Deputy Chief Executive Officer, LFC Foundation

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our LFC Foundation team as a Deputy Chief Executive Officer. In this role you will play a key part in helping to shape the development of an amazing football club charity. This role is pivotal to delivery of the next 5-year growth strategy, and you will be joining us at the start of this next chapter in our journey.

As a deputy to the CEO, you will be leading our existing Senior Leadership Team and will be responsible for how we deliver our ambitious strategy, our impact in the community and the participants whose lives we’re here to enrich. You will provide the day-to-day focus and leadership needed to achieve our strategy.

LFC Foundation is the official charity of Liverpool Football Club. Building on the Club’s work in the community over the past 20 years. Working in areas of high need and deprivation across the Liverpool City Region and abroad, we aim to deliver sustainable and long-term change for communities and to ensure that our work continues to benefit future generations.

What will you be doing?

• Lead from the front to deliver the 5-year strategy in line with LFC Foundation principles and values, working closely with the CEO.
• Be a visible leader in the Charity, operating with gravitas, empathy and knowledge when dealing with partners, donors, participants, public bodies and colleagues alike.
• To further develop a proactive and efficient Senior Leadership Team to deliver our strategic, tactical and operational plans.
• Support the CEO to ensure that we operate in line with policies and legislation set both internally and by governing bodies, working with the Head of Governance and Compliance to ensure timely reporting.
• Build relationships and work closely with team members across the Football Club.
• Ensure that excellent Safeguarding; Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion; and Health & Safety cultures are embedded across all areas of the charity.
• Work with the CEO to develop commercial income streams to support the charities growth.
• Accountable for timely impact and process reports to Board and associated partners.
• Lead on evaluation of investment versus funding criteria and desired outcomes.
• Lead on the annual impact report and supporting evidence demonstrating the full breadth and impact of our work.
• Oversee the performance management process to include monitoring the output of resulting Foundation wide colleague development initiatives.
• Support CEO and Head of Finance in the preparation of the annual budget.
• Responsibility for all day-to-day operations and delivery.

Who are we looking for?

To be successful in this role you must be an experienced senior level leader with a demonstrable track record of successfully operating in a dynamic and complex environment, as well as experience in a similar business sector, such as Charity or Sport sector. You would be expected to have proven senior leadership experience with strategic responsibility for operational strategy, implementation, growth and development. You’ll have experience of delivering substantial business or charity growth, including experience of charity governance and senior level charity operations management. You should have experience delivering large scale and complex projects and programmes.

You should have a track record of managing multi million pounds budgets and an in-depth knowledge of financial management. You will have a proven ability to inspire and get the best from a multi discipline team, developing and empowering colleagues to be the best they can be. You’ll be able to showcase a thorough knowledge of effective internal and external communication approaches, in a football club charity or similar organisation. You will have an excellent standard of communication styles with the ability to influence at all levels.

The ideal candidate will have a passionate commitment towards improving the lives of local people and making a difference, including a deep meaningful understanding of the role a football club plays in its community.

Why should you apply?

This is a full-time permanent role working 35 hours per week. Your main base will be our Anfield Sports and Community Centre. To reward your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days) and a contributory pension scheme. You will have access to our benefits kit bag where you can get high street discounts, and a selection of benefit schemes you can join. There are opportunities to get involved with volunteering through our LFC Foundation to give back to the local community.

At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to making a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association’s Football Leadership Diversity Code and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch. We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business.

If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.

Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment. This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

We reserve the right to close this job vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications or find a suitable candidate before the application deadline. We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.