Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation (MFCF) is the independent charity of Middlesbrough Football Club (MFC), established in 1996 by club Chairperson Steve Gibson. The Foundation’s mission uses the power of the MFC to deliver bespoke programmes providing opportunities to raise aspirations and improve the life chances of people across our local community. Our mission is under pinned by our core values of quality of service, continuous improvement, communication, team work and inclusion.
Middlesbrough FC Foundation is looking for a candidate to fill this new role overseeing one of the strategic themes of Health and Wellbeing. The role will manage the development and delivery of three core health and wellbeing programmes including the staff, budget and targets associated with them. Candidates must have a comprehensive knowledge of best practice and opportunities within the field of health and wellbeing and preferably within the Tees Valley. The role will manage challenging targets through the existing programmes with Football Foundation, EFL Trust and South Tees Public Health as well as the requirement to identify and generate further income to develop further offers for the Tees Valley community.
THE ROLE
The main purpose of the role is to manage the Foundation’s health and wellbeing team including three core programmes of Active Through Football, FIT Boro and Boro Health Buses. The role is ideal for someone with health and wellbeing knowledge as well as significant line management experience, with a background in either the sports or charity sector. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the Deputy Head of Foundation to explore and secure additional funding for health-related projects for the Foundation.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
Managing the Health and Wellbeing Team including delivery towards the programme requirements, staff performance and budget management.
Supporting the Deputy Head of Foundation to identify, develop and implement additional funding opportunities.
Develop and implement strategies to obtain both quantitative and qualitative feedback and impact from programmes
Supporting the Deputy Head of Foundation with funding partner relationships
Support embedding safeguarding across all Foundation activities.
Engaging with the vision, mission and core values of the Foundation.
THE CANDIDATE
Our ideal candidate will have experience of working within the health and wellbeing sector. They must:
Have line management experience.
Have knowledge of the health and wellbeing sector and the Tees Valley region where possible, which can be applied to the charity and sports sector.
Demonstrate experience of managing multiple programmes including staff, budgets and delivery, simultaneously.
Display a creative, can-do and solution-orientated approach to work, with the ability to solve problems and identify mutually beneficial partnership opportunities.
Have an excellent knowledge and understanding of safeguarding.
Demonstrate good time management and the ability to meet deadlines.
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
This post falls within the scope of ‘regulated activity’ and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly CRB) check and are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exemptions) Act 1975.
The salary for the role will be discussed with shortlisted candidates. If you would like to be part of this committed team, please submit a CV and cover letter to recruitment@mfcfoundation.co.uk Following which an Equality Monitoring Form will be provided for candidates to complete before shortlisting.
CLOSING DATE: Friday 28 April 2023
INTERVIEWS: Stage 1 Interviews will take place on Wednesday 10 May 2023
MFCF is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
MFCF is also committed to the safeguarding of vulnerable groups.
