Referees Development Officer (Re-advertisement)

THE ORGANISATION

Football Association of Malawi (FAM) is the governing body of football in Malawi and was founded in 1966 with its main mission of effectively organizing, administering, and controlling the game of football in consistent with FIFA rules and regulations in a manner that will continuously improve the standard of football in the country. FAM is affiliated to FIFA, CAF, COSAFA and the Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS). FAM manages all Malawi national Football, Beach, Futsal teams for both men and Women.

FAM seeks to hire a Referees Development Officer (Re-advertisement) for the Head office situated in Blantyre, Chiwembe – Limbe.

REFEREES DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (GRADE C3) – RE-ADVERTISEMENT

Job Summary:

To Support development, training and mentoring of referees within the regions and the whole country and assist in improving refereeing standards and consistency.

Reporting to: The Referees Manager

Responsibilities:

A. REFEREES TRAINING (40%)

• Design and deliver training sessions, workshops and courses
• Identify and address training needs and determine areas of improvement
• Developing, training materials by creating training resources – manuals, videos and presentations
• Scheduling training sessions, workshops and course
• Managing and supporting trainers and instructors
• Training evaluations for its effectiveness and making improvements
• Technology integration, incorporating video analysis into training programs.

B. MENTORSHIP & COACHING (30%)

• Pair experienced referees with less experienced ones and support
• Identify areas of development needs and creating targeted mentorship and coaching plans
• Monitor and evaluate mentorship program effectiveness
• Providing one-on-one coaching to referees to improve specific skills
• Help referee on goal setting and achieving personal development and matters related to their role
• Creating and implementing development plans for referees
• Providing coaching and guidance during the matches
• Video analysis to review referee performance and provide feedback

C. REFEREES ASSESSMENT (15%)

• Evaluating referee performance matches and training performance during
• Observe and assess referee physical fitness & providing guidance for improvement
• Provide constructive coaching and feedback to improve their performance
• Managing assessment process by developing and implementing processes and protocols
• Maintaining, records for assessment and feedback
• Developing assessment tools for easy use and compatibility to current trends and ensuring consistency in assessment process and standards
• Providing written evaluation of referees’ performance
• Reporting to relevant stakeholder on the results of the assessment

D. TALENT IDENTIFICATION (10%)

• Develop and implement talent identification plans
• Identifying potential talented young referees for development
• Scouting by attending matches and tournaments to scout for talented referees
• Fast-tracking by providing accelerated development opportunities for exceptional talents
• Identify, training needs for specific talented referees and creating development plans
• Talent pool management for future development
• Reporting on talent identification and development progress to stakeholders

E. ADMINISTRATION

• Data management and records keeping related to referees’ demographics, development, and performance
• Event planning by organizing and coordinating events, workshops and training sessions
• Coordinating communication with referees, stakeholders and governing bodies
• Policies & regulations implementation ensuring compliance
• Managing logistics for events, workshops and training sessions
• Handling correspondence relating to referees’ development. Including emails, phones and letters
• Provide administrative support for compliance of data protection and financial regulations
• Assist in budgeting and resource allocation for referee development programs, events and activities

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCES AND EXPERIENCE

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Have relevant bachelor’s degree in sport management or education with at least 2 – 3 years of work experience within sports administration (a must).
• A current registered referee or equivalent experience.
• Have two or more years of professional experience of providing administrative services to a refereeing business, sports teams or other organization

Other Knowledge and additional Competences

• Highly organized, with ability to manage and deliver multiple pieces of work simultaneously
• Ability to manage own time in-line with performance priorities, with limited supervision
• Ability to ‘self-help’ as a first action to learn a new system
• Ability to review an existing process, or way of working and make it more efficient
• Confident to open conversations, communicate and work with positively with others
• Intermediate use of Microsoft Office applications Word, Excel and PowerPoint and other IT related software and hardware.
• Have effective knowledge of IT and communication systems and
• Have excellent verbal, writing and presentation skills in English.

Remuneration

FAM will offer a competitive remuneration package commensurate with qualification and experience within its structure.

Method of Application

Interested candidates should apply by submitting a Motivation letter, a Detailed Curriculum Vitae with three traceable referees and copies of certificates not later than 6th December 2024.

Applications must be submitted by email clearly marked “Application for Finance and Administration Director Position” by email to:

The General Secretary
Football Association of Malawi
Mpira Village
P.O. Box 51657,
Limbe, Malawi.
Or Email address: admin@fam.mw