Senior Planning and Projects Manager – Premier League

The Premier League Policy and Corporate Affairs team are recruiting for the exciting new role of Senior Planning and Projects Manager. The Policy and Corporate Affairs department remit covers: Policy; Public Affairs; International Football; EU Affairs; Communications; Supporter Engagement; Safety and Security; Corporate Purpose; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the Premier League’s support for Wider Football and Communities.


The team has an increasing focus on promoting awareness among key stakeholders and decision makers of the positive work, influence and impact of the Premier League. This encompasses economic, social and soft power impact, as well as the League’s public purpose investments – not least, the Premier League’s unparalleled contribution to the wider football pyramid and support for communities. Other policy topics covered by the team are wide ranging, and include sustainability, grassroots football, broadcasting rights, online safety legislation, the Gambling Act and ongoing immigration / access to talent policies.


The role


As the Policy and Corporate Affairs department grows and adopts a matrix management approach to workstreams and team coordination, we are recruiting a new role to develop and embed procedures to keep departmental and cross-departmental projects and workstreams on track. The Senior Planning and Projects Manager will work with colleagues across the department and wider business to coordinate strategy development and operational delivery. The role will focus on project management and resource planning to address strategic priorities. This includes tracking and evaluating projects, coordinating working groups, risk and budget management and production of documentation that meets Board and Shareholder requirements.


Key Responsibilities


The main duties will include, but are not limited to:

  • To develop and implement strategy and project planning procedures across all Policy and Corporate Affairs workstreams 
  • Develop projects that help the department meet its strategic objectives – this will include project management of workstreams which include representatives from across the business 
  • Work closely with each team in the Policy and Corporate Affairs department to develop an in-depth understanding of our work and aims; also establish working relationships with departments around the organisation to help facilitate cross-departmental working 
  • Support the Director of Operations and Strategy in departmental resource planning and budgeting, including forecasting and developing recommendations 
  • Support the Director of Operations and Strategy and other senior leaders in setting the department’s strategy, involving input from across the team 
  • Establish forward planning and reporting procedures to monitor progress within ongoing updates and recommendations on project progress, costs and deadlines
  • Own and deliver discrete projects where appropriate, contracting and managing consultants where necessary 


Requirements For The Role

  • Project management qualification and/or experience utilising project management tools
  • Experience in a management consulting or corporate strategy role (or similar)
  • Significant experience of managing multiple concurrent projects / programmes, ideally with variety of project focus 
  • Experience in leading projects from initial concept to evaluating success
  • Budget management and reporting experience 
  • Delivered written reports or proposals for consideration by senior management
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
  • Detail-oriented with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills 
  • High standard of presentation; keen to champion company style / format in documents, presentations and other materials 
  • Able to present information effectively to a range of audiences 
  • Self-motivated and goal-oriented 


The Premier League is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. All appointments will be made based on merit.


Our commitment to safeguarding includes implementing robust safer recruitment procedures to assess the suitability of individuals applying for roles that involve work with children and adults who are or may be at risk of harm.


Benefits


Our competitive range of benefits includes:

  • Private medical insurance
  • Permanent health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Subsidised gym membership
  • Health screenings
  • Mental health support
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Pension scheme
  • Discounts with commercial partners
  • Access to match day tickets

Communications Manager – British Cycling

British Cycling’s Commercial Directorate is made up of the Communications, Marketing, Membership, Creative, Research and Insight, and Commercial Partnership teams, which work together to tell the story of our work, grow our membership and commercial revenues, and celebrate the achievements of our riders and staff.


From PR and campaign management through to creative design and content production, we work as an in-house agency, supporting the business to deliver its ‘Lead our sport, inspire our communities’ strategy.


About You


In this role you will lead on the delivery of strategic, multi-channel communications campaigns, media relations, media operations and internal communications in support of the British Cycling strategy.


