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Location: St Mary’s Stadium and Staplewood Training Ground

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Criminal Record Check: Enhanced with Children’s Barred List

What is the role?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Southampton Football Club as our Risk & Compliance Manager. The initial focus will be on delivering a clear management framework to cover health & safety and safeguarding. You will help us build a culture that embraces training, risk awareness/assessment and continuous improvement to deliver our safety objectives.

What will you be doing?

The role will focus on developing a positive culture where safety is understood and embedded across all areas of the club.

You will help teams build policies and processes to manage all aspects of safety, risk and safeguarding effectively; working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to maintain health & safety of staff, players, fans and other visitors with our sporting and commercial objectives.

Other duties and responsibilities include:

Health & Safety and Safeguarding

Set annual health & safety objectives, targets and KPIs/OKRs. Be responsible for building and promoting a positive, risk based, preventive culture around health and safety. You will ensure readiness for the club’s BSI - ISO45001 assessment and certification as well as maintaining ongoing compliance against the Premier League / EFL Health and Safety Standards and Health and Safety Audit process. Be responsible for the effective reporting of trends, risks, threats and accident data to senior management and be responsible for data driven decision making using appropriate systems.

Risk Management & Compliance

Work with our Legal and Operations teams to develop our risk universe and a consistent approach to reporting/evaluation of risk and continuous improvement across all risk and compliance areas. You will help lead the ongoing improvement of our Speak Up platforms.

Business Continuity & Resilience

Work with our Legal team to evolve our frameworks to prevent or respond to business interruptions effectively. Develop and establish a clear, planned approach to evaluating, testing and communicating risks that could disrupt our sporting or commercial activities.

Is this you?

You’ll be motivated to raise the profile of risk and compliance, be able to implement new processes and conduct internal audits, have a good understanding of risk management using best practice and innovative ideas to engage with staff and external stakeholders. You understand the balance of both ensuring the Club is compliant and the ability to build strong strategic relationships, utilising a proactive rather than reactive approach to strategic aims.

Although you will principally be based at St Mary’s Stadium and Staplewood Training Ground, there may also be the requirement for you to travel to our other sites, including Bath, Totton and regional development centres.

Person Specification:

• Positive problem solver that wants to develop themselves.

• Excellent communicator who can share information appropriately at different levels.

• Willing to work in new areas and apply risk management frameworks to different compliance areas.

• Collaborative and a positive influencer. Willing to engage others to find the best solutions.

• Able to work independently to develop new ideas and able to manage own workload.

• Able to carry out tasks accurately, with a good eye for detail.

• Able to successfully manage conflicting priorities.

• Willing to contribute to building a positive team spirit and support an environment that encourages creative thinking and continual improvement.

• Be confident to use Microsoft Teams, power point, excel and word software packages.

How this benefits you…

If you are successful, you can look forward to a healthy benefits package;

• Access to x2 free match tickets for every home league game.

• Access to our staff Health & Wellbeing initiatives (Mental & Physical Health).

• Discounted Southampton Football Club merchandise.

• 26 days’ holiday per year excluding bank holidays plus your birthday off each year.

• Contributory Pension Scheme.

• Worldwide Travel Insurance for you and your family.

• Learning & Development opportunities - supporting you to develop your potential and achieve in your career.

• Free onsite parking.

• Cycle to Work Scheme.

• Collaborative & inclusive working culture.

How can I apply?

Very easy. Just click on the apply button, enter your details and answer a quick pre-screening questionnaire, then attach your CV.

The closing date for applications is 11 April 2024.

*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if a high volume of applicants are received.*