Lancashire FA Youth Voice Football Advisory Board Application Form

Our Football Advisory Boards are the forums where Lancashire's footballing community can share their ideas and opinions to directly shape the future of football in the County. We are currently recruiting committed and passionate young people and adults to join our Youth Voice Football Advisory Board (FAB). This FAB will enable young people to have a firm say in the way their football is organised, and to share their opinions on the experiences they face so that they can help shape their current and future game. We're also looking for a Chair for this FAB. Ideally, a 'Youth' Chair, but we will also welcome applications for a temporary adult Chair, who will be willing to mentor a young person to be the Youth Chair within 6-9 months. What's Involved? These positions are all voluntary, and you'll need to have a keen interest in improving the experience that young people have in the Game. As part of this FAB, you will be encouraged and supported to develop essential skills, including team work and leadership, and we will be involving you in the direction of football's future as much as possible. Joining our FAB will require a commitment of a minimum of 4 meetings each year, and the Chair will also be invited to join the Lancashire FA Board meetings, which are held every other month. All meetings are evening based. Lancashire FA is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Lancashire FA welcomes applications from our under-represented communities to ensure our Football Advisory Boards are representative of Lancashire's diverse football community. Instructions: Please read the job advertisement, role description (for the Chair position) and terms of reference, and complete the application form by the deadline specified, answering all questions as fully as possible. The decision to progress your application will be based solely on the information that you provide in this form. Please note, you may only sit on one Football Advisory Board, at Lancashire FA, as this ensures there are no conflicts of interest and this FAB will have a maximum of 50% adults (over 21s) sitting on it as we will be looking to hear the youth perspective as much as possible. Next Steps: You will be invited to attend a brief informal interview with the Lancashire FA Lead (Neil Yates) for the Youth Voice FAB. Best of luck with your application - we very much look forward to hearing from you!

Personal Details

Football Advisory Board

Youth Voice - Age Category Application*

This FAB is a working partnership between young people and adults, however, as the voice of young people we want to ensure that young people (aged 11-21) form the majority of members. We have therefore limited adult members to a maximum of 50% for this FAB. Please share with us your age grouping.

Are you interested in being a Chair for this FAB?*

Ideally we are looking for a 'Youth' Chair for this FAB, aged 16-21 when taking the post. If, however, there are no suitably aged candidates for Chair, an interim Adult Chair will be welcomed and tasked with the remit of developing a Youth Chair and handing over the role within 6-9 months. Please let us know if you are interested in the Chair role.

Do you have current involvement in youth football?*

Lancashire FA Football Advisory Board Interest and Experience

Please use the following section to outline your interests in the FAB, and any relevant experience, skills and abilities.

Please tell us your reasons for wanting to be on this Football Advisory Board.

Please give details of any relevant experience, skills and abilities (professional/life skills) to support your application.

FAB Chair - Additional Information

The FAB Chair will be the key link between the Lancashire FA Board and FAB Team members, and will work closely with, and be supported by, the Lancashire FA Executive Lead for the FAB.

Please tell us how you meet the Chair role profile as provided with the job advertisement.

Training

All members of Football Advisory Boards aged 18+ are required to have completed, or agree to complete within 3 months, the FA Safeguarding Training and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Training provided by Lancashire FA.

Have you completed FA Safeguarding Training?*

This is a requirement if you are 18+. If you have not completed this, please confirm you will be willing to complete this within 3 months of joining the Football Advisory Board.

Have you completed recent Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Training?*

Share details here including the topics covered and date of completion.

Confirmation

Please confirm the following.

Please confirm you are willing to agree to the Lancashire FA Code of Conduct meet the following behaviour expectations: •Prepare well ahead of meetings, reading and digesting all papers circulated, to enable meeting time to be spent efficiently; •Listen respectfully and openly to alternative views, ensure each person has sufficient time and opportunity to provide their view; •Be measured and consider the best interests of the business at all times; •Be mindful of the personal impact on others of your communication-style (tone and delivery); •Be conscious of time management constraints during debate and decision making and respect the Chair’s decision when it is time to move on; •Be calm, polite, professional and respectful when challenging, operating as a critical friend; •Be mindful of the balance between support and challenge for agenda items, during meetings and with each other; •Remain strategic in approach, aligned to strategy and business priorities. Remain non-parochial and generally non-operational. Note, under certain circumstances you may be required to provide a more operational approach at the request of the CEO and The Board; •Ensure no undue influence is exerted within, or outside of, meetings; •Behave in accordance with the LFA Code of Ethics & Conduct and Company Values at all times, role modelling these behaviours; •Use an agreed mechanism for respectfully calling out behaviours that are counter-productive to the team operating efficiently (such as talking over someone, not moving on when a decision has been reached, going off topic, not being prepared for a meeting); •In the case of a conflict of interests preclude yourself from voting, and leave the meeting. Do not participate in any discussions, debate or voting, and engage only if specifically asked to do so. The conflict is recorded in the minutes; and •Once a decision has been made, it must be supported even if initially there was disagreement.

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Please confirm if you have any unspent convictions and, if yes, please provide details. In accordance with the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, applicants are not required to disclose details of any spent convictions.

Declaration and Next Steps

I give my consent to the storage of personal data contained within this form for the purposes only of this application process. I can confirm and declare that the information provided on this form, to the best of my knowledge is complete, accurate and not misleading.

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Next Steps

Applications will be shortlisted after the closing date, and discussions with prospective applicants will take place thereafter.