What Will You Be Doing

  • Developing and implementing innovative communications campaigns to support the organisation’s strategic priorities, working closely with internal colleagues and the media to build affinity with and support for British Cycling. 
  • Building strong relationships with sport, news and broadcast media outlets, both nationally and regionally, to take our work to the widest possible audience. 
  • Producing high-quality press releases, quotes, briefing documents and web copy covering the full breadth of the organisation’s work, from the grassroots to the Great Britain Cycling Team. 
  • Managing communications and PR activity for British Cycling’s major international and domestic events, such as UCI Track Nations Cup rounds, with a focus on driving customer engagement, ticket sales and ensuring high-quality spectator communications.
  • Fulfilling the role of event Media Manager for all international and domestic events delivered by British Cycling, managing the media operations process to provide a first-class experience for attending journalists, photographers and broadcasters. 
  • Working closely with our Commercial Partnerships team to announce and activate partner and supplier relationships, raising awareness of their achievements and purpose. 
  • Working closely with our Membership team to deliver customer-facing activity which celebrates the benefits of British Cycling membership, while identifying opportunities to raise awareness of our membership offer amongst new audiences. 


What are the perks?

  • Competitive salary 
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Generous holidays (25 days + Bank Holidays)
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Pension


Closing Date: Friday, 11 November 2022

Head of Marketing and Technology – DAZN

How does revamping our Ad Operations and Marketing Technology team sound like? How about reshaping our Ad Operations strategy on a global scale? If you are in for a challenge like this, now is the time to apply and start the conversation!

Here at DAZN you’ll find rapid growth and an always evolving, improving marketing function and a truly international team. With your experience in AdOperations and your hands-on, yet strategic mentality you’ll get full reigns to define best practices and coach your team member, our AdOps Executive.

As our new Head of Marketing Technology and Ad Operations you will be owning the development of our tagging strategy, leveraging tag management solutions (GTM), omni-channel measurement solutions (CDP’s like Segment), web (Google Analytics), and app analytics tools (AppsFlyer).

You’ll also get to collaborate with our wider marketing team – from central teams such as your paid media colleagues to our world-class marketing analytics team and occasionally also our marketing teams in-market.

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), annual performance-related bonus, private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

As our new Head of Marketing Technology & Ad Operations, you’ll have the opportunity to:

  • Continually assess the ad technology landscape and look to design the ad tech architecture of tomorrow – including ad delivery, piping data into BI dashboards, and enabling machine learning optimization models.
  • Develop a tagging strategy leveraging tag management solutions (GTM), omni-channel measurement solutions (CDP’s like Segment), web (Google Analytics), and app analytics tools (AppsFlyer).
  • Represent Marketing Technology cross-functional collaboration with the rest of paid media teams and all partners and vendors, serving as their primary technical point of contact.
  • Work closely with DAZN Technology and Product teams for full integration of marketing technology tech stack and for prioritisation in the development roadmaps.
  • Continually identify technology measurement gaps and limitations within digital media products and campaigns, assisting in the development of custom solution tracking.

You’ll be set up for success if you have:

  • Extensive experience in Ad Tech / MarTech and Ad Ops type roles, preferably agency-side or client-side on large and complex accounts across multiple countries.
  • Extensive ad measurement knowledge of multiple advertising platforms including Ad Servers (Campaign Manager), Bid Platforms (SA360, DV360, Google Ads, Social), Analytics/ MMP/ CDP Tools (Google Analytics, Firebase, Appsflyer, Segment), and tag management solutions (Google Tag Manager).
  • First-class organizational and project management skills, to ensure you can drive projects, keep stakeholders updated, and deliver quality output.
  • A deep knowledge of the privacy landscape changes to browsers (ITP, ETP, Chrome Privacy Sandbox), app updates (SKAN or Android Privacy Sandbox), attribution without IDs and how the industry adapts.
  • A great understanding of server to server calls, APIs, and SDKs.

Even better if you have:

  • A strong understanding of ad technologies by environments such as web, apps, and OTT/ CTV a plus.
  • Fine-tuned communication, presentation, and influencing skills; with an ability to think creatively and present complex subjects in clear and simple terms

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be.

As part of our team you’ll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We’re doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We’re using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we’re not going to stop.

If you’re ambitious, inventive, brave and supportive, then you’re the kind of person who’s going to enjoy life at DAZN.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment, both inside and outside of our walls, that values equality and diversity and where everyone can contribute at the highest level and have their voices heard. For us, this means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. We are supported by our talented Employee Resource Group communities: proud@DAZN, women@DAZN, disability@DAZN and ParentZONE.

