Learning and Events Executive

Application Deadline: 30 March 2025

Department: Premier League Charitable Fund

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: London, UK

Compensation: £35,000 / year

Description
As part of the Community and Workforce Development team, you will be responsible for the coordination and delivery of the Premier League Charitable Fund’s learning and development offer for our network of funded professional football club community organisations (CCOs) and will provide logistical support across the organisation to plan and deliver our national tournaments and events during the Summer of 2025 including the Premier League Primary Stars National Football Tournament and Premier League Kicks Cup.

Who we are

Established in 2010, the Premier League Charitable Fund is one of the biggest sports charities in the world, with an annual budget of around £35m.

The independent charity supports CCOs in delivering high quality projects and evidences its success to key stakeholders.

Aligned with the Premier League Communities Strategy, the PLCF aims to create positive and lasting sporting, social, educational and health outcomes for wide range of beneficiaries, especially children and young people.

The PLCF team supports and inspires impactful work of over 100 CCOs, including those in the Premier League, EFL and National League.

In turn, their work directly benefits more than 500,000 individuals at thousands of community venues and schools each year.

The Premier League Charitable Fund is an equal opportunities employer and strives to create an inclusive culture where talent can flourish.

We believe in the potential of everyone and open our doors to those who share those values.

All appointments will be made based on merit; however, we particularly encourage applications from women, people from minority ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people.

Our hybrid-working model also allows you some variety on your place of work, offering you the chance to work from home on some days each week.

Where possible, you will attend the office or site visits in line with our company policy.

All staff liaise closely with their line manager to manage their time appropriately and according to their work and team requirements.

The role
Manage all logistics and administration of the PLCF learning and development offer for CCOs (2024-2025 season):
• Promote all courses to the CCO network in the aim of ensuring courses are full and engaging with the intended target audience, with consideration to CCO/participant accessibility, diversity and learning needs.
• Manage bookings and course waiting lists appropriately with timely and professional communications to CCO staff.
• Manage booking cancellations in line with the PLCF cancellation policy.
• Monitor progress towards key learning and development KPIs and provide monthly progress reports to the PLCF and Premier League.
• Liaise with venues and trainers for all courses and keep key documents up to date and essential information contained in the PLCF outlook calendar.
• Support trainers with course set up on the morning of learning and development courses which are taking place in the London office.
• Proactively request invoices from providers and ensure invoices are processed in a timely manner and that delivery of the learning and development offer is in line with the agreed budget.
• Collect and analyse participant feedback in a timely manner, work with trainers to facilitate feedback capture at the end of the courses to help increase response rates.
• Review systems, processes and feedback connected to Learning and Development and make recommendations to aid continuous improvement.
• To support the PLCF Board reporting process regarding impact of learning and development and to ensure timelines are met.
• Assist with the Management of the IT Systems and analytics supporting the learning and development training process.

Develop the 2025-2026 PLCF Learning and development offer for CCOs:
• Work with insight and impact team and the Head of Community and Workforce Development to review and adapt the learning needs analysis survey, distribute this to the network and analyse results.

Use this insight to inform the future learning and development offer.
• Work with Programme and Fund Managers across PLCF to help join up and embed learning and development across National Programmes and Funds.
• Work with PLCF colleagues to develop the learning and development offer connected to safeguarding, EDI, Governance and Core Funding.
• Agree the 2025-2026 learning and development offer with the Head of Community and Workforce Development, in line with the approved 2025-2026 budget.
• Manage venue bookings for the 2025-2026 season, aligned with training providers’ availability.
• Design the learning and development booking survey for the 2025-2026 season.
• Design the 2025-2026 PLCF Learning and Development Manual and once approved, distribute this document to the network.
• Manage learning and development bookings for the 2025-2026 season.

Oversee PLCF’s engagement with the network of learning and development leads in CCOs and with key partners:
• Oversee PLCF’s engagement with the network of learning and development leads in CCOs; managing regular communications with this network and organising network meetings as required.
• Work with key partners (including the Premier League, EFL in the Community, the Professional Footballers’ Association and The FA) to develop a holistic approach to learning and development for the CCO network.
• Maintain a positive, friendly and professional company image as a front-line point of contact and liaison.

Support the administration of PLCF events as required during the summer of 2025:
• Support with the event logistics and planning, including the management of equipment from the office and stock checks.
• Support the events teams with pre and post event communications to the CCO network.
• Support with the administration of participant registration and consent forms.

• Attend PLCF flagship events (including Premier League Primary Stars National Football Tournament and Premier League Kicks Cup) to support with event logistics including: registration of attendees, venue liaison, distribution of equipment etc.

Contribute to positive working culture as a member of the PLCF team:
• Share in PLCF’S values and participate as a full member of the PLCF team, and where appropriate, carry out other duties as may reasonably be required, including deputising as appropriate, and giving support to other members of the team at busy times.

Requirements for the role
• Experience of leaning and development, working on events and/or experience of working in the voluntary, community, education and/or sports sector.
• Excellent project management, planning and organisational skills, including good attention to detail, and experienced in administration.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills including experience of building and maintaining strong professional relationships, the ability to understand and make connections with partners’ priorities and the ability to manage a complex network of stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate well to a range of audiences, and using different mediums, with oral and written skills to an excellent standard.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and with external partners.
• Ability to work under pressure, make sound judgement calls and manage competing priorities.
• Ability to problem solve effectively, demonstrate resilience when faced with setbacks and apply a growth mindset when faced with challenges.
• Ability to analyse data and use insights to inform decisions and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Ability to work within a budget and experience of financial management and budgeting experience.

• Motivated and committed to making a difference to CCO staff, beneficiaries and local communities through your work.
• Understands and believes in the value of people development.
• An understanding of and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and how they relate to the role.
• Has a commitment to safeguarding, and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check will need to be completed.
• High level of computer proficiency, particularly with MS Office packages and Survey Monkey.
• Willingness to travel within England and Wales as and when appropriate.

Our commitment to safeguarding includes implementing robust safer recruitment procedures to assess the suitability of individuals applying for roles that involve work with children and adults who are or may be at risk of harm.

For further information, please see our Safer Recruitment Guidance.

To apply please visit our careers page and apply with your CV and a cover letter.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 30 March 2025.

Due to the nature of this opportunity, an immediate start date / short notice period is desirable.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process.

If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact [email protected]