VAR Officer at the Confederation of African Football (CAF)

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) was founded in 1957 by four nations: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and South Africa. As the administrative body of the region, CAF manages competitions, offers technical and administrative training courses while actively fostering the promotion and practice of football. The Confederation organizes championships such as the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN or AFCON), the most popular competition. It maintains very close links with FIFA in coordinating tournaments for different events such as the World Cup, Youth and Women competitions and the Olympic Games Football Tournaments.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: 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.

Application Closing Date
8th May, 2024.