Independent Chair – Pentathlon GB

Pentathlon GB has a head office in Bath

This is a voluntary position (plus expenses)

Pentathlon GB is recruiting a new Chair, at a pivotal moment in the sport, and is looking for an effective, driven, and experienced individual to lead the team.

After the recent gold medal success of the Tokyo Olympics and subsequent World Cups, a successful bid to host the 2023 Modern Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships, as well as the forthcoming Paris Olympics, this is incredibly exciting time to lead the Pentathlon GB Board.

With the Modern Pentathlon World Championships being held at Bath University in 2023 and a flourishing world class programme of podium athletes, opportunities exist to build on the sports family of sponsors and commercial partners. There is also an organisational focus on maintaining international relations activity as Modern Pentathlon looks to secure its 2028 Olympic status and to deliver membership growth and participation over the coming period to support both income streams and future sporting success.

We are seeking a candidate with strong Board experience, proven leadership skills, a clear understanding of Governance and a commitment to drive our sport forward. Candidates do not need to be from an elite sport or Pentathlon background, we welcome those with expertise from a wide range of sectors.

The position is voluntary, with expenses paid. Terms are for 2 years with an expectation of 2 terms and a maximum of 4 terms served. The Pentathlon GB head office is in Bath, with flexibility around where Board meetings are held.

Personal Attributes, Responsibilities and Experience

The successful candidate will utilise their personal attributes to:

  • Uphold the highest standards of integrity, teamwork, and diplomacy, forging genuine and purposeful relationships 
  • Provide strong leadership and communication, including representing both the members and company 
  • Commit to drive forward Modern Pentathlon and the family of sports at both grassroot and elite levels

Critical areas of responsibility in this role include working to:

  • Set the agenda, style and tone of Board conduct and discussions to promote effective decision-making and constructive debate 
  • Oversee the recruitment, induction, and development of new Directors 
  • Promote and enforce the highest standards of corporate governance, including ensuring a clear structure for and the effective running of Board committees 
  • Establish a close relationship of trust with the CEO, providing support and advice, while respecting executive responsibility 
  • Promote diversity and inclusion principles across the Board membership, the Executive and throughout the sport 
  • Develop strategy and develop policy 
  • Provide operational support and line management to the CEO 
  • Represent the Board in national and international environments where appropriate 
  • Influence UK and International bodies on relevant topics 
  • Provide financial support to the CEO and finance team to ensure that PGB funds are spent economically, efficiently, and effectively 

Suitable candidates for the position should possess substantial board experience, either as Chair or senior level in the public, private or voluntary sector. Alternatively, substantial board experience as a member of a National Governing Body of a Sport or similar organisation. You will have a passion for sport, with an awareness of Modern Pentathlon and an enthusiasm to help take a sport forward.

You will need to have the ability to develop and nurture relationships with various stakeholder groups and take decisions in an open and transparent manner.

Application process to apply: Please send a brief covering letter with your CV, ideally as one document, to: daryl.mason@hartmannmason.com

If you have any questions about the role, a call can be arranged by contacting Daryl on the above email.

Closing date: Please submit application by 26th July

Pentathlon GB is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

E-Commerce Trading Executive – Tottenham Hotspur

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North London, with a global following of millions. 

Led by the late great Bill Nicholson, the Club became the first in England to win the League and FA Cup Double in 1961, and the first in the UK to win a European Trophy two years later. Spurs has since been home to some of the game’s great entertainers, including Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, David Ginola, Gareth Bale, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane. 

In April 2019, the Club opened an iconic new stadium that sits at the heart of a £1billion sport-led regeneration of North Tottenham. The stadium is the largest football club stadium in London and is a multi-use venue with the ability to host a variety of events 365 days a year, including NFL, boxing, rugby, concerts and other major events, plus visitor attractions including Stadium Tours and the Dare Skywalk. 

The stadium development scheme has to date created more than 4,000 new jobs for local people, with circa £300m pumped into the local economy each year.

Tottenham Hotspur has:

· A clear strategy to develop talent from within its Academy, showcased by a strong track record of Academy players graduating to the first-team squad.

