Loans Manager

Charlton Athletic Community Trust; Stamping Ground (KY); On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Charlton Athletic Football Club in London is seeking a Mens First Team Loans Manager to oversee loan moves, coordinating between first team, U21s and academy to ensure players gain valuable senior experience.

You will identify loan opportunities, assess clubs, manage negotiations and monitor players’ progress with regular reviews, aiming to optimise development and wellbeing within the loan system.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in player development, loans, recruitment or football operations.
• Knowledge of UK and overseas football with an established network.
• Understanding of FA, EFL, Premier League and FIFA loan rules.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel for extensive travel.

Responsibilities

• Identify players who would benefit from a loan and assess potential clubs in the UK and overseas.
• Support negotiations and ensure placements meet relevant regulations.
• Act as main point of contact for players while on loan and provide regular progress feedback.
• Track progress via match attendance, training visits and video/data review.
• Contribute to loan decision making, recalls, extensions and player progression.

Skills

Player development

Loans management

Negotiation

Communication

Football operations

Driving licence

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Impect

Catapult

Wyscout

Job description

Mens First Team Loans Manager

Loans Manager

Charlton Athletic Football Club | Men’s First Team

Salary: Up to £45,000pa

Contract: Perm| Hours: 40 per week

Sparrows Lane, New Eltham, London, SE9 2JR | Extensive travel, evenings and weekends

Help turn the right loan move into a defining step in a player’s development.

A successful loan needs the right environment, clear objectives and someone who stays closely involved. At Charlton Athletic, we’re looking for a Loans Manager who can bring those elements together, helping players return better equipped for the demands of first-team football.

Reporting to the Head of Individual Development, you’ll work closely with the First Team Manager, Managing Director and Academy Manager to support the Club’s loan strategy. You’ll connect our men’s first team, U21s and academy programmes, helping create purposeful routes into senior football.

You’ll help identify players who would benefit from a loan and assess potential clubs in the UK and overseas. From playing style and likely minutes to coaching quality and welfare provision, you’ll look carefully at what each move can offer. Working with Football Operations, you’ll support negotiations and ensure placements meet the relevant regulations.

Once a player is away, you’ll be their main point of contact. Through match attendance, training-ground visits and regular individual reviews, you’ll track progress and give practical feedback using video and performance data. You’ll work with host clubs and our coaching, medical, performance and Player Care teams to support development and wellbeing throughout the loan.

Your insight will help shape decisions on recalls, extensions and each player’s next step. You’ll maintain accurate loan records, provide concise reports to football staff and contribute to due diligence on potential incoming loans. This is a role with direct influence on how the Club develops players and plans their progression.

We’re looking for someone who knows the game, builds trusted relationships and cares about the individual behind each move. You’ll combine sound football judgement with the organisation to manage several players, respond to changing circumstances and deliver under transfer-window pressure.

You’ll Bring

• A proven track record in player development, loans, recruitment or football operations within a professional football club.
• Knowledge of UK and overseas football, an established network and the judgement to assess suitable loan environments.
• A working knowledge of FA, EFL, Premier League and FIFA loan and registration rules.
• Confidence using Excel, PowerPoint and foSaveotball video and data platforms such as Impect, Catapult and Wyscout.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, discretion and a proactive, organised approach.
• A full UK driving licence, flexibility for extensive travel and evening and weekend matches, and the right to work in the UK.
• Experience managing loans at an EFL or Premier League club, supporting players aged 16–21, relevant coaching or scouting qualifications and additional languages would be an advantage.

If you want to help shape players’ next steps and contribute to Charlton’s men’s first-team pathway, we’d like to hear from you.

Charlton Athletic is committed to safeguarding children and young people and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Appointment is subject to satisfactory references, identity and right-to-work checks, and DBS clearance before starting.