Vacancies Men's First Team Operations Officer

About the role

We are looking for an individual with elite sporting operations experience and excellent organisation skills to join our team as a Men’s First Team Operations Officer.  In this diverse role, you will provide comprehensive, confidential, high quality and efficient operational support. 

What will you be doing?

• Responsible for the preparation and execution of match day logistics.
• Attend Home and Away fixtures on a rota basis.
• Be a point of contact for club match day hosts at home games.
• Travel to specific locations, both UK and Overseas, for away games, training camps etc, and when required.
• Provide high level and accurate communications with all staff and players within the training complex
• Provide operational administrative support.
• Liaise with other departments and key stakeholders with regards to larger company wide projects.
• Act as a designated Safeguarding Officer.
• Ensure the operations office is sufficiently covered to ensure that along with colleagues the team provides a seven day per week operation.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant Club policies, including health and safety policies. 
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements. 
• Build and maintain good working relationships both internally and externally, maintaining a professional image at all times when representing Liverpool Football Club. 
• Keep confidential any information gained regarding the Club and its personnel. 
• Maintain a flexible approach to work at all times. 

Who are we looking for?

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record of delivering a variety of administration tasks effectively within an elite sporting operations environment and have knowledge of Safeguarding practices for working with children or adults at risk.  With your excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, you can adjust to a very ad hoc unstructured work pattern and be comfortable working in a changing work environment. You will have strong skills in IT, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook together with excellent attention to detail. You will have excellent language skills; ideally you will be proficient in an additional modern foreign language to English. 

As a proactive individual, you have the confidence to work independently on your own as well as being a strong team player with a flexible approach to work with regards to both duties, days and hours.  You will be able to travel both domestic and internationally with frequent nights away from home sometimes for extended periods. 

Due to the nature of this role, you will also hold a full UK Driving licence. 

Why should you apply?

This is a full-time permanent role working across the week. Your main base will be our AXA Training Centre in Kirkby. 

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days) and a contributory pension scheme.

You will have access to our benefits kit bag where you can get high street discounts, and a selection of benefit schemes you can join. There are opportunities to get involved with volunteering through our LFC Foundation to give back to the local community.

At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to making a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association’s Football Leadership Diversity Code and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch. We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.

Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment. This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

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