· A £100m state-of-the-art Training Centre that supports the Club’s ambition to attract, develop and retain the best talent.

· Commercial partnerships with globally-recognised brands including AIA Group Limited (AIA), one of the world’s leading providers of life insurance services, and Nike, the world’s leading sports footwear and apparel company

· A commitment to minimizing its environmental impact across Club operations, being named as the greenest in the Premier League for the past three years. Tottenham Hotspur is a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, committing to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and become net zero carbon by 2040 

· An award-winning Foundation that is renowned for creating opportunities to help enhance the lives of people in its local community through education, employment, health and social inclusion programmes

The E-commerce Merchandiser & Growth Executive plays a crucial role in growing the Stadium Tours, Dare Skywalk and Edge Visitor Attractions business at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. As a key member of the Digital Platforms pod within the Digital & Growth Marketing team, you will own the online customer experience for Visitor Attractions and be responsible for driving growth and performance through the merchandising, optimisation and personalisation of all Visitor Attractions products on our e-commerce website and transactional platforms.

You live and breathe customer experience, and will be the voice of the customer when it comes to website experience. You will focus on product merchandising, customer segmentation, and site optimisation through A/B & multivariate testing and making refinements to the customer journey. You love breaking down complex problems to identify simple solutions that deliver world-class customer experiences. You understand the importance of building seamless customer experiences in an omni-channel world, have an insatiable appetite for understanding your customers and are relentless in delivering online experiences that raise the bar.

You will have a best-in-breed technology stack at your disposal to deliver on our commercial, optimisation, and conversion rate objectives. You should have a growth-focused mentality and the desire to drive learnings for the business through conversation rate optimisation (CRO) via A/B and MVT experimentation. You must have a working knowledge of content management systems (CMS) and experimentation tools, such as Optimizely or Dynamic Yield. You are a creative thinker with an analytical mind, and will put that mindset to use in a fast-paced, hyper-evolving environment where marketing, data and product combine to propel the growth of our Visitor Attractions online experience. You will report to the Digital Platforms Marketing Manager and work cross-functionally with the Visitor Attractions Commercial Lead and Marketing Manager to drive our ambitious digital growth strategy.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club welcomes applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, ethnic origin, religion /belief, or sexual orientation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the overall website merchandising strategy for Stadium Tours, The Dare Skywalk and The Edge, determining site needs for marketing campaigns, new product introductions, and evergreen functionality based on short and long-term business goals.
  • Oversee the publishing of products and content across our site, including authoring pages in our CMS, managing product info, implementing site changes ahead of events and campaigns.
  • Define and build a continuous CRO plan to drive incremental improvements to site engagement and conversion
  • Assist in managing the optimisation roadmap for the customer journey, identifying areas of concern and monitor e-commerce trends.
  • Creation of new and relevant customer journeys which promote current and future Visitor Attractions products and categories
  • Measure and optimize site conversion through adjustments to navigation, product, content, and other site functionality.
  • Proactive analysis of data to define improvement recommendations with actionable insights and next steps for senior management
  • Launch A/B and multivariate tests with strong hypotheses to significantly increase website conversion rate
  • Monitor website analytics against agreed KPI’s to ensure business targets are exceeded and where appropriate identify areas of concerns and implement corrective action
  • Work closely with the marketing team and wider business to ensure they are up to date with roll outs of features and functionality across Visitor Attractions
  • Utilise Google Analytics GA4 and Mixpanel to analyse a wide range of areas from traffic conversion, site conversion, check and platform behaviours to provide insight for optimising funnel performance
  • Identify trends and user behaviour to quantify customer habits and recommend optimisations to maximise traffic, reduce abandonment rate, and increase conversions
  • Monitor sales daily/weekly/monthly ensuring the business is on track to hit performance targets
  • Provide a regular suite of reports to the key business stakeholders on new initiatives, data insights and results.
  • Deliver consistent growth and performance improvement

Personal Attributes

  • Thinks ahead, generates innovative ideas
  • Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates
  • Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility

Skills & Experience

ABOUT YOU

You are an ambitious self-starter who has a deep passion for building world-class, innovative and memorable customer experiences. You will have proven analytical capabilities, strong persuasive writing skills, deep website experience, a tenacity to develop ideas independently, be comfortable with ambiguity, and thrive in a fast-paced, complex and ever-evolving environment.

