Head of Raceday Operations – British Horseracing Authority
November 10, 2016
Location: London, UK
Closing date: 14th November 2016
If you have a keen interest in thoroughbred racing mixed with strong operational management skills, this is a great opportunity to build on your talent within a world-leading sport, where you will be responsible for leading the Starters, Clerk of Scales and Judges Raceday teams in addition to Inspectors of Courses, Point to Point and Racecourse Licensing.
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is the governing and regulatory body for horseracing in Great Britain. It is the BHA’s role to act for and on behalf of the whole sport, with a key objective being to ensure the highest standards apply on and away from the racecourse.
Reporting to the Director of Integrity and Regulatory Operations, and with the support of your teams, this senior role will utilise your analytical and problem solving ability to improve and control policy regarding all relevant Raceday operational activities. Through strong advocacy and communication skills, this senior role will require you to present regularly to senior members of both the BHA team and the wider sport. This will include setting out a clear vision for the future delivery of Raceday Operations, benchmarking regulatory services against best-practice internationally and sports more generally, along with managing complex stakeholder relationships and regular consultation processes.
This is a demanding role in which you will be exposed to all areas of Raceday Operations and Regulation. You will have a proven ability to develop and translate strategy into efficient operational plans, whilst cultivating an environment of continuous improvement, team development and motivation resulting in positive resource outcomes. Key to success in this role is a demonstrable record of accountability and delivery of operational efficiency via business process improvements.
You will have a sound understanding of the structure of British Racing but a deep understanding of thoroughbred racing more generally. Ideally you will be degree qualified with significant work experience within a complex stakeholder environment combined with experience of managing remote or regionally-based teams. The role requires a high level of autonomy ideally combined with business analysis and strong computing skills through which you will quickly demonstrate your ability to add value.
This is a great opportunity for someone with the right skills to work in a key role within British Racing. In return we offer an attractive salary and comprehensive benefits package that reflect the important nature of this role within the sport.
As the needs of the business change this role will change accordingly, therefore this document should be viewed as guidelines which are subject to change. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.