Senior Legal Advisor - Football Operations and Regulatory

Who we are:Everton Football Club is one of the icons of world club football. As one of the bastions of the global game, with a rich and successful history, we are now setting our sights on a new, exciting future.

Our values underpin how we behave, how we represent our club in our city, and across the world of football, and how we look after one another daily. They provide a framework for how we work with partners, suppliers, and most importantly our fans.

About the Opportunity:We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Legal Advisor to join our Legal – Football Operations and Regulatory team on a permanent basis. Working alongside the Head of Legal and Senior Legal Advisor (Football Operations and Regulatory), the successful candidate will provide a high-quality legal service across key areas of responsibility within the Everton Family to include:

• Corporate and Charity Governance
• Company Compliance
• Football Governance (First Team, Women and Academy)
• Football Operations (First Team, Women and Academy)
• Everton in the Community
• Everton Free School and Football College
• EFC Lotteries

You will work proactively and develop effective working relationships with key Club stakeholders, both internally and externally, with a focus upon providing high quality, strategic and proactive legal advice and company secretarial services.

Who are we looking for:We are looking for someone who is experienced in corporate, commercial and/or regulatory law. Essentially, you must have no less than 3 years PQE, gained from working within a leading national or international law firm, or equivalent in-house department. You must be qualified to practice law in England and Wales.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a very high standard of written English as well as professional communication skills, the ability to remain calm and provide high quality legal advice under pressure, personal integrity and commitment to providing sound and impartial legal advice to stakeholders which is always in the best interests of the Club.

The team is based at the iconic Royal Liver Building, and we are currently working on a hybrid approach (three days in the office, two days working from home).

The closing date of this advert is Thursday 17th March 2022 at 23:59.

The Everton Family is committed to equal opportunities and is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, we accept all job applications in a variety of formats and should you need any documents in a different format or require any further support or assistance please contact the Recruitment Team via email - careers@evertonfc.com.

The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.