Senior Manager - Football Events

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 Senior Manager - Football Events

Responsibilities:

• Managing the planning and implementation of CAF Main Tournaments and Special Events such as Tournament Draws, CAF Awards & Medal Ceremonies.
• Contribute to the conceptualization, design, specifications, and budgeting for events (stage, podium, technical production, etc.).
• Proactively managing and strategizing all event needs. 
• Advancing, maintaining, and managing external partners and vendors for multiple events and swag, including negotiating optimal terms.
• Increasing the engagement strategy, creative approach, planning, and execution of CAF Tournaments & Special Events.
• Producing detailed proposals for events, e.g., timelines, concepts, venues, suppliers, legal obligations, staffing, and budgets.
• Managing concepts implementations and operations with CAF relevant departments, external stakeholders and event agencies.
• Perform thorough venue assessments and create strategic plans to optimize logistics and submit reports.
• Supporting team with on-site execution and management, including staffing and resourcing.
• Leading the project team and all liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
• Managing event budget and tracking expenses.
• Developing and delivering event enablement to include pre-event briefings, at-event briefings, and drive post-event follow-up briefings and event retrospectives.

Requirements (profile):

• Bachelor or master’s degree in business administration.
• Previous experience of 10 years minimum in the event industry, event production, event management.
• Wide expertise in the technical requirements of event production.
• Experience in the sports industry is an advantage.
• Any additional certification related to event is an advantage.
• Strong project management skills with a clear focus on delivery and high-quality standards.
• Ability to teamwork with very good social skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to work smart under pressure and efficiently on multiple project requests simultaneously, and to deal with potential for tight deadlines and unexpected complexities.
• Strong communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Flexible with travelling.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and experience using event management tools.
• Fluent in English and/or French language both written and spoken; command of any other CAF official languages (English, French, Arabic) is a plus.

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.

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).

Only direct applications who meet all the required criteria will receive consideration, please send your C.V. to careers@cafonline.com

Application deadline 18/10/2024