This exciting senior role is an opportunity to lead on the expansion of existing partnerships within the Club portfolio by creatively activating suites of assets / rights, securing multimillion pound renewals and being part of a progressive Commercial Team.

You will be accomplished in achieving difficult targets in a competitive environment, be able to strategically plan and be an influential communicator. Ideally, you will have experience of working in a values-driven organisation, using your advocacy and influencing skills to create an environment that leads to securing renewals and upsells the value of existing partnerships.

Your excellent written and verbal communications skills will enhance your ability to help shape strategic thinking and develop strong productive on-going relationships.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Retaining and securing sponsorship partners for Fulham FC (and Fulham Pier) with a global remit from initial strategy planning and research through to engagement, building of a proposal and leading in contract renegotiations / negotiations
• Develop all partner and supplier relationships with the aim of renewing contracts and upselling additional opportunities;
• Work with partners to establish brand / marketing KPI’s and ensure these are delivered and exceeded
• Create renegotiation strategies and work with Head of Strategy and Research to develop the research and evaluation programme to prove return on the client’s investment;
• Build relationships with activation and sponsorship agencies to uncover opportunities and gather best practice ideas;
• Work with Sales team to deliver key meetings and experiences for prospective partners
• Development of bespoke activation proposals to suit the needs of individual companies, add value to our supporters and to bring the partnerships to life. Develop and deliver these proposals based on clients’ strategic agendas / timings and budgets;
• Manage relationships with external stakeholders;
• Manage commercial relationship with Governing Bodies to ensure contractual delivery of league partnership assets
• Work with key internal stakeholders i.e. marketing, ticketing, hospitality, finance, operations and communications etc. to ensure a collaborative, joined up approach to rights delivery and to create joint Club / client campaigns where possible to add value to the Club / client and supporters
• Compiling post event / end of season reports for core partners to prove return on investment;
• Manage the cost of sale budget;
• Work with the Fulham Pier Team on the procurement process to maximise contra / spend back and sponsorship opportunities associated with the build.

This role will require match day work, including evenings and weekends as required

The following qualifications and experience are essential:

• Proactively contacted senior decision makers where existing relationships may not have been held and effectively managed to engage and build client relationships
• Worked with contracts and negotiated commercial terms with legal support
• People Management experience
• Created high level sales presentations and presented proposals to clients in a pitch environment

Candidates should have strong project/campaign skills while being a strategic thinker with the ability to turn insight into business opportunities. It is essential for candidates to have advanced skills with Excel, PowerPoint and other advanced presentation software. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, driven by service excellence, flexible, resilient, and positive through change and under pressure of work. Candidates should have strong communication skills and have the ability to find solutions creatively.

Fulham Football Club acknowledges and accepts it has a responsibility for the wellbeing and safety of children, young people and adults at risk who are under the Club’s care or utilising the Club’s facilities. As part of Fulham Football Club’s commitment to providing a safe environment for children and adults at risk you will be required to obtain a check from the Disclosure & Barring Service. It is a criminal offence for a barred person to attempt to engage with vulnerable groups. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.

Fulham Football Club is committed to creating a diverse working environment and welcomes applications from everyone regardless of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability, or gender reassignment.

If you think you could add value to our team, please email your CV and completed application form to recruitment@fulhamfc.com.

Applications close: 9^th November 2022

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team on a fixed term contract as a Commercial Media Production Manager. The main purpose of the job is to support the Commercial Content Team and project manage the complex production and asset requirements of commercial content demands from across the club into the media department.

What will you be doing? The key accountabilities of this role are:

• The day-to-day project and operational contact in the department for all commercial, partner and other club department requests for resource, footage, video creation and social media.
• Oversee all activity coming into commercial content team and work with the senior manager to create a clear and manageable plan of delivery and execution. 
• Manage relationships with 16 partnership account managers of all work in progress and pipeline. With guidance from the senior manager, work to find operational solutions to deliver contracted and non-contracted partner requests.
• Project manage the delivery of contracted bespoke content projects and Club departments such as retail, foundation, PR where needed on campaigns that contribute to key revenue targets and growth.
• Manage the tracking of both IVU Revenue and cost of sale budgets of the commercial content including compiling and providing quotes, raising invoices after the completion of work and tracking payment is received within the relevant budget line. Monitor and update the cost of sale tracker ensuring all resource/facility hire, footage costs and production work in accounted for within the budget.
• Responsible for raising all POs for any cost of sale projects. Monitoring and reporting on budget and any incoming revenue.
• Manage the production operations within the commercial content department and create production schedules, advising of delivery dates and organising crew and equipment for shoots. Co-ordinate freelancers hire when needed in line with available cost of sale budget.
• Work with 3rd party agencies providing club assets and staff to align the deliverables to be as suitable for club platforms as possible.
• Filter all requests for footage from external and internal departments and liaise with media management to fulfil requests.