  • A proactive digital native, with 3+ years’ experience in merchandising and/or digital optimisation
  • Experience in a D2C e-commerce start-up, scale-up or other high growth business.
  • Experience in Attractions, Events or Ticketing verticals desirable but not required.
  • A self-starter able to hit the ground running with passion and ability.
  • Agile and able to adapt quickly in a high-profile business.
  • Able to prioritize projects with strong attention to detail.
  • You know your way around the back end of a website CMS
  • Experience with Google Analytics and/or product analytics such as Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap
  • Experience with website experimentation and personalisation tools such as Dynamic Yield or Optimizely highly desired
  • Experience with customer data platforms and BI tools
  • Excellent business judgement and strategic thinking
  • Strong understanding of how to optimize and personalise content to increase conversion
  • Highly analytical and adept at using data and insights to spot trends and make decisions.
  • Able to build effective relationships across all levels of an organisation.
  • A confident communicator and a dab hand at challenging colleagues in a positive and encouraging way when required.
  • You enjoy working autonomously but are able to earn trust with a collaborative work style.
  • Strong Excel, numerical and analytical skills, able to extract and analyse data from platforms (e.g., Google Analytics, Mixpanel, mParticle, personalisation and web testing tools)
  • Well-organised, logical and efficient; process-driven with good project management skills.
  • Desirable: CIM Marketing Certificate (or similar)
  • Bachelor’s Degree, minimum 2:1

Team Administrator Rugby and Office – Ospreys

This is an exciting time to join Ospreys Rugby as we build strength in our Operations team to support the growth of the rugby franchise 

If you are excited about sport and have the ability to provide first class administrative and co-ordination support to a vibrant team this could be the job for you.

We are looking for a team player with excellent organisation skills and an eye for detail.  With strong administration and planning ability you will be confident in dealing with a variety of tasks and working to strict deadlines.  Strong self-awareness is essential, as is the ability to work with discretion in a professional sporting environment. 

This role is full time and will work across rugby and business from both the Swansea.com stadium and our High Performance Centre in Llandarcy. The successful candidate will need to be available to work on match days. Reporting into the Operations Manager with a dotted line into the Performance Director.

You can find out more about the role by downloading the job descriptionhere.

If you think this could be you, and you are ready to join us, grow with us and be with us in flight email your CV and a covering letter to Janey Wise  HR Manager janey.wise@ospreysrugby.com .

Closing date for applications is 8th August 2022, as we are advertising the role to internal applicants, we reserve the right to close the role sooner if a suitable candidate is found.

Broadcast Manager – The FA

Our Organisation

The Football Association [The FA] is the not-for-profit governing body of football in England. It is responsible for promoting and developing every level of the game, from grassroots through to the professional game, and generates significant revenue to support investment into English football each year.

The FA oversees England international teams across men’s, women’s, youth and disability football, as well as running the National League System and FA Competitions including the Emirates FA Cup, Barclays FA Women’s Super League, FA Women’s Championship, and Vitality Women’s FA Cup, and the world-class facilities of Wembley Stadium and St. George’s Park, all with a purpose to Unite the Game and Inspire the Nation.

90 minutes to change our world

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Broadcast Manager, who specifically will be a key contact for all broadcasting matters across England Men’s teams, Emirates FA Cup & Youth Cup and the FA Community Shield.