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Ticketing and Membership Executive – Lancashire CCC

If you have great customer service, sales and administration skills and would be keen to put them use in a world-class sport and entertainment venue whilst developing your experience in ticketing along the way, then this could well be the opportunity for you.

The Opportunity

We are excited to be looking for a Ticketing & Membership Executive to join our fast-paced and friendly ticketing team. As a Ticketing & Membership Executive you will be responsible for selling tickets and memberships, maximising sales opportunities and ensuring the best possible customer journey and customer service for Lancashire Cricket Members and other customers.

Whilst prior experience in a ticket office/box office would be preferred, we would also welcome applications from candidates who have experience in other front-line customer service based environments.

About Us

Emirates Old Trafford, home of Lancashire Cricket is an award-winning world-class. It is recognised as one of the UK’s most prestigious venues for sport, business, leisure and entertainment with a capacity of up to 50,000 people for concerts; 24,000 for international cricket matches; meetings and events spaces for up to 2,000 delegates; a four-star hotel with 150 rooms; and an on-site Caffè Nero.

The venue has played host to some of the world’s biggest sporting events, including six ICC Cricket World Cup fixtures in 2019, Ashes test matches, international fixtures and world class concerts, including The Killers, Harry Styles and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2022.  It’s a unique place to build a career where no two days are ever the same!

Key Responsibilities

  • Carrying out ticket sales duties using the venue’s ticketing system
  • Conversing with the public at the Ticket Office in person, by email or on the phone
  • Creating sales opportunities where possible
  • Providing customer service and managing customer requirements proactively and in a welcoming, courteous, helpful and positive manner
  • Participating in telephone sales campaigns
  • Managing ticket allocations for various groups
  • Accounting for personal sales monies and reconciling those with ticketing system reports
  • Capturing customer information efficiently and accurately

Essential Requirements

  • Experience working in a busy fast-paced customer service environment
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong numeracy skills, ideally with some experience of basic accountancy
  • The ability to work under pressure whilst managing customer expectations
  • A willingness and ability to work evenings and weekends in line with ticket office opening times

Experience of working in a ticket office/box office would be desirable but is not essential as training will be provided.

Benefits

  • Holiday allowance increasing with service
  • 2 x standard Lancashire Cricket season memberships
  • Social events throughout the year
  • Fitness classes, table tennis club and yoga
  • Basic contributory pension scheme with option to join enhanced pension scheme, including life assurance, after 3 months service
  • Optional health cash plan scheme
  • Discounts at the Lancashire Cricket Official Store, Trafford Cricket Centre, Hilton Garden Inn Emirates Old Trafford, Caffè Nero and with the Club’s partners
  • Free parking

If you feel you have the experience and skills required to be successful in this position then please send your CV to recruitment@lancashirecricket.co.uk.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 11th November however, if enough suitable applications are received prior to this date, we may carry out interviews immediately and look to close the process early should the ideal candidate be found. With this in mind, please submit your CV to us as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We look forward to hearing from you if you have skills that support our future vision. Lancashire Cricket is an equal opportunities organisation, and we are committed to providing new opportunities and striving for greater diversity. 

It is a priority for Lancashire Cricket to ensure our Club appropriately reflects the wider communities across the North West and we would welcome applications from individuals with the appropriate skills and experience that can also enhance our current diversity mix at the Club.  

Tender for socioeconomic research into 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – UK Sport


The inaugural 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships will bring together 13 world championships from different cycling disciplines for the first time in one unprecedented mega-event. It is set to be the world’s biggest cycling event. Current plans see the event take place across 12 venues with road race routes throughout Scotland. 

A comprehensive evaluation is required to measure the success of the event. An initial preliminary/flash report is required in September 2023, and then following a period of internal stakeholder review and feedback on draft versions, the final report is due for completion by December 2023.
Event Overview

The Championships is the first event of its kind. For the first time 13 existing UCI World Championships will be combined across venues in Glasgow and across Scotland into one single mega-event. For the period of the Championships, Scotland will become the cycling capital of the world, with images broadcast worldwide.  

