The Role
Coordinates stadium-specific institutional and public security requirements for FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 planning. Maintains requirements, dependencies, actions, documentation, access permissions, service planning, and budget implications across FIFA functions, stadium authorities, and public agencies. Supports safety and security plans, operating plans, briefings, and transition to decentralized stadium security teams while ensuring clear stakeholder coordination and follow-up.
Summary Generated by Built In
FIFA has established a Local FIFA Subsidiary in Brazil to work together with FIFA Zurich to deliver the biggest women’s sporting event in the world, the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ (“FWWC2027”) that for the first time ever, is hosted in South America in Brazil. Now is your time to be part of the workforce that is creating this unique and unforgettable experience.
Please submit your CV in English, as it will be reviewed by an international team.
Please submit your CV in English, as it will be reviewed by an international team.
THE POSITION
The Coordinator Institutional Relations supports the Senior Manager Stadiums by coordinating and integrating stadium-specific public security and institutional requirements into central FIFA27 planning.
The role works closely with Stadium Authorities, public security agencies and relevant FIFA/FIFA27 functions to identify, consolidate and track requirements relating to operational space, staging, parking, logistics, accreditation, access, client groups and FIFA-funded or supported services. The Coordinator ensures that the stadium-specific implications of agreed public security arrangements are accurately reflected in Stadium Safety & Security Plans, Site Operating Plan inputs, drawings and other relevant planning documentation.
The role does not own strategic public security commitments and does not develop or command police operational plans. Public security authorities remain responsible for their own operations, while the Coordinator ensures that relevant stadium requirements, dependencies and implementation actions are appropriately incorporated into FIFA27 planning.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the Stadiums Manager in coordinating central institutional and public security interfaces across all tournament stadiums.
- Identify, consolidate and track stadium-specific public security requirements relating to operational space, staging, parking, logistics, accreditation, access, command facilities, client groups and other relevant dependencies.
- Ensure the stadium-specific implications of agreed public security arrangements are accurately reflected in Stadium Safety & Security Plans, Site Operating Plan inputs, stadium drawings, action trackers and other relevant planning documentation.
- Coordinate with Venue Management, Transport, Accreditation & Access, Ticketing, Medical, Hospitality, Broadcast, Logistics, Workforce, Guest Operations and other relevant functions to resolve dependencies arising from public security requirements.
- Coordinate with relevant functions on public security accreditation, pass requirements, operational access permissions and vehicle/VAPP requirements affecting stadium operations.
- Support planning for FIFA-funded or FIFA-supported public security services, ensuring that scope, responsibilities, resource requirements and operational dependencies are clearly documented.
- Identify and escalate budget, resource or contractual implications arising from public security requirements to the Senior Manager Stadiums.
- Maintain an accurate central record of stadium-specific public security requirements, requests, decisions, responsibilities, outstanding actions and changes.
- Support the transition of local public security coordination to SSSMs as stadium operations decentralise, ensuring that relevant requirements, outstanding actions and dependencies are clearly handed over.
- Continue to provide central coordination and support after SSSM deployment where issues require cross-stadium consistency, institutional escalation or resolution of budget or resource implications.
- Prepare briefings, reports and planning materials for the Senior Manager Stadiums relating to public security and institutional requirements.
- Ensure that the role remains focused on planning integration and coordination and does not assume ownership of strategic public security commitments or responsibility for the development or command of police operational plans.
YOUR PROFILE
Education
- Degree in public administration, international relations, security management, event management or a related field desirable.
Experience
- Relevant experience in institutional relations, public sector coordination, major event planning, security planning or a comparable multi-stakeholder environment.
- Experience working with public authorities, government agencies, law enforcement bodies or major event stakeholders.
- Experience coordinating complex requirements, dependencies, actions and documentation across multiple organizations.
- Experience in stadium, sporting event or major event environments is desirable.
- Experience supporting budget, procurement or service planning processes is desirable.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong stakeholder management, coordination and follow-up capability.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to structure complex requirements and dependencies clearly.
- Good judgement and diplomacy when dealing with government and public security stakeholders.
- Ability to distinguish strategic commitments, operational requirements and planning responsibilities.
- Advanced IT proficiency, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
Certifications & Requirements
- Right to work in Brazil.
- Fluent in English (spoken and written)
- Fluent in Portuguese (spoken and written)
- Ability to re-locate to Rio de Janeiro.
About
We are FIFA, the global governing body for football.Our vision is to make football truly global, diverse and inclusive, for the benefit of the entire world. The last FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 attracted more than 5 billion viewers and the last FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023 was the greatest-ever FIFA Women's World Cup that inspired millions of girls and women around the globe. The opportunities for growth are exciting.We are a modern organisation with over 800 passionate employees who are Living Football every day. Our headquarters are based in Zurich, Switzerland, and we have offices in Miami, Paris and Rabat, plus eleven regional offices from New Zealand to India, South Africa, Panama and Paraguay.
Skills Required
- Degree in public administration, international relations, security management, event management, or a related field
- Relevant experience in institutional relations, public sector coordination, major event planning, security planning, or a comparable multi-stakeholder environment
- Experience working with public authorities, government agencies, law enforcement bodies, or major event stakeholders
- Experience coordinating complex requirements, dependencies, actions, and documentation across multiple organizations
- Experience in stadium, sporting event, or major event environments
- Experience supporting budget, procurement, or service planning processes
- Strong stakeholder management, coordination, and follow-up capability
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to structure complex requirements and dependencies clearly
- Good judgment and diplomacy when dealing with government and public security stakeholders
- Ability to distinguish strategic commitments, operational requirements, and planning responsibilities
- Advanced IT proficiency, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Right to work in Brazil
- Fluency in spoken and written English
- Fluency in spoken and written Portuguese
- Ability to relocate to Rio de Janeiro
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What We Do
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) is the international governing body for association football, futsal, and beach soccer. It is responsible for organizing major international tournaments, such as the World Cup, and works to grow the game globally, promote inclusivity, and advocate for integrity and fair play. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, it oversees 211 national associations and invests in football development worldwide to ensure the sport remains accessible and beneficial to all.