You will work with the Senior Broadcast Manager on all the delivery of media rights and associated commercial matters where required. Manage all broadcast operations and the on-site servicing needs of both The FA and its various broadcasting partners across a portfolio of FA-led competitions.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Be the key contact for all broadcast matters surrounding the England Men’s team, Emirates FA Cup and The FA Community Shield and work with our broadcast partners on the optimum delivery of their contracts.
  • Manage the Emirates FA Cup scheduling process liaising with broadcast partners, clubs and internal teams. Fixtures agreed and announced for the benefit of The FA’s domestic, international and radio partner.
  • Manage the broadcast operations of The Emirates FA Cup Draws.
  • Manage and book the match managers for the Emirates FA Cup.
  • Compile linear and digital audience figures and distribute to the wider business as appropriate. Ensure audience trends are analysed, monitored and communicated effectively.
  • Manage and negotiate all broadcasters on your competition event days and the days leading up to the events including; accreditations, access, studio requirements, camera plans, compound and gantry layouts, match day reporters and interview requests, mixed zone, flash and super flash.
  • Ensure the broadcast operation works seamlessly within the management of the wider FA event, liaising between broadcasters, stadium management and FA events team.
  • Arrange site visits and all logistics for each event including passes, parking, liaising with security, rig days and de-rigging. This covers domestic club games, home as well as overseas internationals.
  • Execute additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group changing priorities.
  • Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing can be maintained.

What we are looking for?

Essential:

  • Experience of television operations ideally in sports industry.
  • Thorough understanding of the broadcast industry covering: media rights, scheduling, production and operational delivery.
  • Flexible approach to working hours – some weekend work will be required.

Desirable:

  • Strong communication skills.
  • Ability to build relationships and manage conflict effectively.
  • Experience working in Commercial environment.
  • Knowledge of men’s football.

What we can offer you?

  • An exciting and challenging role within a changing, dynamic and world-renowned sports organisation.
  • Attractive benefits and a competitive salary.

Please be aware that unless you are on a homebased contract, your contract with The FA will specify a fixed location of either Wembley Stadium, St. George’s Park or our Processing Centre.

We currently work within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary.

The Football Association Group promotes inclusion and diversity, and welcomes applications from everyone. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process please mention this in your application.

Youth Development Community Officer – British Fencing

ABOUT THE ROLE

Playing a leading role at BF, the Youth Development Community Officer will manage our work within the youth sector, including with London Youth and uniformed groups, as well as forging new partnerships that will aim to tackle the inequalities that exist in sport.

As BF implements its Fencing for Social Change strategy, the Youth Development Community Officer will work with the Participation Director to grow new opportunities in this space, maximising the wider benefits of fencing and the positive impact it can have on people’s lives.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this position, please email virginia.bailey@britishfencing.com attaching:

  • copy of your CV
  • covering letter, (no more than 2 sides of A4)
  • completed person specification form using the template here

Please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description when submitting your application.

The full job description and person specification are available here.

Application deadline: Midnight Sunday 10th July 2022.

We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to receive clear, understandable information from BF.  If you require this in an alternative format, please contact BF Head Office (headoffice@britishfencing.com).

Social Impact Manager – British Olympic Association

Position Type: Maternity Cover – Full-time, Fixed Term Contract. Secondment opportunities also considered

Reporting To: Director of Strategic Planning & Research

Remuneration: £45k – £50k per year plus benefits

Location: London, W1/Hybrid – 3 days office based / optional 2 days remote working

Closing Date: Monday 11th July 2022

About the British Olympic Association and Team GB:

Team GB is the British and Northern Irish Olympic team – one of the nation’s most successful teams and one of its favourite brands. Run by the British Olympic Association (BOA), Team GB competes at Olympic and Olympic Winter Games and other events such as the European Games, Youth Olympic Games and European Youth Olympic Festivals.

The BOA is independent and privately funded. Our success is entirely dependent upon the income we receive from our commercial programmes, including but not limited to sponsorship, fundraising, licensing and events.

Our vision is to ‘unite and inspire the nation through the power of Olympic sport’. Importantly, as the Nation’s most loved sports team, we are looking to harness the inspiration of our Athletes’ successes at Olympic Games and the public’s love for the brand to create powerful social change.

