FACILITIES ASSISTANT

Organisation: Saracens
Salary: £26,000 per annum
Location: StoneX Stadium
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 1 October 2025
Interview date: 12 October 2025
Job Description: The role is business critical and entails the coordination, facility compliance checks along with sport and community set up supporting both the Events, Catering, and the Facility Management functions of the business. The role will essentially ensure the smooth running of the venue on a day-to-day basis.

Reporting to the Facilities Manager, it is imperative for this post holder to ensure that the service provided to both internal and external stakeholders is of the highest degree. Care and welfare of all Saracens staff always need to be held in the highest regard by upholding and displaying the club’s values and core behaviours. The role requires someone who is confident and courteous and can build and sustain long term relationships with staff and external suppliers.

JOB TITLE: Facilities Assistant
LOCATION: StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London, NW4 1RL
REPORT TO: Facilities Manager
CONTRACT TYPE: Full time, permanent
SALARY: £26,000 per annum

Key areas of work will include:

1. Day to day stadium set up for internal and external users of the stadium
2. Saracens match day set up for both men and women’s fixtures
3. Facilities management compliance support

Match day /non match day duties

• Working closely with the Match Day Operations, Events and Catering departments to ensure match days and events are set up in accordance with Venue Programming requirements.

• Assist in the management of onsite stakeholders and tenants.

Facility Management Compliance Support

Working closely with the Facilities Manager and Senior Operations & Compliance Manager to:

• Ensure that health and safety policies are delivered in accordance with the regulations

• Ensure venue is checked pre and post event to ensure safety compliance and event checklist signed off.

• Ensure that the Wi-Fi, tills and other IT equipment are working and if not report to the IT contractor.

• Ensure that all Facility related compliance checks have been completed on a weekly basis. This includes Fire management, Water management, COSHH and all SGSA related compliance.

Other

• To communicate all site wide bookings effectively and timely with all company related departments or teams.

• The employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organisation. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive.

Personal Characteristics

• Motivated/Determined/Proactive
• Entrepreneurial/Innovative
• Relentlessly Positive
• Passionate
• Caring/Kind
• Ability to work independently and ‘get the job done’ and also work collaboratively as part of a team to achieve a common goal
• You thrive in and promote a culture of hard work, discipline, honesty, and humility to deliver results.
• You manage projects, activities, and resources effectively, assuming ownership and accountability for results.
• You encourage open discussion of different ideas and views; welcome and solicits feedback.
• You instil a continuous improvement mind-set and champions best practices.
• You are happy with a mix of getting your hands dirty and thinking strategically.
• This role may require the post holder to be able to work weekends for both men’s and women’s home matches

BENEFITS

Compensation
• Your manager reviews your salary every 24 months as a matter of course. However, proactive pay increases will be implemented to reflect growing responsibilities

Holiday
• 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays - please use them all!

Health & Wellbeing
• Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health

Sports & Entertainment
• After work events including football and tag rugby
• Ballot tickets for Saracens Home Games
• Ballot tickets for International Rugby Games
• Opportunities for discounted tickets to Saracens games and events for you and your family

Family
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave, if you’ve been with us for at least 26 weeks
• Life assurance with Zurich

Commuting
• We’re a member of the cycle-to-work scheme

Please note that Saracens reserves the right to amend any non-contractual benefits as business needs may require.
How to apply: Applications should be made by submitting a CV and covering letting incorporating suitability to the role. Applications should be sent to Sangita Asani, People Business Partner at recruitment@saracens.net. Closing date for applications is Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 5pm. Saracens Group positively welcomes and seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment. We encourage applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality. Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. If you have not heard from us by 7 days after the closing date of the role, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.