Independent Football Regulator – People and Change Manager (6 months)

Independent Football Regulator

Manchester

Hybrid

Expires: Expiring in less than 2 weeks

Full time

£59,234 - £67,940 per year

Job summary

The Independent Football Regulator

The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) has been established to protect and promote the sustainability of English football, for the benefit of fans and the local communities football clubs serve.

The IFR will help improve financial sustainability of clubs, ensure resilience across the leagues, and safeguard the heritage of English football. It will operate a licensing regime; set corporate governance standards and monitor, protect, and promote financial resilience. It will also enforce compliance with requirements on financial regulation, club ownership and directors, fan engagement, and heritage protection.

The IFR will also have powers to prohibit clubs from joining competitions that are not fair or meritocratic, or that threaten the heritage or sustainability of English football.

Job description

About the role

We're seeking a People & Change Manager who can quickly build credibility, provide expert people advice and support the delivery of key organisational priorities. Combining strong HR knowledge with excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills, you'll be confident navigating complex issues, challenging constructively and finding practical solutions that work for both managers and employees.

This role will play an important part in supporting organisational change, strengthening people practices and ensuring the IFR has the capability and capacity needed to achieve its objectives. You'll enjoy working in a fast-moving environment and will be motivated by the opportunity to make a visible impact from day one.

This is a six-month fixed-term appointment to provide maternity leave cover. You'll join a collaborative and purpose-driven organisation where your expertise will help shape decisions, support colleagues through change and contribute to the continued development of the IFR.

Person specification

Responsibilities Include:

Delivering expert HR advice and support across the employee lifecycle.
Leading recruitment, resourcing and workforce planning activity.
Supporting performance management, learning and development, and pay and reward activities.
Driving people-related change and organisational improvement programmes.
Building strong relationships with managers and senior leaders across the IFR, including the COO and CEO.
Helping to create a positive, inclusive and high-performing culture

Essential Requirements

Strong experience across all areas of HR and people management.
Experience of delivering organisational change, transformation or organisational development initiatives.
Excellent knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
Experience of workforce planning, recruitment, pay and reward, and learning and development.
Outstanding stakeholder management and communication skills.
The ability to work independently, influence senior leaders and deliver outcomes at pace.
CIPD qualification/membership.

Desirable Skills

Experience working in a similar regulator, financial or otherwise, or Arms' Length Body HR team.
Experience managing third party HR and payroll systems and providers.

Information Session

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted by Alex Rimmer, Head of People and Culture, and will take place on:

Thursday 8 October 14:00 – 15:00

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions.

Please register your interest by filling out this Microsoft form and you will be sent an invitation. The invites will be sent the night before the session. The sessions are not recorded.

Please note that the session will not focus on the IFR recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to careers@footballregulator.org.uk

Benefits

If successful you will join a Non Departmental Public Body and will be employed as a Public Servant.

If you are an existing Civil Servant or a DCMS employee you will no longer have access to Civil Service benefits including the Civil Service pension.

The terms and conditions of employment include:

Pension 12% An employee contribution of 5%, with an employer contribution of 7%.
Flexible Benefit 8% Employees can choose to invest 8% of their base salary into their pension, or take as cash (post tax)
Reward we will have a performance based reward programme.
31.5 days annual leave
Flexible and hybrid working, 40% in office attendance
Occupational sick pay
9 months paid Maternity Leave + generous paternity and adoption leave.
A bespoke L&D programme to help you achieve your personal CPD, including paid membership fees
Cycle-to-work scheme and much more!

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy, you will need to submit the following documents which will assessed against experience

➔A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential and desirable criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained.

➔A Statement of Suitability (max 500 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential requirements highlighted. You may also choose to reference the desirable skills listed however these will not be considered in the assessment of your application except in circumstances where there are a high number and calibre of candidates.

For the shortlist, we will select applicants demonstrating the best fit for the role by considering the evidence provided in your application.

In the event of a large number of applicants, an initial sift will be conducted on the statement of suitability. Those who are successful in the initial sift will then be scored on all elements of the application.

The Interview

The interview process will assess experience through competency questions and a presentation. Full details of this, including the topic, length of time, and whether or not you will need to use visual aids, will be sent to you prior to your interview.

Prior to the interview you will be sent the competency questions in advance. The questions will be based on the essential criteria listed on slide 9 of the attached candidate information pack.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Salary range

£59,234 - £67,940 per year