Food Safety and Compliance Manager

Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports club in the United Kingdom is seeking a Food Safety & Compliance Manager to lead food safety efforts and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The role involves overseeing risk management, training delivery, and establishing operational policies. Candidates should demonstrate strong food safety expertise, effective leadership, and excellent communication skills. A competitive salary and generous benefits including a contributory pension scheme and additional holidays are offered.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme matching up to 5.5%

Life Assurance Cover

Free financial guidance and mortgage advice

Cycle to Work scheme

Exclusive shopping discounts & cashback

Qualifications

• Strong food safety and hygiene expertise required.
• Experience delivering training and developing SOPs essential.
• Solid knowledge of operational risk assessment necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead food safety and operational safety across catering environments.
• Conduct audits and ensure compliance with HACCP standards.
• Design and deliver training programs on food safety and operational safety.

Skills

Food safety expertise

Risk management

Training delivery

Leadership

Communication 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.

Please note, this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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!

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.