Planning and Operations Executive – Football

Role Overview

• Coordinate project tracking processes and report on progress against priorities.
• Support and align processes that support planning across the Football Department, including supporting budgeting across workstreams.
• Coordinate departmental calendar management, ensuring alignment of activities across cross-functional teams.
• Work closely with colleagues across Football Department teams to enhance internal communication and information sharing.
• Support the planning, logistics and delivery of key department events including Football Department team meetings.
• Coordinate the delivery of the Premier League’s annual Youth Development Conference and other key events.
• Provide support for internal and external meetings, including scheduling and the management of notes/actions.
• Support the delivery of annual football department report and preparation of presentations and reports as required.
• Assist with the management of departmental risks on through the Premier League platform.
• Provide administrative support where necessary including contracts, tender processes and supplier management.
• Take the lead on the initiation, planning and delivery of discrete initiatives/ projects as required.

Requirements

• Project management qualification and/or experience utilising project management tools.
• Experience of managing multiple concurrent projects / programmes, ideally with variety of project focus.
• Budget management and reporting experience.
• Delivered written reports or proposals for consideration by senior management.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Able to synthesise and clearly present with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working in an agile way and in high pressure environments.
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented.
• Team player with high emotional intelligence, who seeks and acts on feedback.