Job Description

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Women's Commercial Officer?

Location

: The Valley, South East London or as required

Salary:

To be Discussed

Hours:

40 hours per week, as part of a rota covering Monday to Sunday

About Us:

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London. The club was founded on June 9th, 1905 and has a very storied history from rising to the top-flight of English Football in the 1930s (First Division) and again in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, to winning the FA Cup in 1947 and to leaving their Valley home in the mid-1980s only to make an impassioned return in 1992. Historically, the women's team played under Charlton Athletic from 2000 to 2007 but were released to become an independently run team in 2007 following the men's team's relegation from the Premier League.?

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The women's team were originally formed as a non-professional team in 1991 and were highly successful in the early 2000s winning The FA Cup, the League Cup, and the Charity Shield, as well as coming runners-up in the top division in multiple seasons. In February 2021, the club acquired the Charlton Athletic Women's team, turning the team full-time professional, and integrating them to become one club again.?

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Currently, our men's first team competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football, and our women's team competes in Women's Super League 2, the second highest division of women's football in England. At Charlton, we are 'one club' and can be truly described as a 'family club'.?

Role Description:

This position oversees & drives the commercial programme for Charlton Athletic Women on a day-to-day basis. The role is responsible for achieving revenue targets through effective sales and marketing initiatives, as well as partnership management of existing Partners exploring ways in which we can promote the team. This role requires work on all match days for Charlton Athletic Women.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead on all commercial activity for Charlton Athletic Women To work in collaboration with the wider commercial team to oversee and plan the activities of the Women's Team commercial operations. Lead on all commercial match day deliverables on behalf of WSL2 and our own Commercial Partners. Including, but not limited to, signage, hospitality, and any other relevant tasks. Provide strategic direction in executing commercial plans and targets for the women's element. Responsible for identifying and maximising new and existing business development opportunities Responsible for growing commercial financial targets in line with wider club targets. Identify and propose the development of products, pricing and promotional plans for the club's assets devising our go-to-market plan for our products, driving and coordinating the pace of execution Produce sales lead sheets with day-to-day objectives and targets for new business Work with internal stakeholders to ensure we target market specific fan groups intelligently for new products. Responsible for the overall business and account management piece for all Commercial Partners & suppliers, ensuring that best in class levels of customer service and client satisfaction are upheld at all times. Manage the content of commercial pages in matchday programme throughout the season Work closely with Commercial Director and lead on pipeline creation of opportunities Ensure all weekly/daily/matchday reports are administered accurately and to agreed timelines Represent the club where and when necessary, in a sales capacity at conferences, networking events, league meetings and match days. Works collaboratively with other departments of the business ensuring standards are consistent throughout and working relationships are kept positive at all times.

Education/Qualifications/Training:

Educated to degree standard or equivalent (E); Customer service/sales training desirable (E);

Specific Experience:

Results driven sales experience, delivering strong tangible financials in a customer focused organisation (E); Proficient in managing budgets (E); Experience of developing sales products and taking them to market (D); Credible experience working within sports industry in a similar role (D);

Abilities/Skills/Knowledge:

Demonstrate vision and ability to persuade and deliver change into an organisation; An ability to review the current operation and identify practical areas for improvement; Strong verbal and personal communication skills and an individual with a steely determination to always deliver more than just the minimum; Self-motivated with an ability to identify and qualify clients through harnessing relationships and understanding their business needs; Build trust, value others, communicate effectively, drive execution, focus on the client, collaborate with others and demonstrate high integrity; Uses initiative and is proactive; helping to create and implement new ideas and ways of working; Positive about achieving Club, departmental and individual success; An ability to define strategic vision and make that change happen; Must be accountable for delivering results within assigned levels of accountability.

Additional Information:

This a full-time role that includes work on weekends and evenings, where required. Applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK Charlton Athletic is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS Disclosure As such, this post is exempt for the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and the successful candidate must disclose all convictions spent convictions should be declared, that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS Charlton Athletic FC is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and its policies for recruitment, selection, training, development and promotion are designed to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability or gender reassignment. Any personal data that you provide to Charlton Athletic Football Club Ltd (data controller) will be processed in line with applicable data protection laws and will be used only for the purpose of recruitment. We will keep your personal information for 6 months after which we will erase it. You can always choose to have your data erased earlier by emailing us at dpo@cafc.co.uk. We'd love to hear from you if you believe you can meet the challenges of working within an elite sporting environment.

Safeguarding:

Charlton Athletic Football Club are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. The successful candidate may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining a post, as all cases are mediated individually according to the nature of the role and the information provided.

Note:

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive we regret that we are unable to respond to unsuccessful applicants.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person