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.

Chief Financial Officer – Netball New South Wales

The Company

Netball NSW is a not-for-profit organisation and is governed by professional staff.  Netball NSW is the peak state sporting organisation responsible for the governance, development, promotion and administration of netball throughout New South Wales and is affiliated to Netball Australia.

Netball holds a unique position in the Australian and NSW sporting landscape.

With 115,000 registered members in NSW alone its participation levels are the envy of many other Australian sports.

Eight out of ten Australian families have had some involvement with netball: either through playing, volunteering, coaching, umpiring, or assisting in the administration of the sport.  Netball has long been the number 1 team sport for women and girls and is expanding rapidly into men’s, mixed and modified formats.

Netball NSW is also the proud home of the two NSW-based Suncorp Super Netball clubs, the NSW Swifts and GIANTS Netball.

The Opportunity

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will support the CEO both strategically and operationally contributing to greater sustainability from grassroots Netball and across its two elite clubs.

The CFO will be primarily responsible for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all strategic and financial related activities of Netball NSW. This will include direct responsibility for finance, forecasting, business planning, corporate governance, legal, risk management, asset and property management, procurement, and information technology.

As a member of the Executive team, you will also provide high level strategic operational advice, leadership and direction to ensure Netball NSW’s strategic objectives are well supported through robust and efficient systems and processes. The role will provide high level expert financial and strategic budget management, developing business plans, supervising business operations, formulating and endorsing relevant company policies and other managerial duties.

As a key member of the Senior Leadership Teams, you will play a lead role in the relationship with Netball Australia and with other States. You will also support the leadership of the SSN team and Support the CEO in Board reporting / management.

The CFO must demonstrate a strong customer orientation and will lead the Venue Operations team who operate Netball Central. The role leads an experienced team across both Finance (4 people) and Venue Operations (5 people).

Background

To be considered for this role, you will have a successful track record in managing a like sized businesses, budgets and resources whilst delivering against strategic objectives.

You will demonstrate the ability to lead a robust culture of effective financial control and an ability to negotiate the best possible outcomes for Netball NSW while at all times maintaining the support and engagement of all stakeholders.

You will be tertiary qualified in accounting or finance (Membership of CPA Australia or Institute of Chartered Accountants) with strong

experience in a strategic executive leadership role, ideally from within a sports environment. You will be a dynamic leader who displays passion for our mission to grow Netball. You will strength and experience across the core functional responsibilities of leadership, governance, relationship/stakeholder management, financial accountability and commercial management.

For more information, please download the Candidate Brief attached.

How to Apply

Please send your CV along with a detailed cover letter to SRI that briefly details why you feel you would be suitable for this role by 20 July 2022.

VP or Director of Product Development – World Surf League

Kelly Slater Wave Company (KSWC) is an innovative wave technology company. KSWC is the first company to develop a formula that combines cutting edge science, engineering, and design to create the longest, open-barrel, high-performance man-made wave in existence. The Wave System can mimic the power, speed, and experience found in the best ocean waves. As envisioned by 11-time world champion Kelly Slater, KSWC was created to evolve the sport of surfing by making it more accessible. The company is creating a world-class, high-performance system for surfers of any level to enjoy the best man-made waves.

The Product Development Leader (VP or Director level) will report Directly to the SVP of Engineering & Technology. They will be primarily responsible for leading engineers, designers, and scientists in various New Product Introduction (NPI) and product improvement projects. This role will require stakeholder engagement with customers, both internal and external, and outstanding organizational skills to manage multiple simultaneous projects aligned with a technology growth strategy.

New products will be developed for specific projects and as part of an approved research and development portfolio. Our existing products will continue to evolve through new technology and shifts in market needs. The evolution of our existing products along with the introduction of new products will make up our overall product roadmap. The product development leader will continue to evaluate and prioritize the product roadmap in alignment with senior leadership. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience working within creative thinking processes combined with an aptitude for project management.

Responsibilities:

  • Continually maintains and improves a product and technology roadmap aligned with business and customer needs for the short and long term.
  • Collaborates closely with business development and customer team to maximize ROI of every potential product.
  • Ultimately responsible for delivering new products through internal R&D and supplier partnerships.
  • Prototype and deliver technology to build surf experiences
  • Identify, vet and manage vendors as needed to accomplish project work
  • Establish and maintain productive relationships with collaborators
  • Plans, identifies, and coordinates resources required over the life of the project or program.
  • Defines plans for risk mitigation and opportunity.
  • Compares actual results to baseline plan to assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned.
  • Provides technical, business and integration leadership for the development and execution of project or team plans.
  • Planning, identifying, and coordinating resources for complex engineering projects.
  • Be part of a small team that integrates mechanical systems, constructed basin, and surrounding infrastructure to create an overall surfing experience informed by our existing Surf Ranch product.
  • Work across disciplines
  • Compares actual results to baseline plan to assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned.
  • Provides technical, business and integration leadership for the development and execution of project or team plans.

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of experience in an engineering or related field
  • Experience designing and building complex systems
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver new products to market as an NPI or product development leader.
  • Adaptable and flexible as the team learns through prototyping and playtesting, adjusting strategy as needed
  • Thrives working in collaborative interdisciplinary groups comprised of engineering, science, design and surfer talent
  • Experience managing the requirements of a diverse collection of stakeholders and proposing innovative solutions that meet and sometimes challenge those requirements
  • Ability to provide guidance and feedback to other project teams to assess feasibility, difficulty, effort and risk
  • Passionate about new technology

Personal Attributes / Working Conditions:

  • Above all, integrity and honesty
  • An open and collaborative nature
  • Excellent communication. You will have the opportunity to be a strong contributor in a positive, innovative and energetic environment. Must be able to listen, interpret, communicate and articulate designs while balancing the needs and expectations of the business.
  • Full Time, Monday to Friday, some overtime and weekend work may be required
  • Travel required.

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).

World Gymnastic Championships tender opportunities

Thank you for your interest in joining us at the World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022.

1. World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022 – Lighting

The LOC for the WGC2022 is looking to contract a Lighting supplier that can bring our event to life in an innovative and exciting way that reflects our values and brand of the event. The focus of the production should be youth, new technology, interactivity, innovation and edginess, with an ‘unexpected twist’.

The LOC for the WGC2022 is undertaking a procurement exercise to identify and appoint a single supplier to deliver all parts of this tender.  

To find out more and to express interest click here 

ICC tender process for Men’s T20 World Cup

Commercial Opportunities

Any commercial services opportunities or Requests for Proposals related to broadcast, sponsorship & brand management, marketing, signage production, event management or digital from the International Cricket Council, including for any ICC events, will appear below here.

If you have any queries about media rights, sponsorship, brand licensing, marketing rights or any other commercial enquiries please email commercial@icc-cricket.com

Request for Proposal

Invitation to Tender

This section will be updated when Invitations to Tender are open.

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.