Aidy Boothroyd will take charge of the England U21 team for their final two Euro 2017 qualifiers following Gareth Southgate's appointment as interim England coach.
Southgate has been put in charge of the senior side for the next four games after the Football Association and Sam Allardyce mutually agreed to terminate his contract following comments he made in a meeting with undercover Daily Telegraph journalists.
The FA have confirmed Boothroyd will take England to Kazakhstan on October 6 before leading the side against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Walsall on October 11, with just a point needed from the away trip to secure top spot in Group Nine and automatic qualification.
"Gareth and the players have done a terrific job to put us in the position that we're in, so I'm looking forward to the challenge of taking it on," Boothroyd told www.thefa.com.
"That's mixed with a disappointment of how it has all come about, but it's about moving onwards and cracking on with the job, supporting Gareth and seeing if I can contribute towards getting the points that are required and then hand it back over, that's the plan.
"We're in a position where the U21s are running a really smooth ship so I'll keep it going in the same direction and work to finish the job off which has been done really well so far.
"It really is a case of keeping it nice and steady and guiding them over the line - that's my role."