The BOA has set out on an exciting new strategic path to Paris and beyond focussing on how we can help improve the health and wellbeing of the Nation, using Olympic sport as the platform. Working in close collaboration with a range of athletes, national governing bodies of sport, Team GB Partners and key stakeholders in sport and social impact causes, we will identify ways in which we can activate to reach as many people as possible and have as much impact as possible.

Harnessing the power of our athletes and the wider network, our aim is to create a coherent, longer-term and impact driven strategy that unites our social impact activity with clear objectives and measurement going forwards.

Overview of the Role: 

The Social Impact Manager (Health & Wellbeing) is a maternity cover role that will play a central role in the development of an ‘always-on’ social impact strategy for the BOA and within this be responsible for developing and managing several key social impact programmes and partnerships.

The role has two primary functions-

  • Continuing to deliver employee engagement services to our valued commercial partners, in which we share the lessons from Team GB to inspire individuals to achieve their personal best;
  • Taking the work we do with partners and stakeholders to contribute to the BOA’s social impact strategy.

Previous and ongoing social impact programmes include I Am Team GB mass participation events; Get Set flagship youth engagement programme; Olympic Day, Charity partnership with the Red Cross, kit donation, supporting Youth Sport Trust School Sports Week, various external commercial partner-led awareness campaigns as well as internal employee engagement activities such as talks, learning & development classes and digital health and well-being challenges.

The role will require strong collaborative, cross team working, in particular internally with the Commercial team working with corporate partners, and externally with key education and event delivery agencies and with stakeholders such as Charites and funding organisations.

The individual in the role must be comfortable with creating and responding to project briefs, supporting pitching and sales processes, and coordinating the design and delivery of programmes of work, often in an autonomous capacity. As such an individual with strategic skills and vision as well as effective project management and operational delivery capability is key.

This role provides a fantastic opportunity for a motivated, self-starting individual to further develop and operate in a strategically important area for the BOA, our athletes, partners, and stakeholders. Internal support will be provided to train and upskill the successful candidate. Experience as a high-performance athlete would be desirable but not essential to the role.

Communications Officer – London Sport

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Communications Officer to join the dynamic Commercial, Marketing & Communications team at London Sport. You will lead the implementation and delivery of multi-channel communications for Sport Tech Hub and London Sport Consultancy, as well as providing ad-hoc support to London Sport communication activities. 

What you’ll do:

  • Manage and grow Sport Tech Hub’s social media audience and online channels, and build awareness of London Sport Consultancy, by creating and managing the distribution of multi-channel content.
  • Develop digital communications plans for the accelerator programme, reports, partnerships, news and case study publications related to both Sport Tech Hub and London Sport Consultancy.
  • Deliver weekly and monthly newsletters to our stakeholders, sourcing new content and building of network.
  • Provide support to the smooth operation of networking events, webinars, creating high-quality brand and marketing materials including presentations, brochures, social media graphics and other brand assets.
  • Maintain and update content on the various London Sport websites including Sport Tech Hub and the relevant pages for London Sport Consultancy.
  • Engage with and grow Sport Tech Hub’s community, publishing relevant posts, collecting news items, responding to enquiries and interacting with community members.
  • Support the broader London Sport communications in the run up to project launches, conferences, award ceremonies and other busy periods.

Who you are: 

  • You have an excellent understanding of different social media channels and confidence in leading an online presence.
  • You are a creative thinker that thrives in an innovative and collaborative environment.
  • You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • You are positive, proactive, welcome new challenges and will enjoy seeking new ways to improve our communications.
  • You have lived experience of day to day life in London.

Sales Manager – Sale Sharks

Born in Manchester and proud of our roots, Sale Sharks is the only Premiership Rugby Union team in the North-West, playing top-flight rugby in the Gallagher Premiership and European Champions Cup, with an emerging Women’s team competing in the Allianz Premier 15s.  Our club philosophy is to be a better person, our Shark blood of Togetherness, Fearlessness, Pride, Passion and Humility running through the club make us who we are.  A family woven together by the Fabric of the North.

