Company Name:
Wrexham AFC
Location:
United Kingdom
Vacancy Type:
Permanent
Department:
Club
30 Sep 2024
About The Role

JOB PURPOSE

The Executive Assistant role provides a comprehensive, confidential and high-level administrative support to the Club's Snr Leadership team – including the Executive Assistant to the CEO.  This position requires a proactive and organised individual with excellent communication skills, professional maturity, and a passion for increasing efficiency through improving the ways that things work.

The role will involve working in close partnership with the Executive Assistant to the CEO to quickly gain an understanding of the whole organisation, as well as the Clubs internal and external roles and responsibilities and key relationships.  The postholder will deputise for the Executive Assistant to the CEO in their absence.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Communication and Diary Management

  • Pro-active approach to diary management and coordination of a busy workload schedule.
  • Understand busy periods and actively help to prioritise time, while keeping a daily track of Club activities and event timelines.
  • Act as first point of contact for internal and external stakeholders; building, developing and managing key relationships with all internal and external parties and the wider community.
  • Manage the office, diary and correspondence of the Snr Management Team, highlighting any priority areas that require attention; with the ability to confidently correspond on behalf of the Snr Management Team,
  • Coordinate and manage any UK or International travel and accommodation arrangements for theSnr Leadership Team, liaising with other colleagues as required

    Meeting Co-Ordination and Management

  • Coordinate, facilitate and attend internal and external meetings for the Snr Management team (including the Board/Technical and other sub committees as required by the Executive Assistant to the CEO); minute taking at board, committee and other meetings, as required.
  • Liaise with other departments to follow up on actions, ensuring we are kept on track with deadlines.

    Administrative Support

  • Support the preparation of research briefing papers (eg key stakeholder background brief; EFL League Club details/history/relevant ownerinformation etc)
  • Maintain up-to-date filing and databases; developing an understanding of key documents produced and proactively assemble relevant meeting papers including briefing notes and other general documents.
  • Support the development, maintenance and review of administration systems to achieve maximum efficiency across the whole business.
  • Prepare and transcribe briefing papers (for example , presentations, reports, documents, letters, budgets, planning schedules, meeting notes and emails) ensuring a robust attention to detail.
  • Any other duties commensurate with the role
  • The role may require presence on match days, assisting the Executive Assistant to the CEO and liaising with various officials and other members of the match day organisational team; acting as a point of contact for key guests of CEO/Board/Club.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

  • Heads of Department within the Club including Human Resources, Finance, Operations
  • Via the Executive Assistant to the CEO:
    • Owners, Board Members and associated companies (including national and international sponsors)
    • EFL/FAW/FA; Local Government and Welsh/UK Political Leaders

    SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

  • We are committed to ensuring everyone who engages with the Club has a positive, safe, and supportive experience.Staff are required to comply with all aspects of the Club Safeguarding Policies and arrangements and to take personal responsibility and care to enable strong safeguarding practices to be embedded across the Club.
  • This role will require a Basic DBS check

HEALTH & SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Take responsibility and care for the health and safety of yourself and other employees and members of the public who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work.
  • To comply with all aspects of the Club’s Health & Safety Policy and arrangements, to enable the company to perform its civil and statutory obligations in relation to Health & Safety.
About The Candidate

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

  • Proven experience as an Assistant to a management team or similar role in a large multinational organisation; ideally within a sports/leisure/entertainment environment
  • Proven track record of managing administration and responsibilities for a team.
  • Degree level qualification or number of years experience normally associated with this level of study
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    SKILLS/ABILITIES REQUIRED

  • Fully computer literate, including the use of all Microsoft Office packages.
  • First class organisational and administrative skills, office management, and the ability to anticipate and always prioritise the diverse workload.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience of synopsising communication for briefings
  • Demonstrated ability to handle and process sensitive data confidentially.
  • Excellent numeracy skills.
  • Shorthand and audio transcribing skills are desirable.

    PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

  • Flexible with working hours
  • Willing and able to adapt and respond quickly to change .
  • An outgoing and confident personality, with good interpersonal and social skills.
  • Accurate and thorough approach to work with excellent attention to detail.
  • Logical thinking and comfortable with multi-tasking on a daily basis.
  • Able to work using own initiative and as a member of a team
  • Able to work effectively under pressure and be resilient; with a solutions based approach to problem solving .
About The Club

CLUB VALUES

Code of Conduct  

Wrexham Football Club expects the highest standards of integrity and conduct in all matters concerning the Club and its employees. The Code of Conduct makes clear the standards of conduct expected from its employees and explains the responsibilities of the Club, as the employer. All employees are expected to always act wholeheartedly in the interests of the Club.  Any conduct detrimental to its interests or its relations with its customers, suppliers, the public or damaging to its public image shall be a breach of Club rules and policies. Discriminatory, offensive, and violent behaviour are unacceptable, and any complaints or concerns will be dealt with and acted upon.  

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Wrexham Football Club are committed to ensuring that equality, diversity and inclusion of opportunity is at the very heart of everything we do to ensure we provide fair and non-prejudicial access to the services across the Club. We uphold everyone’s freedom of rights and choice to be different and aim to provide opportunities for everyone to succeed. It is the policy of the Club that no person, whether player, job applicant, employee, volunteer, or customer, shall be discriminated against. The Club opposes all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination, either direct or indirect, or harassment, on the grounds of the following ‘protected characteristics’: Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage & Civil Partnership, Pregnancy & Maternity, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex and Sexual Orientation. Anyone who is found to be in breach of this could receive disciplinary action, which may well include suspension and dismissal.  

 

The Club is fully committed to the EFL Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Standards and as we are under represented in these areas; we particularly welcome ‘entry level’ applications from women, individuals from Black and Minority Ethnicities, the LGBT community and anyone with a disability.  

Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment

Wrexham Football Club are committed to and has both a moral and legal obligation to ensure that all children and vulnerable adults are protected and kept safe from harm whilst engaged in services organised and provided by the club and believes that the general wellbeing, welfare and safety of all children and vulnerable adults engaged in club activities is of the upmost importance. The Club will fulfil its responsibilities by ensuring it displays best practice in safeguarding matters – including Safer Recruitment - carried out in a spirit of partnership and openness with the child or vulnerable adult, families, and the relevant local authority. 

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a potential candidate from working with the Club. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offence(s) committed.    As an organisation using the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to assess applicant’s suitability for positions of trust, the Club complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly.   Potential applicants need to check on the government website (https://www.gov.uk/tell-employer-or-college-about-criminal-record/what-information-you-need-to-give) whether cautions / convictions should be disclosed as part of their application.

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