Norfolk County Football Association held an Emergency General Meeting on Monday night in which proposed Articles of Association for 2019 were accepted as well as noteworthy changes planned for the County FA’s Governance Structure.

The new structure will see the Chair and Deputy Chair positions elected on 3 year terms with a maximum of 3x 3 years being permitted within the revised Articles of Association, which ensures the County FA’s Governance Structure is brought more in line with the Sport England recommended Code of Governance.

The Chair, Deputy Chair and Chief Executive will be joined by six appointed directors, to form the Board, for which the Association will begin a recruitment period imminently. The current Directors have been encouraged to re-apply for roles relating to the strategic direction of the Governing Body; with areas of focus including Legal, Safeguarding, Youth Football, Adult Football, Business Management and Marketing / PR.

The new structure will also see two Board Advisors included, in the form of the current Norfolk FA Finance Officer and a chosen representative from Norfolk FA’s newly formed Inclusion Strategy Advisory Group. Directors will also have the ability to co-opt additional ‘advisors’ on to the Board should a necessary area of expertise be required to be sourced.                                                                                                                                  

Norfolk FA believes that these changes present an opportunity for members of the public and members of Norfolk Football to affect positive change and development in the local grassroots game.

In a bid to remain current and modern, as well as transparent, the Association are looking to promote this opportunity fervently, with the hope of considering applications from a diverse, varied and thought provoking pool of candidates.

Chief Executive of Norfolk FA, Gavin Lemmon said: "This is a big opportunity for us as an organisation to take a fresh approach, to be more critical of what we do, and to really challenge ourselves moving forward. The positive impact of what we hope will be a modern and vibrant group of individuals will no doubt be significant in us fulfilling the ambitious aims of our strategy."

Chairman Michael Banham also added: "The potential rejuvenation of our Board of Directors presents itself as a great prospect for anybody with the relevant credentials to make a real difference to grassroots football in Norfolk."

The closing date for applications is 4pm Friday 29 March 2019.

Please see the documents below that are a Role Profile for the position of Non-Executive Director and an application form.