Talent Operations Executive

Manchester City Football Club; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading football club in Manchester seeks a Talent Operations Executive to support the Scouting and Recruitment team. You will provide administrative operations support, coordinate safeguarding obligations, and manage finance processes. Essential skills include experience in a fast-paced administrative role, proficiency in IT systems, and excellent communication abilities. This is a 12-month fixed-term opportunity covering maternity leave, offering competitive benefits including annual leave, healthcare, and a discretionary bonus.

Benefits

26 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Annual discretionary bonus

Lifestyle discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced administrative/operations environment.
• Experience using IT systems for administrative processes.
• Creative thinking for problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Provide targeted operational support to the Talent department.
• Coordinate safeguarding obligations and compliance.
• Support staff engagement and development processes.
• Manage finance-related tasks and expense processing.
• Coordinate travel for department staff.

Skills

Proven experience in an administrative environment

Confident in using initiative

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Flexible with changing demands

Competent in MS Office

Tools

Business World/UNIT 4

Concur

SAP

SAGE

Job description

Closing Date of Applications - 19/01/2026

Please note, this is a 12-month fixed-term opportunity to cover maternity leave

Our Story

Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of thirteen clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.

Our Winning Team

Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

This is Your City

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and dental cover, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Purpose

The Talent Operations Executive will play a vital role in supporting the Scouting and Recruitment team within the Global Football department at City Football Group, by ensuring the delivery of accurate, timely, and proactive operational support.

Your Impact

1. Administrative Operations - Provide administrative and targeted operations support to the Talent department, with specific emphasis on scouting and recruitment. Targeted work in 3 specific areas of efficiency, governance and compliance.
2. Safeguarding - Offer support and coordination of the department’s safeguarding obligations, DBS and international police checks, tracking of compliance in relation to qualifications and supporting staff CPD in this area.
3. Staff Engagement - Support the process of staff induction and continued development, coordination of sessions, direct involvement in elements of the induction process and processing all new starter documentation.
4. Finance - Coordinate the process of expenses claims, match fee claims, invoicing, developing processes to improve efficiency, accuracy and reporting across scouting and recruitment. Leading the inputting of expenses and processing directly on to the system, when required. Also offering support to key members of the team with individual expense claims.
5. Travel - Support the coordination of travel for the department during office hours and support staff, managers, and players that require travel to be booked on their behalf including support for the medicals process and CPD events, including booking and coordination of group travel.

What we are looking for

Essential

• Proven experience working in a complex, fast paced administrative/operations environment
• Experience of using IT systems to carry out administrative processes such as processing expenses, purchase orders and booking travel
• Confident in using own initiative, conscientious, self-motivated, excellent communication skills
• Ability to work efficiently with good attention to detail
• Flexible in dealing with last minute changes and demands
• Competent in using MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in a football/professional sport operations environment or complex international business
• Experience using relevant systems such as Business World/UNIT 4, Concur, SAP, SAGE to complete financial tasks and management
• Additional language skills
• Event management experience
• Ability to think creatively and offer solutions to functional problems