Health and Safety Coordinator - Events (FTC)

Organisation: The Football Association
Salary: Competitive
Location: Wembley Stadium
Contract type: Fixed Term (Full time)
Closing date: 21 January 2026
Job Description: It's everyone's stadium...

The FA are excited to be searching for a Health and Safety Coordinator to join the team on a fixed-term contract (up until November 2026)

The successful candidate will provide support to the Health & Safety Event Team to ensure a high-quality, well-informed and consistent event health & safety service to the Wembley Stadium Operations team is maintained by:

Supporting with administrative tasks for health and safety matters for the event delivery teams, both on Event Day and BAU
Seeking opportunities to highlight and discuss safety-related matters, promoting a proactive safety culture and ensuring that H&S remains firmly on everyone's agenda,
Driving continual improvement in health and safety standards and performance through a sensible, risk-based approach.

This role encompasses ‘bowl' events, conference & banqueting events, filming & commercial activity and the provision of advice to support FA ‘on-the-road' events across England. Due to the nature of the position, you will need to be flexible in line with the Wembley events calendar, which will involve evenings and weekend work.

What will you be doing?

Ensure Wembley National Stadium is a safe venue during events and event-related activities:

Actively undertake hazard walks and report logging as part of pre-event checks and on event days as required.
Actively review documentation relating to filming, commercial events, and conference & banqueting events activity at the stadium in advance of activity, so all potential risks are identified and understood.
Provide administrative support to the Event Day team with the raising of purchase orders and maintaining Event documentation.
Support the Event Team in the production of all safety-related documentation required of the venue in advance of events, e.g. Event Risk Assessments, Method Statements, etc.
Administering the H&S Incident reporting app, following up to enable efficient resolution.
Working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely updates to records such as the Event Handbooks, Incident Record, and Training Matrix.
Acting as a conduit with internal and external partners to ensure that the Wembley Stadium Operations Team all hold relevant PPE and noise protection for Events.

Assist with the continuing development of the Football Association Health and Safety Management System:

Assist with compiling written event H&S documents and reports as required, such as trend analysis of accidents and incidents.
To coordinate internal department H&S support and advice in relation to their event day operations, assisting in particular with risk assessments, method statements and safety training as appropriate, ensuring a consistent approach across the organisation.
To assist with inspections and audits of internal departments and contracted service providers in conjunction with the wider H&S Team to assess and improve health and safety performance.

Other:

Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that the highest standards of health, safety, and well-being can be maintained.
As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role:

Experience in providing administrative support.
Excellent proficiency in Microsoft 365 software and services, including Office suite, Teams and SharePoint.
Ability to negotiate, be diplomatic, self-motivated, proactive attitude, with a can-do approach, and focused on issue resolution.
The ability to liaise with and influence a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external, including regulatory authorities.
The ability to reasonably challenge a methodology and/or decision.
Experience working in a busy and dynamic environment.
A flexible approach to working hours.
Pro-active and positive attitude with the ability to use own initiative to support teams as required.

Beneficial to have:

Experience of working with applicable management system standards such as ISO45001.
A commitment to continuing professional development and continual improvement.
A membership of a professional body such as IOSH at any level.
Experience working with advanced applications such as Power BI and PowerApps.
Experience in Health & Safety/EventOperation-relatedd roles.
Ability to investigate accidents and incidents, implementing actions to prevent recurrence and improve health and safety standards.

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their role. To achieve this, we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire, which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We pride ourselves on offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encourages you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
Free private medical cover.
A contributory pension scheme.
An additional 'Thank You' day's leave, volunteering days, as well as 25 days of annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract)
A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page, https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/careers

Currently, we are working within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary. The contractual location of this role can be found on the FA Careers page.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.
How to apply: https://careers.thefa.com/jobs/vacancy/health-and-safety-coordinator---events-ftc--wnsl1036-wembley-stadium/2910/description/