Based at our high-performance training centre, we are looking for a down-to-earth Sales Manager to join the Sharks family.  The ideal candidate comes from a sports brand/agency or professional club background, has an excellent record of sales success and relationship management. A good knowledge of rugby union (or a willingness to learn), an entrepreneurial attitude and optimistic outlook are essential.

Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

  • Work with the Sales and Marketing Director to build a 3-5 year strategic roadmap for the sales team outlining short and long terms goals and targets to maximise revenue opportunities
  • Plan and execute the sales strategy for the Club to drive long term business growth, working collaboratively with marketing and operations to ensure an integrated approach to business
  • Tracking and analysis of commercial performance to provide regular reports to Club stakeholders including LYs comparison, forecast v actuals tracking, rights delivery performance and value, seasonal hospitality, and match day hospitality
  • Understanding of the existing sports sponsorship landscape to identify new business opportunities that are a strong brand fit to Sale Sharks and align to the Clubs’ brand values and strategic direction
  • Build good relationships to establish sales prospects, drive new business and explore initiatives outside of traditional routes, build and manage those relationships directly and through the broader Sales team
  • Lead new contract and renewal negotiations, manage existing partnership relationships, oversee the rights activation for all contracts to maximise value for club and sponsor
  • Support the sales team to evolve the match day hospitality experience providing insights and recommendations, help increase Seasonal and Match-By-Match sales and YOY retention, support Player Sponsorship negotiations and new business prospecting
  • Promote the philosophy of Learn, Care, Develop through setting team goals, individual performance goals and reviews, identify training needs, coaching and development

Qualifications & Experience:

Essential

  • Minimum 10 years experience working at a sports brand or in a professional club environment
  • Demonstrable track record of sales success
  • Experience of leading and developing a high performing sales team
  • Excellent communication skills with a high attention to detail
  • Excellent numeracy and excel skills
  • Ability to build strong relationships
  • Experience working in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience in business development

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the sports sponsorship marketplace
  • Experience of managing a portfolio of sponsorships
  • Experience with contract negotiations

Department: Commercial

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week including all home fixtures

Salary: £DOE

Send your CV to:claire.butters@salesharks.com

Digital Services Manager – Everton

Who are we: Everton, a pioneering and globally recognised football club, with a rich, successful history and an exciting future.

Founded in 1878, Everton is one of the 12 Founder Members of the Football League. The Club has been crowned league champions on nine occasions, lifted the FA Cup five times and tasted European success by winning the European Cup Winners Cup in 1985.

Everton’s proud traditions are maintained by clear values and ambitious plans for the future.

The development of a new state-of-the-art 52,888 capacity stadium on the banks of the River Mersey at Bramley-Moore Dock is well underway, providing a significant platform for further growth.

About the opportunity: We are looking for a ambitious and innovative Digital Services Manager to join our forward-thinking Engagement and Communications department here at Everton Football Club.

As our Digital Services Manager you will ensure we are utilising our digital platforms and solutions in the most effective way possible to help hit objectives on content delivery, fan engagement, fanbase growth and revenue generation.

We engage with a number of stakeholders to help deliver innovative and intuitive service to supporters and beyond and the Digital Services Manager plays a pivotal part in working closely with these parties to ensure the Club gets the very best value from its investments.

Other core responsibilities you will cover as part of this role include:

  • Liaison and account management with key digital agencies and suppliers
  • Providing digital services on matchdays and at club events
  • Coming up with innovative ideas and solutions to benefit all areas of the Club
  • Research and benchmarking across the digital and sporting landscape
  • Help plan and execute digital strategy focussed around our new stadium

Who we are looking for; Essentially, we are looking for a passionate individual who has previous experience of managing digital platforms, working with agencies and service providers and who has an understanding of broadcast and production processes.

If you have got a solution for any problem and or a new idea for every new campaign, we want to hear from you. This role requires a sound knowledge and understanding of key app and website technology, social media platforms and the wider digital landscape. You must also be able to use this knowledge to look at analytics and other relevant data to help inform decisions on the potential direction for Everton’s digital offerings – and be able to utilise this information to highlight the value of a given solution to the club.

