Player Liaison Assistant

JOB TITLE: Player Liaison Assistant

DEPARTMENT: 1ST Team Welfare

JOB FUNCTION: Responsibility to ensure the needs are met of all 1st team squad players & elite u21 players on a daily basis.

LOCATION: Cobham Training ground and Stamford Bridge as necessary.

CONTRACT: Permanent, 40 hours per week 5 days out of 7 days following the 1st Team schedule.

PLAY YOUR PART (Main Responsibilities):

1. Meeting the needs of 1st Team Players & elite u21 players.

• General assistance to 1st team players and senior management at the training ground and following the 1st Team calendar.

• Be on call 24/7 on the phone to deal with any welfare issues from elite u21 players.

• Assist in the on boarding of elite u21 players and being their first point of call for welfare issues during their time at the club.

• As required and directed by HOD, lead on elite u21 players and trialists out of hours programmes when they first visit the club.

• Coordinating all signing requests on behalf of Players and staff based at Cobham. I.e. shirts, pictures etc. Tracking requests with a monthly log/report.

• Running errands on behalf of the department or Cobham training ground.

• Assistance to 1st Team players & elite u21 players as required especially those that English may be of a second language and/or new to the club during the onboarding process.

• Assist in driving new 1st Team players & elite u21 players to training in their onboarding process.

• Assist with players post to make sure all mail is acknowledged and appropriate responses are sent to fans.

• Cover the training ground main reception during weekend training sessions and at least one other day a week.

• As required and directed by HOD lead on welfare issues for French speaking players and their families.

2. Co-ordinating Maintenance issues

• Lead on all office filing keeping all players/management on line files up to date using internal record system.

• Asist in making sure all players/management utility bills are current and up to date.

• Lead on all player/management car hand ups both leasing or owned vehicles.

• Maintain files to know and carry out when player/management cars need annual servicing and MOT’s.

• Lead on all paying of driving/parking fines and any bailiff summons and deduct then process deduction from salaries.

• Work all home matches to assist in family area and all associated arising family welfare issues.

• Run the internal post of Cobham to Stamford Bridge at least twice a week or more as appropriate.

• Lead on all players and management ordering from the club shop.
• Must be bilingual (English & French or Spanish)

What we offer

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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 parental status.

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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.