Positions that we are looking to fill include Turnstile Operators, Bar Staff and Hospitality Staff.
To apply for any of the positions available, please email a short CV to office@rochdaleafc.co.uk before the closing date of Monday 14th July.
TURNSTILE OPERATORS
Working hours will be 1pm-3.30pm on weekend matchdays and 5.45pm-8.15pm for midweek matches. Once your shift is complete, operators will be allowed free admittance to the game. No previous experience is require and training is provided, but candidates must be aged 18 or over to apply.
BAR STAFF
The role includes preparing the bar areas for service, serving drinks and keeping the bar and front of house area clean and tidy.
HOSPITALITY STAFF
This includes working in the Club’s Hopsitality areas, serving beverages (including alcohol) and items to our guests.
SKILLS/ABILITIES REQUIRED
- Professional and proactive approach.
- Experience of working in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail.
- Must adhere to the highest standards of health and safety.
- Excellent communication skills.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Excellent interpersonal and social skills.
- The ability to work using your own initiative and as a member of a team.
- The ability to work effectively under pressure and be resilient.
SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
- We are committed to ensuring everyone who engages with the Club has a positive, safe and supportive experience. Staff are required to comply with all aspects of the Club Safeguarding Policies and arrangements, and to take personal responsibility and care to enable strong safeguarding practices to be embedded across the Club.
- In roles serving alcohol, we can only accept candidates aged 18 and over.
SAFEGUARDING AND SAFER RECRUITMENT
- Rochdale Football Club are committed to and has both a moral and legal obligation to ensure that all children and vulnerable adults are protected and kept safe from harm whilst engaged in services organised and provided by the club and believes that the general wellbeing, welfare and safety of all children and vulnerable adults engaged in club activities is of the upmost importance. The Club will fulfil its responsibilities by ensuring it displays best practice in safeguarding matters – including Safer Recruitment – carried out in a spirit of partnership and openness with the child or vulnerable adult, families, and the relevant local authority.
- Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a potential candidate from working with the Club. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offence(s) committed. As an organisation using the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to assess applicant’s suitability for positions of trust, the Club complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. Potential applicants need to check on the government website (https://www.gov.uk/tell-employer-or-college-about-criminal-record/what-information-you-need-to-give) whether cautions / convictions should be disclosed as part of their application.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
- Rochdale Football Club are committed to ensuring that equality, inclusion, and diversity of opportunity is at the very heart of everything we do to ensure we provide fair and non-prejudicial access to the services across the Club. We uphold everyone’s freedom of rights and choice to be different and aim to provide opportunities for everyone to succeed. It is the policy of the Club that no person, whether player, job applicant, employee, volunteer, or customer, shall be discriminated against. The Club opposes all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination, either direct or indirect, or harassment, on the grounds of the following ‘protected characteristics’: Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage & civil Partnership, Pregnancy & Maternity, Race, Religion or Belief, Sex and Sexual Orientation. Anyone who is found to be in breach of this could receive disciplinary action, which may well include suspension and dismissal.
- The Club is fully committed to the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Standards and as we are underrepresented in these areas; we particularly welcome ‘entry level’ applications from women, individuals from Black and Minority Ethnicities, the LGBT community and anyone with a disability.
