entity Management software
• Previous use of Nasdaq Boardvantage or another Board portal
• Must possess keen attention to detail and excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to manage stakeholders internally and externally
• Positive, professional attitude and able to remain calm under pressure.
• Ability to prioritise, work to deadlines and use initiative.
• Good organisational skills.
• Confidence to deal with individuals at senior levels of the organisation

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and wellbeing.
• Free, nutritious lunches, at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
• Free private medical cover.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• An additional Thank You days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave.
• A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page,

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

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.