Independent Assessor

The Premier League Charitable Fund (PLCF) is recruiting a number of Independent Assessors to support the implementation of its new quality assurance model. 

The Independent Assessors will complete objective evaluations of PLCF funded activity delivered by professional football club charities across England and Wales. These evaluations will follow a structured framework provided by the PLCF, designed to assess the quality of delivery across all Premier League programmes and funds. 

As representatives of the PLCF, Independent Assessors will visit club charities to evaluate practical delivery against a defined set of criteria. Assessors must be able to provide fair, balanced and constructive feedback in line with the specific guidelines for each Premier League programme.  

We are seeking motivated and highly capable individuals who can work to agreed schedules with both the PLCF and club charities, maintaining effective communication with key contacts throughout. The role involves an estimated commitment of up to eight days day per month, predominantly spent on-site at football club charities, with some time allocated for report writing.

Who we are

Established in 2010 to support the delivery of the Premier League Communities strategy, the Premier League Charitable Fund is one of the biggest sports charities in the world, distributing more than £35million a year to professional football club community organisations (CCOs), from the Premier League and partners. 

The Premier League Charitable Fund aims to create positive and lasting sporting, social, health and education outcomes for a wide range of beneficiaries, especially children and young people. The Premier League Charitable Fund team supports and inspires impactful work via 92+ CCOs, including those in the Premier League and English Football League. In turn, their work directly benefits more than 500,000 individuals at thousands of community venues and schools each year.

The Premier League Charitable Fund is an equal opportunities employer and strives to create an inclusive culture where talent can flourish. We believe in the potential of everyone and open our doors to those who share those values. All appointments will be made based on merit; however, we particularly encourage applications from women, people from minority ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people.  

• Pre-Visit Preparation: Review all relevant documentation, including programme handbooks, session plans, risk assessments, prior to each objective evaluation visit to ensure informed and effective evaluations
• Adhere to Evaluation Schedule: Follow the objective evaluation visit schedule provided by PLCF and manage travel logistics to and from assigned venues, remaining in contact with the football club charity lead contact
• Safeguarding Compliance: Promptly report any safeguarding concerns observed during visits to the club charity’s lead Safeguarding Officer or lead contact where appropriate, and to the PLCF Safeguarding Team, in line with the PLCF Safeguarding Policy
• Conduct Objective Evaluations: Complete the PLCF objective evaluation checklist for each project visit, providing detailed assessments against predefined quality criteria
• Familiarity with Evaluation Tools: Understand and apply the club charity and programme scorecard systems in the evaluation process
• Timely Submission of Reports: Submit completed objective evaluation checklists to the PLCF Quality Assurance Manager within 10 working days of each visit, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Provide Supplementary Feedback: Offer additional insights or clarifications to PLCF Quality Assurance Manager and programme teams as needed, based on observations from visits

• Knowledge of quality assurance and auditing practices, with experience in conducting evaluations or assessments of quality
• Adaptability and flexibility and the ability to work effectively in varied and changing environments
• Attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and consistency across all observations and reporting
• Experience of working with children and adults at risk and/or knowledge and understanding of issues that affect their safety, wellbeing and inclusion
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to provide clear, constructive and professional feedback
• Understanding of the sport for development sector, including experience working within community or charitable sport-based programmes

The Premier League is home to some of the most competitive and compelling football in the world. The League and its Clubs use the power and popularity of the competition to inspire fans, communities and partners in the UK and across the world. The Premier League brings people together from all backgrounds. It is a competition for everyone, everywhere and is available to watch in over 900 million homes in 189 countries.

We have a wide variety of responsibilities. These include organising the competition and its Handbook as well as managing the centralised broadcast and commercial rights. The work we do in conjunction with the Clubs also goes far beyond the 90 minutes. We support and provide a framework for youth development, we protect the organisation’s intellectual property, support the wider game and community programmes, undertake international development work and liaise with governing bodies and other leagues. 

The Premier League is an equal opportunities employer and strives to create an inclusive culture where talent can flourish. We believe in the potential of everyone and open our doors to those who share those values. All appointments will be made based on merit; however, we particularly encourage applications from women, people from minority ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people.