The Championship will be held over 11 days from 3-13 August 2023 and will be of significant size, scale and complexity. UK Sport commissioned research estimates the combined events will attract around 1.2million total spectators and at least 300,000 unique spectators. As such it will be one of the biggest international sporting events to be hosted in the UK in 2023. Subsequent Championships will be staged every four years in different locations around the world in the year preceding the Olympic Games.  

The 2023 event therefore provides a significant opportunity to deliver a high-profile mega-event that provides valuable short-term and longer-term benefits and enables positive change. By delivering the event in accordance with responsible sustainable tourism objectives the event also provides an opportunity to showcase Scotland as a world leading visitor destination and provide a benchmark for future Championships. 

Project Deliverables

1. A project plan for the lifecycle of the project, including key milestones, timeline and the number of days/staff that will be allocated to the project.

2. A final version of the Event Evaluation Framework (draft framework is already in place), to be agreed with all stakeholders.

3. A detailed methodology for collection of primary data across the event including all access required and any other support which may be required from 2023 Cycling Worlds or their contractors.

4. A set of questionnaires for the identified client groups including spectators, athletes, national federations, sponsors, and volunteers. In some cases, this will be inputted to questionnaires being produced by staff or contractors.

5. Regular monthly reporting/meetings on progress.

6. A detailed outline for a final socioeconomic impact report on the event including clear methodology for each evaluation area, any assumptions used and all data sources.

7. A flash socioeconomic impact report with headline findings immediately following the event and signed off by Funding Partners – required by September 2023.

8. A final socioeconomic impact report for the event agreed and signed off by Funding Partners, including an executive summary of the final report for wider publication – required by December 2023.

9. A presentation of results to the project team as well as a walk-through session for the partners.

To express interest in this tender opportunity, please e-mail procurement@uksport.gov.uk to that effect. The deadline date for submission of final tenders is Friday 18 November 2022 (5.00pm)

Manager, Brand Communications – McLaren Racing

At McLaren Racing, we’re not just here to try to take the chequered flag. We’re here to excite our fans, inspire our people and deliver for our partners. And we’re also committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology, too.We’ve moved fearlessly forward through almost six decades to become who we are today. We’re taking the lead in creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone is valued, and where we can all be our best. We’re shaping a culture that rewards performance. We’re building a better world.This is what it really means to be fearless.

Purpose of the role: Strategic communications are a core priority for McLaren, focused on proactively amplifying the McLaren Racing brand to a broader audience through consumer lifestyle, technology, and business media, leveraging our partner network to create major communications and storytelling moments.

Working closely with the Director of Corporate Communications, the Brand Communications Manager will plan and execute all brand communications for McLaren Racing to support the business’ overall strategic objectives and to enhance the affinity of the McLaren brand among its global audiences and partner network.

This role is responsible for identifying high impact opportunities across international mainstream media to help tell the McLaren story and demonstrate thought leadership around key business priorities, ranging from Sustainability and Diversity, Equality & Inclusion to the business’ charity strategy and key programmes such as McLaren Racing Engage, helping forge pathways to STEM careers for young people from a range of backgrounds, and McLaren Accelerator. The Brand Communications Manager will also be instrumental in building out and driving our influencer strategy.

This role will be based in Woking at the McLaren Technology Centre and reports to the Director of Corporate Communications. Flexibility in working hours will be required as well as some time out of the office for meetings, events and a limited number of races.

Key Responsibilities Lead on consumer-facing communications initiatives that target awareness of McLaren Racing, and positively impact perception and sentiment of the McLaren brand, with a focus on tech, lifestyle, entertainment and business media 

Working with senior leaders and racing drivers to deliver high impact media opportunities beyond sports and racing coverage Working closely with the Sustainability Team to help drive positive engagement around McLaren’s sustainability strategy and key initiatives Collaborating with the People Team to highlight key DE&I initiatives and programmes as well as McLaren’s charity strategy 

Develop and manage influencer and celebrity engagement, to ensure return for the McLaren brand, and proactively seek relationships with relevant high-value influencers

Closely liaise with the marketing, partnerships, digital, content, events and social media teams to ensure alignment with overall strategic communications objectives 

