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Football Development Officer to Club Foundation Director
How to move from Football Development Officer to Club Foundation Director: what to learn, what to prove and what formal steps, if any, are needed.
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A qualification can help, but experience and results decide this move. No required qualification. Charity management, funding and community track record matter.
2 to 4 yearstypical timeline
1new skills to build
1qualifications to consider
+86%mid-point UK pay change, illustrative
The move at a glance
Football Development Officer
Grows participation and club quality for an association or county body.
Club Foundation Director
Leads a club's charitable foundation and its funding.
Skills and knowledge to build
Experience and routes that help
Qualifications to consider
What the new role asks of you
- Set strategy and funding targets
- Lead programme teams
- Manage partners, trustees and reports
Practical steps
- Ask for a small piece of the new role's work before you apply, for example one of the tasks above.
- Close the top gap first: Finance & Budgeting.
- Keep a record of two results that show you working at the next level.
- Talk to three people who do the job. Ask how they got in, and who they would recommend you speak to.