JOB TITLE: Women’s - Loans Manager

DEPARTMENT: Women’s

JOB FUNCTION: Responsible for leading and managing the Women's loan pathway, ensuring the effective development of young football talents within the Chelsea FC/BlueCo programme. Includes but not limited to: strategic pathway planning, programme development, talent evaluation and ensuring the welfare of players to drive the success of the organisation's talent pathway.

DIRECT REPORTS: N/A

LOCATION: Cobham

CONTRACT: Permanent

PLAY YOUR PART (Main Responsibilities):

• Develop and implement a comprehensive loan pathway strategy aligned with the organisation's goals and objectives.
• Lead the vision for the loan pathway within the organisation, staying abreast of industry trends and best practices.
• Establish clear pathways and progression opportunities for young players within the organisation's structure.
• Develop systems and processes that enable us to be able to identify the right players, timings, clubs and coaches for loan.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including youth academies, clubs and coaches.
• Develop clear onboarding, offboarding and re-onboarding processes to ensure that each player is able to adjust to changes in their individual talent pathway, including being fully briefed on club culture, manager, playing style, cultural background, etc before going on loan.
• Develop and implement robust player evaluation processes to identify and assess potential talent for our first team.
• Work closely with the General manager, Head coach and Head of scouting, holding regular meetings and updates on the progress of all players in the loan programme. This will include updates on their playing minutes, on and off pitch performance, compliance and benchmarking to ensure that our players are given the best chance to reach the targets outlined throughout the duration of their loan.
• Work closely with senior management in the first team programmes to ensure clear and aligned pathways for young players at the club.
• Work closely with colleagues in the legal and finance departments to ensure optimal decision-making and information sharing.
• Lead player case study reviews for players on loan, involving the Women’s scouting staff as well as key members of the interdisciplinary teams as appropriate.
• Travel to visit players/clubs and attend matches, fostering key relationships to monitor player performance and enhance talent development.
• Ensure comprehensive understanding of football rules and regulations affecting player recruitment and pathways.
• Attend summits and events in order to expand networking and facilitated relationships with the view of loan players.
• Foster a positive and supportive team culture focused on player development and success.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of talent development initiatives.
• Monitor programme performance and provide regular reports to senior management and stakeholders.
• Accountable for leading Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) within their own business area.
• Align their/the teams’ activities to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) outcomes.
• Communicate their commitment to ED&I to their staff and across the Club.

DO THE RIGHT THING (Our Expectations): 

• To demonstrate and live by the club’s values; Here to Win, Be Brave, Do the Right Thing, Play Your Part, Many Teams, One Club and Proud to Be Chelsea.
• To adhere to the club’s policies and procedures, including Health & Safety, Financial Authorisation, Confidentiality and GDPR.
• To act as an ambassador for diversity, equality, and inclusion, and demonstrate a positive commitment by treating others fairly in line with our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy and reporting any acts of discrimination through appropriate channels.
• To create a safe environment and act to protect all young people and vulnerable adults that are either in your care or attending club premises, and report any concerns to the Safeguarding Lead.
• To report any misconduct or suspected misconduct to the HR Department.

HERE TO WIN (Measures of Performance):

• Players going through the loan pathway who then go on to gain regular minutes in our Women’s first team.
• Players from our academy who successfully demonstrate our core club values and go on to become important players to represent Chelsea.

PROUD TO BE CHELSEA (Person Specification):

Qualifications:

• FA Safeguarding award
• FA Talent ID Level 1

Experience:

• Worked in Women’s professional football for a minimum of two years

Skills and Behaviours:

• Use of Wyscout
• Use of Microsoft office
• Use of PowerPoint/Keynote – presenting skills
• Communication skills

What We Offer:

• https://chelseafc.pagetiger.com/benefits2223/1

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: 

At Chelsea we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to Chelsea FC. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.?  

If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.

Chelsea FC is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk (vulnerable groups). We therefore require all successful applicants to complete a DBS Check prior to starting employment. Depending on the role, successful applicants may also be required to undergo other child protection screening where appropriate.

This Job Description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the Club.