Drive targeted regional media coverage and support McLaren as a responsible business and employer among its local communities 

Produce high-quality materials and assets including press releases, reports, spokesperson briefing documents, speeches, media correspondence and internal announcements

Conduct regular reporting and evaluation for brand communications led activities and media engagement

Desired Skills and Experience

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

  • Experience in a busy communications environment within a specialist communications/media/brand role
  • A strong track record in delivering brand enhancing, consumer-focused campaigns and thought leadership around issues including sustainability and DE&I
  • Experience in engaging and growing customer and fan bases through high impact media opportunities
  • Demonstrable experience working across both UK and international mainstream media across all platforms
  • The ability to think creatively and deliver innovative initiatives
  • Strong relationship building skills and an ability to engage a diverse set of stakeholders
  • An acute understanding of the McLaren brand values and principles

Personal Attributes

  • Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal – and ability to represent McLaren Racing well in any capacity
  • A keen collaborator with the ability to build strong and meaningful relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally and at all levels
  • A proactive approach to managing workload, and an ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines in a fast-paced department
  • Excellent and thorough written skills with a keen attention to detail
  • Ability to think creatively and confident in contributing to creative brainstorms

Strategy Manager, Community Game – RFU

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the national governing body for grassroots and elite rugby in England. Its purpose is to encourage rugby, and its values, to flourish across England. After a period of disruption to the community game due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and shifting trends in team sports, the RFU is embarking on the development of a 10-year strategy for community rugby. 

Through widespread consultation across the game, we are looking to develop a) the future Vision for the sport; b) to define the interventions needed to achieve that Vision and c) to optimise the delivery of those interventions by establishing the optimum model, roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders in the community game. The Strategy and implementation plan will require an accompanying business case that outlines the financial implications for the RFU over the 10-year period. 

While this role will be based in the Strategy team, it will require matrix working across numerous RFU departments with specific accountability into the Senior Leadership Team in the Rugby Development department.

Accountabilities:

The principal accountabilities of the role will be as follows:

· Lead the development of the community game strategy by:

o Managing the development of the strategy as a strategic project through the RFU’s project lifecycle

o Developing and executing a thorough stakeholder engagement process, ensuring cross-game input into the development of the strategy and buy in for the output

o Gathering, understanding, and clearly presenting information on the resources available across the community rugby eco-system

o Developing a delivery model with clear roles and responsibilities across different game stakeholders, through consultation and input from those stakeholders/organisations

o Developing an RFU resourcing plan for the delivery of the RFU’s responsibilities in the strategy

o Working with Finance to develop the accompanying business case that supports the delivery of the Strategy

· Manage the relationship with key RFU governance committees such as the Council, Board and Community Game Board, ensuring the strategy gains buy-in and endorsement

· Support and manage senior stakeholders in order to develop and deliver the project specific and organisational objectives

· Communicate internally with key members of the project team and senior leaders working on the project

· Managing and analysing information, drawing conclusions and presenting it in an easily understood manner

· Problem solving, evaluating and decision-making for ad-hoc project related tasks

Other

· Actively collaborate with colleagues to contribute to the development and delivery of the current strategic, business and operational plans

· Act as an ambassador for, and promote the best interests of the RFU, including the promotion of the RFU core values and BACK culture.

· Undertake such other duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the post and the needs of the organisation 

Person Specification

The skills and attributes outlined in this description are not exhaustive and we welcome candidates who can bring different relevant experiences to the role.

Qualifications and Experience:

· Degree level desirable.

· Demonstrable experience in strategy development, preferably within sport

· Strong project planning experience and ability to manage effectively within scope, timelines, budget and quality

· Business case experience desirable but not essential 

· Experience of working collaboratively with senior members of staff

· Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and proficiency with Smartsheet

· Rounded business knowledge and a detailed understanding of the RFU is desirable

Skills and Personal Attributes:

· Committed to driving forward inclusion in your role and day-to-day behaviours or Committed to actively contributing and building an inclusive BACK culture in your role and day to day behaviours

· Strong excel and analytical skills

· Strategic thinker who is able to influence and drive change

· Ability to work on several projects at once, prioritise and communicate priorities

