Academy Driver (Casual)

The Role

We are looking for anAcademy Driveron a casual basisto provide travel support to our Academy players and staff.

We are committed to supporting the growth and development of our Academy players and staff by providing safe, reliable, and professional travel services. Our Academy plays a key role in nurturing talent and ensuring everyone can focus on their performance and duties.

Who we are

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Your day-to-day

• Provide regular player transport – you\’ll carry outminibus journeys as required to ensure safe and prompt travel for our players
• Support the wider Academy operation– you\’ll work alongsideour Kit team to help withoccasional transport of training/match kit and equipment
• Handle ad-hoc travel – you will hostminibus travel services for staff as and when required
• Uphold our high standards – you will take responsibility for ensuring our Academy travel equipment is efficiently managed and looked after
• Build positive working relationships– you\’ll engage and collaborate with players,parents/guardians and our wider team

Please note: You\’ll be based at Sobha Realty Training Centre and this rolewill include evening and weekend work.

What we are looking for

• Clean UK driving licence – you\’ll be able to transport yourself to various different locations
• Experience in a similar role – you are confident withdriving in Greater London and surrounding areas
• Safeguarding champion– you have the completed the FA Safeguarding accreditation (or willing to undertake)
• Trusted ambassador for our club – you recognise your responsibility as a representative of our club and maintain exceptional standards of professional behaviour towards colleagues, players and the wider public
• Proud team player – you\’re able to display the integrity and discretion that\’s needed to be a trusted team player

Arsenal for Everyone

Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch.

Disability Confident Leader

We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

If you are likely to meet the definition of being a ‘disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme – please indicate this in your application form below. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment decisions.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to ensuring that our environments for children, young people and adults at risk remain safe and inclusive. We therefore require successful candidates to complete a DBS check and other essential background checks prior to starting their employment. Depending on the responsibilities of the role, a DBS will be either a basic, standard, or enhanced check.

Application Closing Date – Monday 21st July 2025

Please note: we reserve the right to close the position early if application volumes are particularly high. We encourage you to get your application in sooner rather than later.

Good luck!

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