Programme Manger Gender Equity

**ABOUT COMMON GOAL**

With more than three billion fans, football is the largest social phenomenon on the planet.

Common Goal is rooted in the belief that the world’s most popular sport is one of the few cultural forces strong enough to help shift society towards a more sustainable and equitable future for all. We believe that achieving long-lasting change requires collaboration. That’s why we are building a movement that creates opportunities for every stakeholder in football to participate - we embed purpose at the heart of the football industry, leverage football’s reach and culture to inspire fans to act and use football as a catalyst to unlock excellence and opportunities for young people everywhere.

We want to maximise the game’s contribution to people and planet and believe that we are at a true historical milestone. As such, we are creating opportunities to engage new talent with the drive and passion that changing the world requires.

Are you ready?

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

The Programme Manager Gender Equity will lead our work on gender equity towards our objectives of enabling equal access and opportunities for women in football, using football to inspire society to embrace gender equality and promoting football as a catalyst to empower girls to develop their full potential.

The focus of the role is to further develop and drive our gender equity strategy, ensure quality implementation of our gender equity programming, strengthen collaborations with expert partners in the field, facilitate opportunities for and with the community organisations we are working with worldwide and leverage our partnerships and influence in the football industry to maximise football’s contribution to gender equity.

The role requires someone who is dedicated to gender equity, aims for radical collaboration to accelerate change and is a passionate and convincing communicator.

**YOUR TASKS**
- You oversee the further development and implementation of our gender equity strategy, across the dimensions of the football for good sector, the world of professional football and wider society.
- You manage Common Goal funded projects aimed at creating more gender-inclusive Football for Good community organisations around the world, particularly focusing on increasing girls’ participation and female representation in coaching and leadership.
- You are responsible for all aspects of project management. This includes project design, planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as well as financial and narrative reporting and the development of funding proposals.
- You contribute to the implementation of the adidas funded Breaking Barriers project together with an internal team of three colleagues to effectively deliver against project deliverables.
- You review, develop content and facilitate training sessions for young leaders and organisations participating in the adidas Breaking Barriers Project.
- You provide guidance, review and develop new content focused on gender equity for an open e-learning platform.
- You coordinate the distribution and promotion of the adidas Breaking Barriers Project across all stakeholders of the project and the wider Common Goal community.
- You build and maintain partnerships with Football for Good and gender focused organisations and engage with partners from the corporate, government, and football sectors to ensure the relevance, quality and sustainability of projects.
- You build and mentor communities of practice, working alongside experts to implement learning opportunities for the wider Common Goal Community.

**YOUR PROFILE**
- You have a degree in gender studies, sports science, social science, international development or a related field.
- You have at least five (5) years professional experience in gender equity programmes, ideally related to the field of sports for development.
- You have proven experience with managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects and collecting, reporting and communicating impact data.
- You have experience with conceptualising and facilitating workshops and trainings with a focus on gender equity. Your passion for football and experience in football coaching is a plus.
- You have proven experience with e-learning content development, ideally related to the sport sector.
- You are a passionate communicator and know how to initiate and moderate collaborative processes.
- You are familiar with creating databases, spreadsheets, presentations and the use of project management tools and apps.
- You have people management skills to effectively deliver against project deliverables.
- You are willing and able to travel regularly.
- You are native or fluent in English. Fluency in other languages is an important asset (especially German, Spanish or French).
- You are a great listener and team player who enjoys taking responsibility and working in a diverse, culturally-rich and inclusive workplace.
- You take initiative and responsibility of your work, a