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Client Details
The Premier League Stadium Fund awards capital grants to clubs to support improvement of their stadium facilities for players, supporters and officials. Funding is available to clubs who play in Steps 1 to 6 of the National League System, Tiers 1 to 4 of the Women'sWomen's Football Pyramid and clubs promoted into the English Football League.The Premier League Stadium Fund is fully funded by the Premier League and delivered and administered by the Football Foundation.
The Technical Manager will be jointly employed by the Premier League Stadium Fund and the Football Foundation to help deliver these projects. The purpose of the Football Foundation is to transform individual lives and communities by providing people with a great place to play. The Foundation is an independent body, but has at its heart a collaboration between the Premier League, The Football Association and Sport England. Our role is to facilitate their joint investment into community sports facilities.
Description
The Technical Manager will have responsibility for a set of leagues and clubs within their geographic area. They will be tasked with working closely with them to not only ensure their compliance with the Stadium Accreditation Programme, but delivering against the objectives outlined within the new Premier League Stadium Fund Facilities Strategy.Grant Management The Technical Manager will be responsible for the scrutiny of the technical/construction aspects of Premier League Stadium Fund grant applications and ensure the successful completion of new and improved stadium facilities.
The role will provide professional advice and guidance to applicants to assist with the development of capital projects, within the National League System (NLSNLS) and Women'sWomen's Football Pyramid (WFPWFP). Initially the Technical Manager will be required to work in conjunction with their allocated set of clubs to ensure that solutions can be found to address the findings of the Stadium Accreditation Programme, and that the procurement of these facilities provides best value.
They will also be required to carry out a technical assessment of any grant applications that are made by those clubs, and present funding reports for approval. Finally, and following a positive funding decision, the Technical Manager will help to oversee the construction process to ensure that the build is completed to programme, meeting Stadium Accreditation deadlines, delivered to budget and in accordance with the agreed specification, as well as managing the payment of grants to applicants.
Profile
Educated to degree standard (or an equivalent professional qualification) in a construction related field, or with relevant experience in a related occupation.
An expertise in the construction processes for football facilities, including an astute understanding of the associated risks and hazards involved.
Knowledge of the regulations and requirements of the EFL, FA National League and FA Women'sWomen's Pyramid, related to stadiastadia development and ground-grading.
Experience of delivering facilities from inception to completion, including agreeing scope, optimising design, procuring to achieve best-value, and overseeing successful construction to time, budget and in accordance with the agreed specification.
Experience of analysing drawings, specifications, and related documentation, attending building sites, and conducting on site assessments/inspections.
An understanding of procurement mechanisms for football facilities, including frameworks.
A track record of building and maintaining highly effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Experience producing detailed and robust reports for decision-makers.
Familiarity with presenting to panels or committees, and the ability to generate confidence in proposals/arguments.
Job Offer
The salary band for this role is 40-45k
You will initially be entitled to 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
The Foundation also offer a generous pension scheme (8% employer contribution), yearly collective bonus, free healthcarehealthcare provision, a monthly gym subsidy, interest-free season ticket loan, death in service benefit and access to selected match tickets.We are committed to helping our staff maintain a healthy work-life balance, so offer flexible working hours around core hours to help achieve that.