Bermuda Football Association (BFA) will appoint a part-time National Academy director to replace previous incumbent Devarr Boyles who was made redundant last month.Several candidates have already interviewed for the position, which had been advertised in The Royal Gazette, and hope to make the appointment well before the National Academy reconvenes in September.Boyles, who held the position on a full-time basis, stepped down as Academy director last month after being told by the cash-strapped Association that they could no longer afford his wages.The BFA had hoped Boyles would continue his role, albeit part-time, but their new contract offer was turned down by the former Devonshire Cougars head coach.According to the job description, the Academy director will select and prepare national teams for international competition and will manage the activities of all national coaches.He will also be responsible with “overseeing training sessions to provide advice on skills, strategy and tactics,” and must hold a UEFA B Licence or USSF B Licence or the equivalent from a recognised football jurisdiction.Mark Wade, the BFA player development committee chairman, believes it’s imperative the National Academy didn’t suffer in the absence of a full-time football director.“We had to make the director of player development (Boyles) redundant because of funding, which was a disappointment in itself,” he said.“But the plan we have is take that portion of the director’s job, which is the National Academy and National programme, and make that a part-time position.“We want there to be a minimal if not no impact to the National Academy programme — that’s our focus right now.”Budget cuts have taken heavy toll on the BFA, having had their annual Government grant slashed from $3 million to a meagre $400,000 in recent years.As part of the drastic cost-cutting measures, the BFA’s programme developer co-ordinator Ian Rawlins and financial controller Gideon Kigotho also lost their jobs.Despite the budget cuts, the BFA still hope to have a part-time national coach in place for their first round Digicel Caribbean Cup group games in Cayman Islands.The BFA have completed interviewing and assessing the only three applicants to be considered for the role believed to be Shaun Goater, Kyle Lightbourne and Andrew Bascome and listed them in order of preferenceWade added: “We’re still looking to appoint a national team coach. We were well down the process but then we had the unfortunate news that Government was reducing our grant so we had to change focus.“It’s still on the radar and we’re still talking to the candidates and hope to make an appointment place before the end of July so he can have some involvement in the Bermuda Hogges and see our players and system of play.”Bermuda haven’t had a permanent national coach since Kenny Thompson stepped down after the Digicel Cup in 2008.Boyles performed the duties on an interim basis during the national team’s 2014 World Cup qualifiers late last year.