Who are we looking for? To be successful it is essential that you have experience of agency methodologies and have project management skills including software use. You must also have proficient IT skills for creating reports, report and schedule creation and budget management. You must have effective stakeholder management, excellent problem solving, organisation and efficiency skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Why should you apply? This is a full-time fixed term role working 35 hours per week Monday to Friday. Your main base will be our Head Office in Liverpool City Centre which is close to local bars, shops and restaurants and has great views over the river Mersey.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.We aspire to be the most inclusive club in world football – providing fair and appropriate opportunities to as many people from different backgrounds as possible, being welcoming and meeting their needs as best we can. We are committed to hiring great people representative of a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, not just because it`s the right thing to do, but because we believe it makes our Club stronger. 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 commitmen

Founded in 1882 and based in North London, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has a tradition of playing an entertaining and attacking style of football.

In April 2019, the Club opened a new 62,303-seat technologically advanced 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 as a multi-use venue with the ability to host a variety of events 365 days a year, including NFL, rugby, concerts, and other corporate and private events, is a key step towards catapulting the Club from a Football Club to a globally renown Sports and Entertainment brand. 

We are looking to appoint a Head of Risk and Compliance to take full responsibility for the management of the Club’s risk and compliance obligations, ensuring all statutory requirements are being met or exceeded and delivering to the highest of standards.

The purpose of the role is to: 

• Identify and mitigate risk.
• Streamline processes and increase efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with regulations.
• Track data and workflow.
• Automate basic tasks.
• Approve and activate new suppliers and new technology platforms.
• Centralise the risk function and subsequent mitigation processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The key responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Monitor compliance with data protection and privacy legislation and the Club’s
• related policies in an environment dealing with significant amounts of personal data.
• Advise and support teams across the business to meet their obligations to protect personal data in line with legislation.
• Monitor regulatory and legislative developments to devise and maintain policies and procedures to regulate the processing of personal data and set out how to interact with external bodies, regulatory authorities, and data subjects.
• Establish and maintain influential working relationships at all levels necessary to successfully promote compliance strategies, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Review contracts to ensure that appropriate data protection wording is included.
• Manage data subject access requests within stipulated timeframes.
• Co-manage data incidents and breaches to ensure reporting obligations are adhered to.
• Document new processes and assist the business in completing relevant assessments, e.g., privacy impact, legitimate interests, and data protection impact assessments.
• Co-manage the Club’s system asset register to ensure all platforms used to process personal data across the Club are documented and assessed.
• Manage the Club’s Risk & Compliance systems including GRC and Due Diligence platforms.
• Review completed assessments and take any identified risks through a treatment process with the business, assigning and managing the completion of tasks where required.
• Manage third party relationships for the maintenance of existing Risk & Compliance platforms and create business requirements for any identified enhancements.
• Perform ongoing compliance reviews of all active vendors to cover a broad range of compliance checks.
• Carry out rationalisation exercises to identify any overlap in vendor services and, where appropriate, question business plans to change existing arrangements.
• Manage the compliance on-boarding of new vendors to ensure adherence with Club policy.
• Based on the nature of the engagement with new suppliers, co-manage the external assessment process with the Club’s Cyber Security Team.
• Manage ad-hoc customer compliance analysis requirements.
• Board level reporting of key risks and subsequent mitigation plans.
• Oversee internal PCI DSS audit processes and subsequent ongoing management.
• Act as key stakeholder for an ISO 27001 implementation.
• Oversee the Club’s insurance policy portfolio by identifying gaps in current cover and making informed recommendations to mitigate.
• Co-manage the Club’s risk register along with other departments, e.g., Safeguarding, EDI, Health & Safety etc.
• Act as a key stakeholder on compliance related projects e.g. new system implementations, brand protection and Net Zero initiatives legal
• Oversee and implement ongoing staff compliance training program.
• Ensure that staff are aware of their compliance responsibilities, accept accountability and understand reporting obligations.
• Assist in the management of regulatory examinations and enquiries and represent the Club on issues as required.
• Sustain a strong risk culture that identifies and provides oversight and escalation of existing and emerging compliance issues across business units, legal entities, geographies, and jurisdictions.
• Develop and articulate sound proposals to key stakeholders which influence and drive timely decision making.
• Cultivate relationships and collaborate with multiple stakeholders, including Heads of Departments, internal and external Legal counsel, regulatory bodies and auditors.
• Establish a large-scale vision, developing the strategy to support the vision, gaining consensus across key functional leadership areas through effective communications and successful delivery against goals and objectives.

KEY EXPERIENCE

The key responsibilities for the role include, but are not limited to the following:

• Extensive experience in managing a compliance function with a focus on data protection.
• A solid understanding of European and UK data protection law.
• Both CIPM and CIPP/e qualifications or relevant alternative.
• An understanding of other relevant compliance functions such as ESG, PCI-DSS, AML and EDI.
• Demonstratable experience of delivering sustainable compliance frameworks.
• Management and subsequent treatment experience of a digital risk register.
• Ability to work autonomously in creating and executing strategies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in process and data flow mapping.
• Experience in using GRC and due diligence technology.

The Executives in Sport Group are retained on behalf of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club to appoint a Head of Risk and Compliance. All direct applications and CV’s will be forwarded to The Executives in Sport Group.

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 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.

This advert is live until 31st December 2022, however, if we find a suitable candidate in that timeframe there is a possibility the role may close early. Therefore, we highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible.

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