Company Info
Large organization
200 + Employees
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) was formed in 1957 by Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Africa. As the region's administrative organisation, CAF administers competitions, provides technical and administrative training courses, and actively promotes and practices football. The Confederation organises competitions, including the most popular competition, the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN or AFCON). It works closely with FIFA to coordinate tournaments for various events such as the World Cup, youth and women's competitions, and Olympic Games football tournaments.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) was formed in 1957 by Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Africa. As the region’s administrative organisation, CAF administers competitions, provides technical and administrative training courses, and actively promotes and practices football. The Confederation organises competitions, including the most popular competition, the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN or AFCON). It works closely with FIFA to coordinate tournaments for various events such as the World Cup, youth and women’s competitions, and Olympic Games football tournaments.
1). Refereeing Administrative Officer
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Description
- Ready to lead a new era in African football?
- You believe you have the educational background and professional experience to elevate the organization to the highest international standards? CAF is looking to recruit a Refereeing Administrative Officer.
Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support to the Department.
- Assist the Refereeing Manager to plan and organize referees’ courses.
- Draft the annual budget, containing the budget for all courses, workshops, and events.
- Assist to keep record and data for CAF referees.
- Assist to follow up on referees matters / administration/professional referees’ scheme.
- Review evaluation of referees’ performance.
- Follow up on all referees’ financial matters.
- Carry out any other task to deliver CAF’s strategic and administrative objectives.
- Always protect all CAF property and assets.
Requirements (Profile)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. Finance, Accounting, or equivalent is a must.
- Additional Studies in Football (ex: FIFA Masters, etc.) is an advantage.
- Additional Studies in Finance is an advantage.
- At least 3 years of experience in football administration, as well as at least 1 year of experience as a Team Leader.
- Previous experience in Refereeing, Refereeing Instruction and organization is a must.
- Fluent in English and/or French language both written and spoken is a must; command of any other CAF language (English, French & Arabic) language is an advantage.
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office and other modern IT tools.
- Good communication skills, leadership skills, and ability to work under stress, and in a fast-paced environment.
We Offer
- An interesting and varied job in an exciting and innovative international organization.
- Attractive employment conditions.
- The opportunity to be part of a highly committed international team.
- Quality social security coverage.
- An excellent pension schemes.
Application Closing Date
8th May, 2024.
Note
- The position will be based in CAF Headquarters – Cairo, Egypt.
- Only qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to gender, race, age, skin colour, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, or on any other grounds.
- If you have the necessary qualifications and are keen to work for a top international sporting organization, submit your application in English (Motivation Letter, CV, Diplomas, and Reference Letters).
===
===
2). VAR Officer
Location: Cairo, Egypt (CAF Headquarters)
Responsibilities
- Assist the HoR and Technology Manager in the Implementation and track the VAR and football Technology strategic plan.
- Assist with the elaboration, planning, and conduct of the annual Referees VAR and all activities related to Football technology
- Help in developing the procedures for training, analyses of all matches, and referees match situations in competitions; this includes evaluating and following up with the referees, Assessors, and Instructors.
- Assist in Referees VARs, AVARs and ROs qualifications and all approval plan and process.
- Assist in the FIFA IAAP platform, adding editing and creating any new task on it and follow up all processes.
- Prepare and handle all VAR teaching materials for CAF Referees and any other support material for VAR.
- Enhance the Refereeing Development tools: Teaching Material, Courses, MAs contents and VAR courses.
- Prepare any material to develop the teaching in all Members associations and Zonal unions.
- Assist in all VAR related matters for all CAF, MAs, and Zonal activities and competitions.
- Assist the department in all administrative matters, specifically in preparations for any Events (Requests, Tenders, Evaluation, Courses preparation, Competitions, etc.).
- Update requests and information for all referees, assessors, and any other persons involved with refereeing in CAF platform and/or FIFA platform.
- Support Football Technology (VAR. GPS, Communications, Watches, Witte system, etc.)
Requirements (Profile)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, or equivalent is a must.
- Additional Studies in Football (ex: FIFA Masters, etc.) is an advantage.
- At least 3 years of experience in VAR, TV, or any related field as well as at least 1 year of experience as a Team Leader.
- Expert in VAR Technology (servers, system setup, RRA, simulator, etc.), production field and Referees communication Technology.
- Fluent in English and/or French language both written and spoken is a must; command of any other CAF language (English, French & Arabic) language is an advantage.
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office and other modern IT tools.
- Good communication skills, leadership skills, and ability to work under stress, and in a fast-paced environment.
We offer
- An interesting and varied job in an exciting and innovative international organization.
- Attractive employment conditions.
- The opportunity to be part of a highly committed international team.
- Quality social security coverage.
- An excellent pension schemes.
Deadline: 8th May, 2024.
How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CVs to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Or use the links below to apply:
Note
- Only qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to gender, race, age, skin colour, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, or on any other grounds.
- If you have the necessary qualifications and are keen to work for a top international sporting organization, submit your application in English (Motivation Letter, CV, Diplomas, and Reference Letters).
- Only direct applications who meet all the required criteria will receive consideration