Deputy Director - Investigations and Enforcement

Get Staffed Online Recruitment Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 81,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A public regulatory body in Manchester is seeking a Deputy Director for Investigations and Enforcement. This role involves providing strategic leadership, overseeing complex regulatory investigations, and ensuring fairness in enforcement actions. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record in regulatory environments and strong stakeholder management skills. Additionally, the position offers an attractive salary and comprehensive benefits, including flexible working arrangements, annual leave, and generous maternity/paternity leave.

Benefits

Pension contribution: 12%

Flexible Benefit: 8%

Performance-based reward programme

31.5 days annual leave

Hybrid working with 40% office attendance

Occupational sick pay

Generous maternity/paternity leave

Bespoke L&D programme

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading enforcement in regulatory contexts.
• Strong understanding of legal frameworks to make evidence-based decisions.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience in strategic leadership and team development.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in the Investigations & Enforcement function.
• Lead investigations into regulatory breaches with clear outcomes.
• Oversee enforcement activities ensuring legal soundness.
• Develop and maintain investigation policies and frameworks.
• Collaborate with supervision for consistent regulatory outcomes.
• Advise senior leaders on complex enforcement issues.
• Represent the Regulator with external stakeholders.
• Lead and develop a diverse team for high performance.

Skills

Leadership in regulatory activity

Legal and regulatory understanding

Stakeholder management

Communication and judgment

Strategic leadership experience

Job description

Deputy Director - Investigations and Enforcement

Location: Manchester

Business Unit(s): Senior Leadership Team

Position Type: Permanent

Salary: £81,000 to £130,000

Job Description

Our client has been established to protect and promote the sustainability of English football, for the benefit of fans and the local communities football clubs serve.

They will help improve financial sustainability of clubs, ensure resilience across the leagues, and safeguard the heritage of English football. It will operate a licensing regime; set corporate governance standards and monitor, protect, and promote financial resilience. It will also enforce compliance with requirements on financial regulation, club ownership and directors, fan engagement, and heritage protection.

Our client will also have powers to prohibit clubs from joining competitions that are not fair or meritocratic, or that threaten the heritage or sustainability of English football.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of the Investigations & Enforcement function, ensuring effective delivery of proportionate, fair, and evidence-based regulatory action.
• Lead on complex and high-profile investigations into potential breaches of regulatory requirements, ensuring robust case management and clear outcomes.
• Oversee enforcement activity, including sanctions, settlements, and referrals, ensuring decisions are legally sound and procedurally fair.
• Develop and maintain investigation and enforcement policies, processes, and frameworks, embedding best practice and continuous improvement.
• Work in conjunction with the supervision function to ensure a consistent and robust approach delivering proportionate regulatory outcomes.
• Provide authoritative advice and recommendations to senior leaders, Ministers, and stakeholders on sensitive and complex enforcement issues.
• Represent the Regulator externally, including with football clubs, leagues, supporter groups, government departments, and international partners, maintaining credibility and independence.
• Lead, motivate, and develop a diverse and high-performing team, fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture.
• Contribute to the senior leadership, playing a key role in corporate strategy, governance, and organisational development.

Essential Requirements

• Proven track record of leading enforcement activity within a regulatory, legal, or compliance environment, delivering fair, proportionate, and robust outcomes.
• Strong understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks, with the ability to make evidence-based, defensible decisions in sensitive and high-profile contexts.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and build credibility with senior leaders, Ministers, external partners, and regulated entities.
• Outstanding communication and judgment, with the ability to present complex issues clearly and provide authoritative advice under scrutiny.
• Significant experience of strategic leadership, including setting direction, building capability, and driving delivery across a large and diverse team.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of the football sector, its governance, ownership, and integrity risks.
• Experience of designing or embedding regulatory frameworks, including enforcement and compliance strategies.

If successful you will join a Non-Departmental Public Body and will be employed as a Public Servant.

The terms and conditions of employment include:

• Pension 12% An employee contribution of 5%, with an employer contribution of 7%.
• Flexible Benefit 8% Employees can choose to invest 8% of their base salary into their pension, or take as cash (post tax)
• Reward they will have a performance-based reward programme.
• 31.5 days annual leave
• Flexible and hybrid working, 40% in office attendance
• Occupational sick pay
• 9 months paid Maternity Leave + generous paternity and adoption leave.
• A bespoke L&D programme to help you achieve your personal CPD, including paid membership fees
• Cycle-to-work scheme and much more!

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