Supervision Manager
| Posting date: | 02 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,700 to £77,480 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 November 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M2 3AW |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Get Staffed Online Recruitment Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BRA-6462-2 |
Summary
Supervision Manager
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday, 13th of October 2025
Location: Manchester, M2 3AW
Salary: £64,700 - £77,480 + benefits
Our client is looking for a Supervision Manager to join the Independent Football Regulator (IFR).
The supervision function will sit at the heart of the Independent Football Regulator, undertaking core regulatory activity such as conducting financial analysis of the clubs, processing applications for licences as well as monitoring ongoing compliance with licence conditions and rules. It will also be a focal point for managing the IFR's relationship with the clubs it regulates.
Alongside the day-to day activity, the successful candidate will play a crucial role in developing the supervision function within the new organisation, building capability and the operational processes and controls necessary to ensure effective oversight of clubs within the scope of the new regulatory framework.
They will need to ensure close working with data, policy, legal and enforcement teams so that regulatory oversight is effective and coherent and that the IFR's board is supported to take robust regulatory decisions.
Person Specification
Essential Requirements:
- Experience of financial supervision or ensuring compliance in a regulated sector, demonstrating sound judgement.
- Demonstrating sound judgement and ability to reach evidence-based decisions, balancing a range of considerations and complex sources of information to ensure legally defensible outcomes.
- Strong delivery capability, successfully delivering at pace in a complex and high-risk project / programme environment.
- Ability to influence direction and vision for the supervision function, setting it up for future success.
- A collaborative, stakeholder-focussed approach, with an ability to think creatively about new and emerging supervisory issue.
Desirable Skills:
- Expertise in Prudential Financial analysis, risk management or audit.
- Understanding of the football industry, including financial regulation and familiarity with the English football pyramid.
Benefits
Please note that this role is due to start when the Independent Football Regulator is fully operational, not before October 2025. All pre-employment checks must be carried out in advance of a start date being agreed upon.
If successful you will join a Non-Departmental Public Body and will be employed as a Public Servant.
If you are an existing Civil Servant or a DCMS employee, you will no longer have access to Civil Service benefits including the Civil Service pension.
The terms and conditions of employment include:
- Pension 12%- An employee contribution of 5%, with an employer contribution of 7%
- Flexible Benefit 8% - Employees can choose to invest 8% of their base salary into their pension, or take as cash (post tax)
- Reward - they will have a performance-based reward programme
- 31.5 days annual leave
- Flexible and hybrid working - 40% in office attendance
- Occupational sick pay
- 9 months paid Maternity Leave + generous paternity and adoption leave
- A bespoke L&D programme to help you achieve your personal CPD, including paid membership fees
- Cycle-to-work scheme and much more!