Lancashire FA County Cup FAB Team Member Application Form | Deadline 20th February 2022

We are currently recruiting for additional enthusiastic and committed volunteers to join the County Cups Football Advisory Board team. Our FABs are forums for the voice of Lancashire's footballing community and will help shape the future of football in the County as their opinions and advice will feed directly into the Lancashire FA Board of Directors. You'll need to have a keen interest in County Cup Competition, and be happy to join in with debates and discussion and commit to joining meetings, all of which are evening based. Lancashire FA is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from our under-represented communities to ensure our FABs are representative of Lancashire's diverse football community. Certain FABs have specific membership criteria, details of which can be found within their Terms of Reference. That aside, all applications will be considered on merit. Instructions: Please complete the application form by the deadline. Please ensure you have read and fully understood the job advertisement and terms of reference for the FAB you are applying for - you may only sit on one FAB as this will ensure there are no conflicts of interest. The decision to progress your application will be based solely on the information that you provide in this form. Next Steps: Successful applicants will be invited to attend a brief, informal call with the FAB Chair and Lancashire FA Lead for the County Cups Football Advisory Board, during which they'll share with you more information about what this FAB does for football in Lancashire. Best of luck with your application - we look forward to hearing from you and to you supporting football in the future.

Personal Details

Football Advisory Board Applying For*

All Football Advisory Boards are 'permanent' Boards, unless indicated as 'Project-based'. Please apply for the Football Advisory Board where your main interest lies (members may only sit on one Football Advisory Board).

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.

FAB Team Member

Please use the following sections 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.

Members need to have an interest in competition style football and have knowledge of the County Cups Lancashire FA currently facilitate. Members should have either a league or club background and be able to positively contribute towards securing the future of the cups and ensuring that as many clubs get the opportunity to be involved. Involvement with adult, youth and disability football is desired, as well as an interest and knowledge of online gaming in sport.

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

Confirmation

Please confirm the following.

Cups - Understanding of the Committment*

Members need to be able to commit to at least two online meetings per year that will last approximately 2 hours in the evening, with meetings called with at least 7 days’ notice. Members will need to be able to conclude urgent matters on rule breaches within 2 days from the notification with their views and suggested outcome of the charges. Members must also be able to be candid and declare any conflicts of interests they have in respect of rule breach matters to ensure a fair process. During the final stages of Competitions, members will be invited to attend and represent Lancashire FA. Please confirm you are able to meet these commitments.

Understood Expectations*

All FAB team members are required to agree to the Lancashire FA Code of Conduct and 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. •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.

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

Declaration*

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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