Club Developers x2 (North Wales based)

The Role

The FAW is recruiting for two Club Developers to join our Grassroots team, one covering the North East Wales area and the other covering North West Wales area.

The FAW Participation Plan 2026–2036 sets out an ambition to grow and strengthen community football across Wales. Clubs are central to this ambition: they bring people together, create opportunities to play and volunteer, and provide welcoming environments in which communities can thrive.

Club Developers will help deliver the Plan’s People and Places objectives. This means putting greater emphasis on the people who make grassroots football happen — particularly club volunteers and administrators — while supporting clubs to become inclusive, sustainable and well-run community assets.

Working as part of a regional development team, post holders will help clubs build their capability, strengthen governance and administration, recruit and support volunteers, and improve the experiences of everyone involved. They will also support clubs to develop their offer, engage with their communities, access appropriate funding and facilities, and progress through the FAW’s Quality Club Programme and wider development journey.

Club Developers will work in close partnership with internal colleagues (including the Regional Development Manager and Grassroots Participation Officer), as well as collaborating frequently with key stakeholders such as the Area Association, Cymru Football Foundation and Grounds Management Association.

The role requires excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to listen, motivate and constructively challenge club representatives. Club Developers will tailor support to each club’s needs and potential impact, helping create safe, welcoming and positive environments where people want to play, volunteer and remain involved in football.

The job description giving full details can be downloaded here.

The Football Association of Wales (FAW)

One of the three oldest associations in the world, the FAW was established in 1876 to nurture, lead and promote the interest of football in Wales. As a member of FIFA and UEFA, we’re committed to fostering the game in light of fair play on a global basis, and we’re active guardians of the ‘Laws of the Game’ along with another four bodies through IFAB.

Our mission is to make sure that football creates positive, inclusive experiences enjoyed locally and nationally, and promote the sport in Wales by highlighting its benefits for everyone, everywhere. We recognise a need for constant development and improvement, and Welsh football must not sit at the side-lines. By listening and working with our football family members and stakeholders, we strive to provide an inclusive and accessible offer that creates opportunities for all at every level of the game.

By harnessing the power of football and all it has to offer, we’ll make a difference for every member, stakeholder, supporter, and community throughout Wales and beyond.  

The FAW is governed by a Board of Directors made up of an Independent Chair, the CEO, two Independent Non-Executives, the four Officers of the FAW and three elected Members. The FAW Board is responsible to the Shareholders of the FAW called the FAW Council. The Council is made up of elected and nominated representatives from Welsh Football. The FAW Council, with the FAW Executive, manages football related activities through a series of committees. The CEO has the responsibility to manage the business and all staff employed by the FAW.

Equal Opportunities

The Football Association of Wales strives to become a leading employer that reflects the communities of Wales while creating an inclusive, diverse and supportive workplace for all employees. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications women and individuals who identify as LGBTQ+, Black, Asian, and Mixed-Heritage backgrounds.

Further to this the FAW are actively seeking to increase diversity within our workforce and have established a guaranteed interview scheme. We are committed to ensuring we recruit the best people on the objective basis of their skills, ability and experience.  We value the benefits of diversity at work and understand that diversity of perspective and experience can encourage respectful creativity, foster innovation and create opportunities for all.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme Application

We may offer a guaranteed interview to eligible applicants who wish to opt-in to this scheme.

To be eligible to apply via the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, you must either:

• Consider yourself to have a disability that substantially affects your ability to do normal daily activities, 

OR

• Be from/part of an ethnic group who do not identify as White British/English/Welsh/Scottish/ Northern Irish. 

To be guaranteed an interview under the scheme in your application you need to demonstrate that you meet the minimum qualifying criteria for the vacancy.