At Everton Football Club we are ambitious, determined and authentic. If f you feel you have the experience and the expertise we are looking for, we would love to hear from you!

This position is on a permanent basis, based at the iconic Royal Liver Building but with the opportunity to also work from home on a hybrid basis – and will be contracted to 35 hours per week.

The closing date of this advert is Tuesday 19th July 2022.

The Everton Family is committed to equal opportunities and is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, we accept all job applications in a variety of formats and should you need any documents in a different format or require any further support or assistance please contact our Recruitment Team via email – careers@evertonfc.com

The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Senior Digital Content Manager – FA

The Football Association [The FA] is the not-for-profit governing body of football in England. It is responsible for promoting and developing every level of the game, from grassroots through to the professional game, and generates significant revenue to support investment into English football each year.

The FA oversees England international teams across men’s, women’s, youth and disability football, as well as running the National League System and FA Competitions including the Emirates FA Cup, Barclays FA Women’s Super League, FA Women’s Championship, and Vitality Women’s FA Cup, and the world-class facilities of Wembley Stadium and St. George’s Park, all with a purpose to Unite the Game and Inspire the Nation.

90 minutes to change our world

The Role

We are excited to be searching for a Senior Digital Content Manager to lead the FA’s owned and operated digital team across England and competition brands. The successful candidate will oversee the direction of day-to-day output, in order to grow our channels and reputation both within and outside of the FA, in line with the Commercial and Marketing strategy.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Leading the team of direct reports, including performance and career development with regular 1:1s, quarterly performance check-ins and development of performance development plans.
  • Part of Content department’s leadership team, shaping and supporting overall strategy, culture and departmental processes.
  • Devise brand-specific content strategies that support best-in-class output across domestic and international
  • Overseeing day-to-day content, setting and improving standards, driving creativity and ensuring strong planning across the team, including visibility for key stakeholders.
  • Play a key role in developing internal relationships, enabling other sections of the organisation to realise B2C and B2B content propositions.
  • Play a key role to champion the use of data to inform the day-to-day content strategy and overall direction.
  • Managing key external relationships, including core agencies, technical suppliers, social media platforms, etc.
  • Drive innovation and content execution at significant competition events and international tournaments.
  • Contribute to the success of campaign executions across commercial and broadcast partners.
  • Support the FA’s equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives across our England and competition brands.
  • Execute additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group changing priorities.
  • Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing can be maintained.

What we are looking for?

Knowledge:

  • Evidence of consistent high-quality output and driving standards across B2C and B2B/B2B2C,
  • Ability to translate brand plans into actionable content plans,
  • Strategic thinking,
  • Content planning,
  • Creation of tone of voice/style documents,
  • Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration (internal and external)
  • Execution of marketing campaigns, brand activations and data acquisition,
  • An interest in both men’s and women’s sport.
  • Willingness to innovate and embrace new technology.

Experience:

  • Minimum five-years’ experience working in a similar role,
  • Line management of a small or mid-sized team (objectives setting/career development support,)
  • Managed a range of agencies and vendors,
  • Calm under pressure,
  • Commercially minded,
  • Developed owned and operated content strategies for largescale channels (domestic and international.)

Technical Skills:

  • Expertise producing highly engaging social media, website, and video content across all channels,
  • Strong project management and organisation skills,
  • Excellent editorial skills across owned and operated,
  • Strong planning and organisational skills,
  • Extensive experience using data analytics tools and systems,
  • Highly creative,
  • Passionate about content and standards,
  • A broad understanding and appreciation of various content forms (lifestyle, technology, entertainment, etc.)

What we can offer you?

  • An exciting and challenging role within a changing, dynamic and world-renowned sports organisation.
  • Attractive benefits and a competitive salary.

Please be aware that unless you are on a homebased contract, your contract with The FA will specify a fixed location of either Wembley Stadium, St. George’s Park or our Processing Centre.

We currently work within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary.

The Football Association Group promotes inclusion and diversity, and welcomes applications from everyone. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process please mention this in your application.