· Influencing, consensus building, and sustaining relationships – with the ability to work collaboratively

· Enjoys working to tight deadlines or with short turnaround times

· Ability to inspire confidence and create trust

· Excellent judgment and ability to think creatively to reach desired goals

· Excellent organisational skills, with an emphasis on managing priorities, forward planning and adopting a flexible approach

Additional Information:

· All role holders must maintain an appropriate standard of confidentiality. Any disclosures of confidential information (including personal information kept on computer or other media) made unlawfully outside the proper course of duty will be treated as a serious disciplinary offence

· The role description, person specification, job level and job title may be subject to change at the discretion of the RFU and under business developments. Any changes will be communicated to the role holder as appropriate

· If you are a trans candidate applying for a job that requires a DBS check, please reach out to recruitment@rfu.com or directly to our safeguarding team (safeguarding@rfu.com) to use the confidential sensitive application route. This will provide applicants with the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate.

Chief Executive Officer – Tottenham Hotspur Foundation

Tottenham Hotspur Foundation is a registered charity and is the community arm of Premier League football club.The Club, through the Foundation, seeks to use the power and attraction of football to reach into its local communities to provide opportunities that can transform their lives, especially children and young people.

The Foundation is based at the recently restored 18th century Percy House in Tottenham High Road and is part of the Club’s new stadium complex. It is driven by a passion to contribute to making a positive difference to and in area where in spite of the significant socio-economic challenges there is a vibrancy and richness of talent and no short of ambition. The Foundation harnesses and builds on this through a range of projects and initiatives that will achieve and sustain the desired impacts and outcomes. It does this utilising its unique relationship with Spurs to deliver services and to co-invest with like-minded partners from the private, not-for-profit and public sectors, to achieve the public benefit that is integral to our status as a charity.

As the CEO for the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation you will work with the Board of Trustees to develop a strategic vision and delivery plan for the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation which positions the Foundation as the leading community programme linked to a professional sports club anywhere in the world. 

Reporting to the Trustees you will maximise impact and participation within our local communities. You will manage and further develop all aspects of the Community Programme and its initiatives, ensuring that Community activities meet the Project aims and grant objectives, whilst fulfilling Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s commitment to the community that it serves.

Key Responsibilities

  • To continually develop the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation’s purpose.
  • Develop focussed action plans that enable the Foundation to implement its strategy, goals and objectives.
  • Establish and monitor KPI’s to reviews the Foundation’s impact with the local community and its projects.
  • Represent and promote the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation externally, maximising collaboration with the local area.
  • Build, develop and embed a culture of engagement with all employees and workers at the Foundation.
  • Develop further and support a dynamic and cohesive Foundation delivery team that share a ‘can do’ and committed approach to providing a high quality offer
  • Ensure that the Foundations day-to-day operations are effective, impactful and are implemented with good financial and risk management.
  • Identify and access new funding streams to increase the output of the Community Programme, ensuring long-term sustainability and diversification of the Foundation
  • Optimise revenue generation for all planned and potential projects allied to the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation in partnership with Football National Governing Bodies, Premier League, The Football Association and the Football League.
  • Build/acquire and embed monitoring and evaluation frameworks and methodologies for all Foundations projects ensuring the ability to measure impact – and report to funding bodies – along with, safeguarding and EDI considered and ingrained throughout. 
  • To assess, manage and mitigate risk, ensuring the safeguarding of our staff and participants
  • Work with the Foundation senior leadership team, to provide clear and inspirational leadership to the wider Foundation team.
  • Build strong relationships with key stakeholders at the Club
  • Maintain a strong governance framework to meet internal and external legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Work with the Club’s PR team to publicise and maximise to work of the Foundation
  • Ensure the annual budget setting and longer term strategic financial planning is robust.
  • Ensure regular reports and information are presented to the Board of Trustees in a clear and effective manner.
  • Use the diversity of our teams to engage with our communities, establishing new & strong links with relevant stakeholders to increase of reach and improve uptake in our services

