Job Description
Surrey Sports Park are recruiting a Franchises General Manager to manage both the Surrey Storm Netball and Surrey Scorchers Basketball franchises. The role is varied and rewarding, affording the right candidate to excel and make their mark in the world of professional sport. Managing direct reports and also working with colleagues across multiple departments to ensuring that effective and efficient operating of the commercial, operational and performance components of the franchises. This role demands an energetic, entrepreneurial and commercially effective manager with a passion for sport and a broad understanding of professional sport who loves being part of a fast moving, high performing, demanding department.
Roles & Responsibilities
• To lead the Directors of Basketball and Netball in the development of a highly successful Performance Programme and Pathways.
• Develop and deliver significant and sustainable income streams related to the Franchises, in particular match day commercial sales and sponsors.
• Manage and develop relations with National Governing Bodies, League Operators and other Partners ensuring contractual obligations are delivered
• Evidence the effectiveness of the Franchises in relation to the SSP Strategy and continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of the Franchise business
• Oversee the contractual signing of players and coaches for each franchise, ensuring that correct processes and policies are adhered to.
• Lead a collective group of staff responsible for Franchise delivery across a number of internal departments to ensure objectives and targets are achieved.
• To represent SSP at Franchise business meetings and ensure compliance and delivery of agreed and contractual obligations.
Surrey Sports Park is at the heart of sport and physical activity in Surrey, and our mission is to deliver the best possible sport, health and wellbeing experience to our University of Surrey students and to the wider SSP community. We provide strategic added value to the University by delivering an outstanding student experience through social and competitive sport and providing an excellent environment for wellness and fitness for Surrey staff and students, and our community impact is significant both culturally and physically. The team is passionate and high performing, and the business model requires us to deliver a self-sustaining, well managed and customer service focused business.
For further information please check out www.surreystormnetball.com.uk and www.surreyscorchers.co.uk
If you wish to discuss the role further then please contact Gavin Baker (g.baker@surrey.ac.uk)
The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as “Please see attached CV” will not be considered acceptable.
Please note CVs cannot be accepted without a completed application form.
How to apply
Please apply here: https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=4160&forced=2