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Join the mission to transform youth football with Bloomsbury Football Foundation's dynamic Girls Super League Manager role
Overview
Salary
£29000 - £36000
Location
London, UK
Expires
Expires at anytime
Bloomsbury Football Foundation is a charity dedicated to harnessing the power of football to enhance the lives of London's youth. Established in 2018, we are committed to providing high-quality football opportunities to 20,000 young people weekly. Our Girls Super League is a testament to our success and rapid growth, promoting accessible and competitive football for girls.
- Lead the strategic and operational management of the Girls Super League across multiple sites.
- Drive league participation, social impact, and financial health.
- Manage league schedules, stakeholder relations, and governance.
- Guide a team, including a full-time coordinator and part-time assistants.
- Develop and implement growth strategies for league expansion.
- Collaborate with Fundraising and Marketing teams and oversee league budgeting.
- Outstanding communication, organization, and leadership abilities.
- Skilled in time management and problem-solving.
- Proficient in budgeting and Microsoft Office.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.
Enjoy perks like continuous professional development, a lively office in Central London, free gym access, social events, and free tickets to major football matches. Plus, receive paid training leave and coverage for relevant trainings to support your growth.
Bloomsbury Football Foundation is changing the game, and we need great people to help us on our journey! In late 2023, Bloomsbury Football Foundation published its new 5-year game plan with the goal of providing high quality, football provision for 20,000 young people every week.
Bloomsbury Football Foundation uses the power of football to improve the lives of children and young people in London. Established as a charity in 2018, we work to support children and young people aged 4 to 18 through the provision of football activities, enabling them to live active lifestyles, and pursue their full potential.
The Girls Super League, launched in 2021, is London’s fastest-growing grassroots girls’ league. The aim of the league is to create a safe, fun, and supportive environment, and make competitive football accessible to as many girls as possible.
The league manager will be responsible for the daily operations of the league across all three sites and the strategy for shaping the league's long-term growth. This role will be accountable for ensuring the success of the league in terms of participation, social impact, and financial sustainability.
Key Duties and Responsibilities include managing the league’s calendar of fixtures, fostering relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring correct governance of the league, line managing the full-time league coordinator and part-time league assistants, developing and executing a short and long-term growth strategy for the league, overseeing league finances, and working alongside the Fundraising and Marketing teams.
Essential skills, experience and knowledge include excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong organisational skills and attention to detail, exceptional time management, confidence in leadership and decision-making, ability to take initiative to problem-solve, familiarity with budgeting and finance, and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
The candidate must have the right to live and work in the UK. Bloomsbury Football does not sponsor visas.
Benefits of working for Bloomsbury include ongoing internal and external CPD, being a part of a growing organisation, opportunity to increase salary and grow your role, Central London office (Camden Market) with free gym membership, regular staff socials, potential to get free tickets to Premier League, WSL, FA Cup, League Cup, and Champions League football matches, 5 days of paid training leave per year, and cost covered for relevant training.
