Independent Football Regulator - Investigations and Enforcement Senior Manager
| Posting date: | 27 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £67,987 to £80,556 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 September 2025 |
| Location: | m2 3aw |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 415233/1 |
Summary
We lead the Government's work on the future governance of football. At present, there is a Shadow Football Regulator made up of circa 50 members of staff, led by an interim Chief Operating Officer. This team will transfer out of DCMS to be the Independent Football Regulator in 2025, no earlier than October.
The team is currently undertaking a range of activities in preparation for the establishment of the IFR, which was created when the Football Governance Act became law in July.
While this role is being advertised through DCMS, it will be based in the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) and will not start until the IFR has been fully established as an independent body i.e. no earlier than October.
You will be employed on the terms and conditions of the Independent Football Regulator. Please see slide 10 for more information.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead the development of the enforcement function in the IFR to deliver robust cases in a timely and legally defensible way, across the breadth of the IFR's enforcement powers.
- Recruit, develop and train a small team of enforcement caseworkers with the requisite investigatory, analytical and decision making skills and experience.
- Identify and manage cross cutting enforcement issues. Collaborate with policy, legal and supervision colleagues to successfully implement the legal framework through the development of enforcement rules, guidance and internal governance.
- Oversee a portfolio of enforcement cases, managing and mitigating the legal risks to deliver robust and impactful outcomes.
We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role.
This will be hosted by Martyn Henderson, and will take place on:
- Monday 1st September at 3.30pm
The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department. It will also be an opportunity for you to ask
any questions.
Please register your interest by filling out this form and you will be sent an invitation. The invites will be sent the night before the session. The sessions are not
recorded.
Please note that the session will not focus on the DCMS recruitment process - please direct any queries that you have on this topic (timelines, reasonable adjustments, onboarding etc) to joseph.alford@dcms.gov.uk
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