Organisation: Finsbury Park Sports Partnership

Role: General Manager for Community Athletics Track and Gym

Remuneration: £25 per hour - 3 days a week. £26K - £27K p.a. approx.

Contract type: Part time

Location: Finsbury Park, London

Closing date: To get in touch or to submit an application (by 6th February 2023) please email FPSP2022@gmail.com

About us

Finsbury Park Sports Partnership was created in 2013 by a consortium of local sport clubs & organisations who rallied together to save Finsbury Park Track & Gym which was rundown and threatened with closure by Haringey Council. FPSP agreed a 25-year lease with the council and secured funding from The London Marathon Charitable Trust, Sport England and the Mayor’s Fund for London, to refurbish the track & field facilities. This enabled community athletics fixtures to resume in 2017 after a haitus of several years.

Our facility provides for the full range of Track & Field Athletics competition events, with the infield also used as a practice and match pitch most frequently for American Football, along with a substantial track building containing a sports gym, meeting room, office and sizeable changing areas. We run the facility on a limited budget relying substantially on voluntary effort from founder clubs and organisations to supplement paid staffing.

The Role

We are looking for a General Manager to work on further developing our business including next stages in development of the facility in liaison with the Board of Trustees and/or any Board sub-committees. The role will also be responsible for managing the day to day operation of our facility, and ensuring that activities we host can proceed smoothly. Much of the time the General Manager will be the sole paid person at our organisation, supplemented by a part-time virtual assistant working 15 hrs per month, and intermittently by short-term part-time or casual staff and by volunteers.

Candidate Specification
Candidates should have a keen interest in sports and fitness and the desire to engage with the needs of local sports clubs and organisations and the local community.

Candidates should have the ability to produce business plans, work on complex grant applications, and be able to plan ahead whilst ensuring effective day to day running of the operation.

Candidates need to be able to work to deadlines in relation to grant applications and also in relation to ensuring the facility is ready to host competitions (for eg. TrackMark certification) for upcoming seasons.

The post-holder needs to be “self-sufficient”, be able to work on their own initiative, be able to take an inquisitive, proactive approach, manage their own time and be prepared to take responsibility.

Good communications skills are essential along with the ability to deal with a diverse range of users and stakeholders.

Location:

The General Manager will be based primarily on-site at the facility, but can within reason work remotely.