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An exciting opportunity to join Vision Football Factory as an Operations Lead Apprentice
Supporting the day-to-day running of our busy football venue. You will gain hands-on experience in bookings, customer service, events, site operations, and team leadership, with a clear pathway towards supervisor and operational lead roles.
Operations & Business Support Apprentice
As an Operations Lead Apprentice at Vision Football Factory, you will support the day-to-day running of our busy football venue while developing the skills needed to progress into a supervisor or operational lead role. No two days are the same, and you will gain experience across bookings, customer service, events, parties, coaching programmes, community projects, and general venue operations.
Typical duties will include:
- Supporting the daily running of the venue, including opening, closing, customer welcome, bookings, and general enquiries.
- Helping manage pitch bookings, parties, coaching sessions, events, and community projects.
- Supporting the team with admin tasks, registers, attendance records, customer communication, and basic reporting.
- Assisting with staff coordination during sessions, parties, and busy periods.
- Helping maintain high standards across the venue, including customer service, safety, presentation, and organisation. Learning how to deal with customer feedback, solve problems, and support the smooth running of the business.
- Working alongside managers to understand leadership, planning, team communication, and operational decision-making.
- Supporting the development of new systems, processes, and ideas to improve how the venue operates.
This role is ideal for someone who is organised, confident with people, willing to learn, and interested in progressing into a future leadership role within a growing sports and community organisation.
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Course contents
Skilled in the use of multiple IT packages and systems relevant to the organisation in order to: write letters or emails, create proposals, perform financial processes, record and analyse data. Examples include MS Office or equivalent packages. Able to choose the most appropriate IT solution to suit the business problem. Able to update and review databases, record information, and produce data analysis where required.
- Produces accurate records and documents including: emails, letters, files, payments, reports, and proposals. Makes recommendations for improvements and present solutions to management. Drafts correspondence, writes reports, and able to review others' work. Maintains records and files, handles confidential information in compliance with the organisation's procedures. Coaches others in the processes required to complete these tasks.
- Exercises proactivity and good judgement. Makes effective decisions based on sound reasoning and is able to deal with challenges in a mature way. Seeks advice of more experienced team members when appropriate.
- Builds and maintains positive relationships within their own team and across the organisation. Demonstrates ability to influence and challenge appropriately. Becomes a role model to peers and team members, developing coaching skills as they gain area knowledge.
- Demonstrates good communication skills, whether face-to-face, on the telephone, in writing, or on digital platforms. Uses the most appropriate channels to communicate effectively. Demonstrates agility and confidence in communications, carrying authority appropriately. Understands and applies social media solutions appropriately. Answers questions from inside and outside of the organisation, representing the organisation or department.
- Completes tasks to a high standard. Demonstrates the necessary level of expertise required to complete tasks and applies themselves to continuously improve their work. Is able to review processes autonomously and make suggestions for improvements. Shares administrative best-practice across the organisation e.g. coaches others to perform tasks correctly. Applies problem-solving skills to resolve challenging or complex complaints and is a key point of contact for addressing issues.
- