The club are currently looking for people for the following roles within the club:

GENERAL MANAGER 

Job Purpose

The General Manager will manage the club’s business in accordance with its rules to achieve a long-term sustainable football club.
Responsible to the Community Board.
Full-time or Part-Time considered.

 Tasks & Responsibilities

1. Matchday

The General Manager (GM) will ensure that all matchdays at the Dripping Pan are well organised, such that the crowd attending can enjoy a high standard of facilities and services in a family atmosphere. The GM will be expected to personally supervise First Team matchdays, but may designate an appropriate deputy for U18s and Ladies matches.
The specific responsibilities include overseeing the people responsible for:
a. Catering facilities
b. Bar
c. Club Shop
d. Programme sales
e. Preparation/distribution of guest list
f. Hospitality area
g. Stewarding
h. Players/officials’ catering
i. Cleanliness of player/officials’ facilities
j. Health & Safety guidelines

2. Maintenance of ground

During the year, the GM will also be responsible for the maintenance of the Dripping Pan, ensuring that that all necessary repairs are up to date and comply with the lease and health & safety guidelines.
In particular, the relevant responsibilities include:
a. Ensuring all facilities are regularly cleaned
b. Maintaining an up to date maintenance schedule
c. Maintaining a roster of skilled volunteers and suppliers who can carry out repairs
d. Ensuring that utilities and services are sourced at the best price

3. General Duties

a. Assist Community Board in preparing annual budget and then deliver that budget
b. Maintain a database of volunteers and delegate to them appropriately
c. Organise and chair regular meetings of the club’s Management Committee
d. Build the links between the club and the community
i. Neighbourhood, Town, County and Football communities
e. Develop the club’s commercial activity directly and with the Board and the Commercial Manager (if one is in place) to obtain satisfactory sponsorship and advertising for the club and maintain effective relationships with sponsors.
f. Develop and agree a work plan with the Board to deliver the clubs’ aims.
g. Act as Line manager to the First Team Manager and Coaching staff.
h. Act as Line manager to all club employees and volunteers
i. Report to each board meeting on progress made on achieving club aims and objectives (and performance versus budget)
j. Ensure the club complies with its responsibility for Health and Safety at work.

Person Specification

Skills

• Leadership skills
• Excellent written communication skills, able to produce reports for groups operating at different levels.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to develop effective working relationships and to liaise with people at all levels.
• Effective negotiator, able to persuade and influence people.
• Numerate and able to understand budgetary issues
• IT skills
• Good time management skills with ability to effectively prioritise.
• Self starter and ability to self manage
• Hold valid UK Driving license
• Knowledge and history of Lewes Football Club (Useful, but not obligatory)
• Knowledge of HASAW - Health & Safety at work - (Useful, but not obligatory)

Experience

• Experience of activity within a professional or semi-professional Football Club would be good, but is not essential
• Managing people, both employees and volunteers
• Experience of using computer software packages including web site management, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook
• Previous negotiating experience
• Experience of preparing and presenting reports
• Ideally, experience of working within the community or with voluntary groups

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates should apply to: charlie@lewesfc.com with a cover email stating why you’re interested in the role and with an up-to-date biography/CV.

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PA to the GENERAL MANAGER 

ROLE SUMMARY

Lewes Community Football Club Ltd is a not-for-profit, mutual organization. The club is owned and run by its shareholders, none of who can own more than one share. Currently there are over 600 shareholders with an elected Board of seven people. This form of mutual ownership is the same method used by clubs like AFC Wimbledon and FC Barcelona.

The club relies on a small army of volunteers, but only employs one full-time member of staff (apart from the First Team Manager) – that person is the General Manager who carries responsibility for both the overall running of the club and all its commercial revenues e.g. sponsorship and advertising, room hire etc.

There is always a lot to do and it’s a big onus on the General Manager. We are therefore now creating a voluntary position of PA to the General Manager.

 Job Purpose:

1.    Relieve General Manager of various administrative tasks to free him up
2.    Ensure the smooth running of the club office

Working pattern:

1.    The successful candidate will be based from the club office
2.    Ideally, this is a Monday to Friday, 10 to 15 hours/week role, but we will consider strong candidates who are unable to offer this much time
3.    Reports to the General Manager

About you:

You have some experience in an office environment.
You are well organized and always courteous.
You have the desire and ability to take on projects by yourself.

This job will suit you either because you are semi-retired or because the current job market makes it hard to get any paid work at the moment and this will ensure your skills/experience stay current.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates should apply to: charlie@lewesfc.com with a cover email stating why you’re interested in the role and with an up-to-date biography/CV.

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FUNDRAISING MANAGER

ROLE SUMMARY

Lewes Community Football Club Ltd is a not-for-profit, mutual organization. The club is owned and run by its shareholders, none of who can own more than one share. Currently there are over 600 shareholders with an elected Board of seven people. This form of mutual ownership is the same method used by clubs like AFC Wimbledon and FC Barcelona.
 
One of the key aims of this move away from the traditional ‘benefactor’ model is to make the club financially self-sufficient rather than reliant on donations to make up shortfalls in revenue.
 
The main revenues for a football club are:
Football revenue – gate receipts, cup prize money, transfer fees
Commercial revenue – sponsorship, advertising, matchday competitions
Venue revenues – bar and catering income, room hire
Fundraising revenue – grants from local and national organizations
 
Lewes Football Club is now creating a dedicated role of ‘Fundraising Manager’ to ensure that we do not miss out on grants that become available. These grants may range from hundreds of pounds from local organizations to hundreds of thousands of pounds from organizations such as the Football Foundation.
 

Job Purpose:

1.    Continually research sources of grant funding
2.    Report all available grants to the Board
3.    Write grant applications as approved by the Board
4.    Ensure coordination with all other appropriate Lewes FC staff
 

Working pattern:

1.    The successful candidate can base themselves from the club office or from home
2.    There are no set hours, but you will be expected to be available by phone/email during the course of the working day
3.    Reports to the General Manager
 

About you:

You have some experience in fundraising.
You are well organized and always courteous.
You have the desire and ability to take on projects by yourself.
This job will suit you either because you are semi-retired or because the current job market makes it hard to get any paid work at the moment and this will ensure your skills/experience stay current.
 
Please note: This is an unpaid role (with the exception of appropriate expenses). However, the club will consider paying the Fundraising Manager a percentage of successful grant bids or a set success fee.
 

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates should apply to: Charlie@lewesfc.com with a cover email stating why you’re interested in the role and with an up-to-date biography/CV. 

Lewes Football Club Community & Education Scheme
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Community Scheme Coaches

We are looking to recruit Community Coaches to work within our Community & Education Scheme and be an important part of our team off of the pitch. You will be involved in a variety of existing and new projects that are delivered in Lewes and the surrounding rural areas.

If you hold an FA Level 2 coaching qualification or are working towards this and have your own transport, we would love to hear from you. Find out more about what we do on our website: www.lewesfc.com/community

Immediate start available. Rate of pay £10-15 per hour dependent upon experience.

HOW TO APPLY

For further details or to send us your CV please email Darren Ford, Community & Education Manager: community@lewesfc.com