Personal Attributes

  • Strategic thinker, generates innovative ideas
  • Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates
  • Delivers to highest of standards – performance driven, and results orientated
  • Proven experience in developing and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders in public, private and non-for-profit sectors
  • Commercial acumen and demonstrated capacity to effectively manage risks, bids, grants and budgets
  • An active commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Has credibility in their professional field and is able to influence and to lead to achieve results
  • Can relate comfortably with those at the most senior level, front-line staff, and diverse communities
  • Communicates confidently and sensitively
  • Is passionate about supporting others to achieve and the Foundation’s overall purpose, aims and values
  • An effective communicator with compelling presentation and excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrate honesty, integrity, reliability and the ability to ensure confidentiality at all time
  • Resilient with the ability to maintain professionalism, multi task and perform well under pressure using a calm demeanour at all times

Skills & Experience

  • Demonstrable history of success and achievement in a leadership role.
  • Substantial experience of business and strategic planning within the not-for-profit sector
  • Extensive experience at managing multiple functions and projects
  • Experience with working with and advising a Board of Trustees
  • A dynamic, forward thinking people manager who leads through actions and behaviours, engenders a culture of trust, collaboration and co-working, and can demonstrate success in having created motivated and high performing teams
  • Experience of developing and embedding culture, vision and values within an organisation
  • Experience of working in a culturally diverse environment to a predominantly culturally diverse customer base.
  • Ability to devise, implement and apply policies and procedures that underpin the daily operations of the Foundation.
  • Experience of financial administration and management within the not-for-profit sector
  • Experience as Chief Executive or equivalent (desirable)
  • High level of understanding and experience of the expectations and standards set by the Premier League, Premier League Charitable Fund, the FA and other sporting bodies (desirable)
  • Experience in working in a not-for-profit in Haringey and Enfield boroughs (desirable)

Senior Partnership Planning and Creative Manager – Manchester City

At City Football Group, making moments matter is a part of our DNA. Recognising and developing the best talent allows us to achieve success in the right way.Driven by a passion for our winning culture, you will help deliver on our shared goals of sustainability through a uniquely global yet local community environment.The Partnership Strategy and Creative team plays a crucial role in supporting the Partnership Departments primary objective of securing new, and renewing existing, commercial partners to support the continued growth of Manchester City Football Club and all City Football Group (CFG) properties. Helping to create a competitive advantage in the marketplace by developing a differentiating partnership proposition, informed and powerful proposals. The team also provides a level of planning and creative support to existing Group/Club PartnersThe person in this role will be expected to lead the development of new platforms, ideas, approaches and proposals that add tangible value to our partnership proposition and contribute to the delivery of the annual revenues budget as well as the continued development or our approach and proposition.

  • Identify and uncover all relevant insights and intelligence required to develop a truly informed proposal (including exploratory sessions with prospect/partner) 
  • Creative planning to capture inspiration, develop thinking and ideas 
  • Develop partnership territory, narrative and big concepts 
  • Work with design and other departments to bring proposal to life in most powerfully way 
  • Ability to positively contribute to and influence pitches 

2 Contribute to delivery of annual revenues budget through increased creativity, sophistication and impact of involvement in sales pipeline & partner renewal / upsell opportunities 

  • The ability to comfortably lead, prioritise and deliver a high volume of varied creative and strategically important projects whilst having a key focus on where improvements and developments can be made that add value to qualified conversations and increase the appeal, value and success of our proposals. 

3 Lead creation and development of key team and departmental strategic projects 

  • Lead and positively contribute to the development and roll-out of major departmental projects and initiatives assigned by Chief Commercial Officer / VP Partnership Strategy & Creative 
  • Responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of core project phases and outputs to achieve agreed objectives 
  • Ability to comfortably prioritise, progress and deliver project in line with dynamic project phasing and challenging deadlines 
  • Individual to establish themselves as the key point person providing clear project briefings and direction to internal departments as well as external agencies and stakeholders 

4 Lead identification and development of key processes, tools & practices to increase effectiveness & efficiencies of team’s contribution to department’s commercial effort 

  • Focused on increasing the volume and agility of the team’s contribution and quality of its outputs. Working with sales, design and wider teams to understand challenges in order to identify and deliver solutions to improve team’s involvement and quantity and quality of its outputs. 

