Company Name:
AFC Wimbledon
Location:
London
Vacancy Type:
Permanent
Position:
Club
Advertising End Date:
02 May 2025

About The Role

AFC Wimbledon is looking to recruit a Facilities Compliance Manager who will ensure that AFC Wimbledon, its employees, contractors and volunteers comply with all relevant regulations and specifications with regard to the operations within the club. This includes health and safety, legal and quality standards.

The role is responsible for monitoring and coordinating the delivery of facility services to ensure good practice is adhered to at all times. The role involves working with a team to promote a positive Health & Safety Culture and present the Club facilities to the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities:

 

Health & Safety

  • Lead on all Health & Safety matters
  • Carry out regular site inspections to check operational policies and procedures are being properly implemented on a daily and match day basis.
  • Carry out risk assessments and associated method statements on all business functions.
  • Ensure working practices at the Club are safe and comply with legislation.
  • Coordinate the training and understanding of Health & Safety amongst the staff team.
  • Maintain accident and incident reporting and statistical analysis. Ensuring investigations are undertaken and recommendations are implemented as necessary.
  • Liaise with relevant interested parties with regard to the Health & Safety at the Club.

Facilities:

  • Act as a fulcrum for stadium operations, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of tasks and projects.
  • Be the first point of contact for all facilities / stadium operations matters.
  • Liaise with all departments who deliver operational services, including IT, Security and Grounds.
  • Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of the stadium to enable efficient working practices.
  • Schedule and prioritise work tasks to ensure that all planned maintenance works are carried out on time.
  • Ensure hard services (maintenance) and soft services (cleaning) deadlines are met.
  • To update, maintain and manage the CAFM system (Infraspeak).
  • Complete the effective ordering and sourcing of goods and services, ensuring a balanced approach between cost and quality.

Administration:

  • Coordinate the financial management of the facilities budget, undertaking cash flow management, budget adherence, invoicing sign-off and expenditure control.
  • Collate data in regard to stadium operations, including meter readings, resource hours, spend, accidents and other items as required.
  • Undertake ad-hoc requests and demonstrate operational flexibility.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The role will report direct into the Head of Operations and a key member of the Operations Team delivering across both the Stadium and Training Ground. The applicant must be a self-motivated individual with a can-do attitude and have initiative with a flexible analytical and problem-solving skills.

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • IOSH Managing Safely Qualification
  • National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is desirable but not essential.
  • Proficiency in compliance management software and Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and standards related to facilities management and Health and Safety
  • Permanent UK resident or a foreign national with legal authorization to work in the UK.


    ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED
 
  • Genuine interest in Health, Safety and Facilities Management.
  • Strong computer skills, able to manage data, input, and report on schedules.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent communication and intrapersonal skills.
  • Able to work under pressure, and to tight deadlines.
  • ‘Can do’ and proactive attitude
  • Hard working with the willingness to work as part of a small team
  • High level of attention to detail and pride in work
  • Someone who will understand and deliver our club values of togetherness, resilience and constant improvement, at all times.

 

The role will be offered on a permanent basis working 37.5 hours per week, working 5 days in 7 including some match days (typically weekends and evenings).

The salary for this full-time role is between £32,000 to £38,000 p.a. and subject to qualifications and experience.

Closing date: 02 May 2025

About The Candidate

  • IOSH Managing Safely Qualification
  • National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety is desirable but not essential.
  • Proficiency in compliance management software and Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and standards related to facilities management and Health and Safety
  • Permanent UK resident or a foreign national with legal authorization to work in the UK.

About The Club

AFC Wimbledon is a professional football club based in Wimbledon, London with an astonishing history, having been reformed in 2002 to continue 135 years of Wimbledon sporting representation.

In 2020 the club returned home to Plough Lane, Wimbledon - to the brand-new Cherry Red Records Stadium - a purpose-built long-awaited modern stadium with 9,000 capacity and excellent corporate and event facilities, funded by the dedicated contributions of its fans. The original Wimbledon FC played just yards away for 70 years and achieved worldwide fame by going from non-league to the Premiership and beating Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final.

Owned by its fans through membership of The Dons Trust, AFC Wimbledon exemplifies community spirit and fan engagement - with award-winning community schemes and charitable endeavours alongside its sporting achievements.

The club’s men's team play in League Two, its women’s team play the third tier, and its Academy produces new generations of professional players while regularly beating the youth teams of Premier League and Championship sides.

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