Food Safety and Compliance Manager

LFC Foundation; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A football club in Liverpool is seeking a Food Safety & Compliance Manager to oversee catering and operational services, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The ideal candidate will have strong food safety expertise, experience in risk management, and a proactive approach to compliance training. The role includes leading audits and developing policies, providing an opportunity to make a significant impact on safety culture and operational excellence while enjoying generous benefits including holidays and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Contributory pension scheme matching up to 5.5%

Life Assurance Cover

Healthcare and employee assistance programs

Exclusive retail discounts and cashback offers

Qualifications

• Strong food safety and hygiene expertise.
• Experience delivering training and developing policies.
• Solid knowledge of risk management and operational standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead food safety and operational risk management.
• Conduct audits and ensure compliance with standards.
• Design and deliver food safety training programs.
• Track certification and training records.
• Drive continuous improvement in operations.

Skills

Food safety expertise

Knowledge of Safe Systems of Work

Operational risk assessment

Effective leadership

Interpersonal skills

Job description

About The Role

Here at Liverpool Football Club, we are looking for an experienced Food Safety & Compliance Manager to take the lead in ensuring our catering and operational services consistently meet the highest regulatory, safety, and quality standards. In this role, you’ll champion food safety, oversee risk‑management processes, and oversee Safe Systems of Work (SSoW) and operational training to support safe, efficient, and reliable service delivery. As a key member of the team, you’ll help maintain exceptional operational standards, minimise risk, and foster a strong, proactive culture of compliance across our catering and operations functions.

What will you be doing?

You will lead food safety, risk management, and operational safety across all catering environments, maintaining risk registers, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with HACCP, allergen management, and health & safety standards. You will oversee SOP and policy development, support audit readiness, and monitor supplier and subcontractor compliance.

The role also includes designing and delivering training programmes covering food safety, HACCP, allergen awareness, Safe Systems of Work, and operational safety, ensuring all staff remain fully trained and compliant. You’ll track certification and training records and adapt training for diverse operational teams.

You will drive continuous improvement, review operational processes, lead investigations into incidents and near misses, and provide regular compliance, training, and risk reporting to senior leadership while supporting a strong culture of safety and accountability.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate strong food safety and hygiene expertise, alongside solid knowledge of Safe Systems of Work and operational risk assessment. You will have experience delivering training, deploying operational standards, and developing policies and SOPs.

The role requires strong root‑cause analysis and problem‑solving skills, effective leadership and collaboration, and excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. Applicants must also show adaptability, a proactive approach to supporting colleagues, and confident stakeholder management with the ability to influence at all levels.

Benefits

To reward your hard work and commitment we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays and the option to purchase up to an additional 5 days) and access to our benefits kit bag which includes but not limited to:

• Contributory pension scheme matching up to 5.5%
• Life Assurance Cover
• Free financial guidance and mortgage advice
• Car salary sacrifice scheme for affordable driving
• Cycle to Work scheme to keep you active
• Purchase season ticket loans for easier commuting
• Exclusive shopping discounts & cashback with top retailers
• Will Writing Service for future planning
• Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support
• Medicash Health Cash Plan for everyday healthcare needs
• Volunteering opportunities to give back to the community
• Special LFC perks – retail discounts, partner offers, free LFCTV GO access, and priority tickets for matches, events & concerts

…and much more! LFC Benefits.pdf

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to making a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association’s Football Leadership Diversity Code and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch. We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.

Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment.

Attached Documents

• Food Safety & Compliance Manager Job Summary.pdf