5 Ensure wider department is aware of, understands and is inspired by the latest marketing trends and insight from across the sports and wider industry and help identify how these can positively impact our proposals 

  • Developand leadinitiatives to inform and inspire department with key marketing trends & ideasas they happen –helping colleagues understand their relevance, considerations and impact for their respective prospects/partners and how it can be powerfully and authentically integrated into their respective proposals or projects 
  • Provide regular inspiration to team to continue to innovate ideas and approach to aid competitive advantage 

Ensure team aware of individuals personal areas of expertise and insight to positively impacting initiatives in these areasRole specific knowledge, skills and experience: Essential: 

  • Degree or equivalent deep technical expertise 
  • Significant knowledge and understanding of commercial football, sports and entertainment landscape as well as prospect and partner challenges – a strong understanding of their consumer, customer and audience landscape, habits and behaviours 
  • Experience in an agency, brand or rights holder working in sports marketing and/or commercial partnership development 
  • Proven ability to develop creative, professionally structured and presented proposals & supporting sales materials 
  • Creative thinker with an innovative outlook and ability to inspire creativity in others 
  • Results-driven with strong analytical skills 
  • Proven ability to lead and prioritise a varied project workload in a dynamic environment and manage senior stakeholders 
  • Strong communication & interpersonal skills with internal and external stakeholders 
  • Proactive and entrepreneurial approach 
  • Proven problem-solving skills 
  • Ability to work in a cross-team / inter department environment and positively influence peers and senior team leads 

Desirable: 

  • Knowledge and understanding of core marketing competencies and principles 
  • Proven track record in business development and/or driving value from partnerships for the benefit of the benefit of Partner and respective business 
  • End-to-end involvement in pitch process from development of ideas and approach to pitching the proposal to Partners and/or Prospects 

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.

Commercial Insights Executive – Aston Villa

The marketing department is responsible for supporting the growth of the Club across all departments aiming to deliver award-winning campaigns, excellent fan engagement and record-breaking commercial results. The team works at a fast pace due to the nature of providing support for our commercial, brand and fan growth across all areas of the club. As the club continues to progress in all areas, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of the journey.

The Data and Insight team within marketing is responsible for the management of all 1st party data, CRM integrations, third-party enrichment data, media valuation and research tools to support not only the Marketing team, but the wider Commercial operation at Aston Villa Football Club.

The team works at a fast pace and due to the requirement to deliver insights to multiple departments across the whole year.

  • The Role

This is a new role and an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Insight Executive to join an ambitious Data and Insight team based at Villa Park. The role will be responsible for creating and delivering insight through the utilisation of multiple datasets, with a particular focus on our B2B clients, including new and existing Club partners, as well as our corporate Hospitality members.

You will have the ability to create and maintain existing insight reports to enhance our B2B insight capabilities, support our commercial benchmarking, explore new commercial opportunities, and support senior decision-making.

  • The Person

The ideal candidate would be naturally inquisitive, with a passion for understanding fan behaviours and visualising/sharing such insight. You will be a self-starter who can take a pragmatic approach with any new initiatives, an effective problem solver with strong commercial acumen. You will be intuitive and be motivated to act upon this; comfortable with setting and testing insight hypothesis, subsequently collecting appropriate data before interrogating and visualising it.

Ideally you will have proven relevant experience working in a similar research/insight-based role with demonstrable experience of supporting strategic commercial projects/processes. B2B experience is preferred, particularly in sports/sponsorship (though not essential). Good attention to detail is essential and taking responsibility for the accuracy of you own work.

You will have the ability to be flexible with work duties and hours as required by the team.

As part of your application, please ensure you upload your CV and Cover Letter.

For further information, the Role Profile and to apply please go to careers.avfc.co.uk/jobs

Right to Close Vacancy Posting Early

The Club reserves the right to close any advertised vacancies earlier than the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received.

Equality Statement

Aston Villa Football Club celebrates the diversity of its Club and embrace equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and fully support The FAs Football Leadership Diversity Code.

We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, sex and religion or belief.

Safeguarding Statement

Aston Villa Football Club is fully committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk across our Club. As such, we adhere to Safer Recruitment processes and for some roles a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service may be required prior to starting in a role at the Club.