Blackburn | £31,000-£35,000 per year | Permanent
About the organisation
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust (BRCT), the community charity of Blackburn Rovers FC.
About the role
Senior management role with strategic and operational responsibility for BRCT's community football portfolio: football development, participation and player pathway programmes, delivered to a high, inclusive, financially sustainable standard. Portfolio includes Rovers Play (holiday camps, development centres, Women and Girls), the Emerging Talent Centre, provision for under-represented groups such as South Asian heritage, other community participation, and oversight of Premier League Kicks quality.
Duties
- Strategic leadership: shape and run the Community Football strategy and annual plans; senior lead and adviser to the Executive; own performance, quality and growth; workforce and resource planning
- Programme leadership: oversee all community football programmes, coaching philosophy and curriculum, pathways from first engagement to talent opportunities, quality assurance
- People: line manage football staff (permanent, part-time, casual); recruitment, deployment, CPD and succession planning
- Finance and income: hold delegated budgets, forecasting, income plans, earned income, funding, sponsorship and bids
- Partnerships: Blackburn Rovers FC, Premier League Foundation, EFL in the Community, The FA, Lancashire FA, local authorities, schools, clubs
- Performance and governance: KPIs, data, evaluation, reporting to leaders, funders and Trustees
- Safeguarding, risk and compliance across provision
- Ambassador for BRCT and the club; evening and weekend commitments where required
Essential experience
- Substantial senior football development or community sport leadership across multiple programmes and teams
- Leading, managing and developing staff including performance management and workforce planning
- Designing and improving football programmes at scale with evidence of impact
- Strong knowledge of community football, player development and inclusive coaching
- Managing significant programme budgets, forecasting and income targets
- Setting KPIs, using data, producing senior-level reports
- Strategic partnerships and senior representation
- Business development, income generation or external funding
- Safeguarding, H&S, EDI, risk and governance in football/community provision
- Managing externally funded programmes and reporting
Desirable / qualifications
- Senior leadership in a professional club, club community organisation or sports charity
- Experience of camps, development centres or ETCs; knowledge of Premier League Foundation, EFL in the Community, FA or County FA funding
- Knowledge of Blackburn with Darwen; business cases, funding bids, sponsorship; facility planning
- Skills: strategic leadership, people management, financial and commercial awareness, communication, stakeholder influence, data analysis, organisation, IT, mentoring managers, building external profile
- Qualifications: minimum UEFA B Licence or equivalent; valid FA Safeguarding Children and FA First Aid (or equivalent); UEFA A (or working towards); relevant degree or Level 4+ in sports development, coaching, management or similar; full UK driving licence and vehicle access
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About the organisation
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust (BRCT), the community charity of Blackburn Rovers FC.
About the role
Senior management role with strategic and operational responsibility for BRCT's community football portfolio: football development, participation and player pathway programmes, delivered to a high, inclusive, financially sustainable standard. Portfolio includes Rovers Play (holiday camps, development centres, Women and Girls), the Emerging Talent Centre, provision for under-represented groups such as South Asian heritage, other community participation, and oversight of Premier League Kicks quality.
Duties
- Strategic leadership: shape and run the Community Football strategy and annual plans; senior lead and adviser to the Executive; own performance, quality and growth; workforce and resource planning
- Programme leadership: oversee all community football programmes, coaching philosophy and curriculum, pathways from first engagement to talent opportunities, quality assurance
- People: line manage football staff (permanent, part-time, casual); recruitment, deployment, CPD and succession planning
- Finance and income: hold delegated budgets, forecasting, income plans, earned income, funding, sponsorship and bids
- Partnerships: Blackburn Rovers FC, Premier League Foundation, EFL in the Community, The FA, Lancashire FA, local authorities, schools, clubs
- Performance and governance: KPIs, data, evaluation, reporting to leaders, funders and Trustees
- Safeguarding, risk and compliance across provision
- Ambassador for BRCT and the club; evening and weekend commitments where required
Essential experience
- Substantial senior football development or community sport leadership across multiple programmes and teams
- Leading, managing and developing staff including performance management and workforce planning
- Designing and improving football programmes at scale with evidence of impact
- Strong knowledge of community football, player development and inclusive coaching
- Managing significant programme budgets, forecasting and income targets
- Setting KPIs, using data, producing senior-level reports
- Strategic partnerships and senior representation
- Business development, income generation or external funding
- Safeguarding, H&S, EDI, risk and governance in football/community provision
- Managing externally funded programmes and reporting
Desirable / qualifications
- Senior leadership in a professional club, club community organisation or sports charity
- Experience of camps, development centres or ETCs; knowledge of Premier League Foundation, EFL in the Community, FA or County FA funding
- Knowledge of Blackburn with Darwen; business cases, funding bids, sponsorship; facility planning
- Skills: strategic leadership, people management, financial and commercial awareness, communication, stakeholder influence, data analysis, organisation, IT, mentoring managers, building external profile
- Qualifications: minimum UEFA B Licence or equivalent; valid FA Safeguarding Children and FA First Aid (or equivalent); UEFA A (or working towards); relevant degree or Level 4+ in sports development, coaching, management or similar; full UK driving licence and vehicle access