Organisation Manchester City Salary Competitive Location Manchester Contract type Fixed Term (Full time) Closing date 19 January 2026 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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