Training Ground Operations Lead

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Training Ground Operations Lead

Apply locations Staplewood Campus time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: August 16, 2025 (13 days left to apply) job requisition id RQ-033422

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Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Staplewood Campus

Criminal Record Check: DBS Enhanced with Childs Barred List

What is the role?

We are looking for a highly organised and driven Training Ground Operations Lead to lead the day-to-day operations of our football training ground, delivering world-class service and facilities for our First Team, Academy, and Women’s Team.

The role manages cross-functional site operations, working closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver world-class standards across logistics, scheduling facilities and service delivery.

What will you be doing?

You will manage all operational requirements of the training ground, ensuring seamless service for the first team, academy and women’s team, ensuring a full site activity schedule is communicated to optimise staff planning, facility use and football operations.

Maintaining the site readiness of pitches, meeting spaces and recovery areas, you will ensure they meet performance and safety standards and conduct daily, weekly and monthly site inspections with key stakeholders from facilities, security and H&S, ensuring timely issue resolution.

You will support the training ground Grounds and Catering Teams to ensure squad schedules and service standards remain aligned as well as working with the football Finance Business Partner to manage operational budgets, staffing plans and cost control measures.

Identifying and contributing to ideas for ongoing site improvements and development projects, you will work on long term plans for facilities development, operational system upgrades, and sustainability initiatives.

You will provide guidance and structure to the Football Operations Intern and line manage the Medical and Reception Assistant, ensuring professional, secure, and football-focused first-point contact for all visitors and staff.

Is this you?

We are looking for a highly organised, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, football-focused environment. You would need experience managing facilities in a sports or high-performance environment, with a clear understanding of football operations. Strong stakeholder management is second nature to you, you can build trust and work cross-functionally to ensure standards are consistently met. You are solutions-focused and thrive in environments where operational excellence and continuous improvement are expected. Comfortable working with budgets, schedules, compliance, and site standards.

Essential Skills

• Experience in Football operations, facilities, or campus management.
• Proven experience in stakeholder engagement
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Proficient in MS Office, facility management software, and reporting tools

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.

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

• Contributory Pension Scheme.

• Free onsite parking.

• Cycle to Work Scheme.

• Collaborative & inclusive working culture.

How can I apply?

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

The closing date for applications is 15 August 2025

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

About Us

About Us

POTENTIAL INTO EXCELLENCE

Southampton Football Club is part of St. Mary’s Football Group, which also includes the affiliated registered charity – the Saints Foundation.

We as a Group compete as a Premier League club at the highest level of professional football with a culture which promotes respect, unity, aspiration, innovation and discipline – this is The Southampton Way.

We look for people with integrity, compassion and support for those around them; people who take pride in what they do with an honest approach, who embrace a challenge while also being accountable for their decisions; people who have the energy and passion to bring an innovative approach to their role and strive to be different from the rest; people with the aspiration to lead the way and become an example to others.

Within the walls of St. Mary’s Stadium, Staplewood Campus, the Bath Academy and our other sites and development centers across the South of England, you’ll be given the platform to work in a vibrant, intelligent and challenging environment with the potential to develop and become the best at what you do.

We don’t stand still, we are constantly moving forward.

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We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

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