GBP 6759 Graduate Executive Support Officer for Exeter City Football Club Exeter, England
Job description
Graduate Business Partnership
Job Summary - The Club Community Organisation of Exeter City Football Club (ECFC), and Exeter City Community Trust (ECCT), have an exciting new opportunity for an Exeter graduate to join their team. You will help to deliver a wide range of activities and projects associated with the club’s work supporting the community and wider stakeholder group of the football club. You will gain valuable experience working on initiatives supporting the executive team of the Community Trust and wider leadership team that supports the aims of the Community Trust and building on the relationships between the University of Exeter and football club. This is a fantastic opportunity to kickstart your career and develop valuable skillsets that will prepare you for a wide range of career paths. This role is part of the Graduate Business Partnership (GBP) scheme and offers full-time hours (36.5 hours per week) for 12 months. Some weekend working may be required to support at match days and at other events. You will be employed by the University of Exeter and seconded to ECFC which means you will have access to the benefits available from both organisations. You will be based at St. James Park in central Exeter. For more information on the GBP scheme, please visit www.exeter.ac.uk/internships.
About You - You should be an Exeter graduate who has excellent writing skills, can demonstrate a high level of teamwork, has the ability to use own initiative and make decisions without referring to senior manager, and has the ability to manage workloads with conflicting priorities, work under pressure and deliver within agreed timescales both individually and for others. You should have good communication and marketing skills, including developing websites and newsletters, have the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English, and the ability to communicate effectively in a professional, appropriate, and concise manner both orally and in writing. You should be dynamic, enthusiastic and have a creative approach to work, be flexible and able to work on multiple projects, be adaptable to change and the ability to implement and learn process quickly, have the ability to work accurately under pressure to tight deadlines, be confident, tactful, and diplomatic approach to enquiries, and be a self-starter and proactive. You should have excellent IT skills, and have previous work or voluntary experience ideally of working collaboratively in a small team to create outcomes. Knowledge of the Voluntary, Charitable or Social Enterprise sector and experience of monitoring and evaluation (recording and measuring change over time) are desirable but not essential.
The Benefits to You - You will have access to a wide range of benefits, rewards and recognition from the University, including a generous pension, a holiday allowance of 39 days per year, Totum Card (student discount) and Salary Exchange Schemes (such as the Cycle to Work Scheme, and discounted membership to the university's sports facilities including cricket centre, indoor/outdoor pools, squash courts and fitness centres). The University offers extensive support to staff, including a structured Professional Development Review and Wellbeing Service plus 1:1 support from the Internships Team. You will be offered a ‘How to Make the Most of Your Internship’ guide, bespoke mentoring, work shadow and career consultancy opportunities. Through ECFC you will have a branded ECFC staff kit and have tickets to selected games.
Application Closing Date: 20 June 2023
Interviews: 28 June 2023 in Exeter
For the full details and application process visit Handshake. Non-Exeter Graduates can request the full job description and application form by emailing [email protected]. We are not able to accept CVs, please use the Internship Application Form.
The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer which is 'Positive About Disabled People': if you have a disability, you should mention this in your application. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.
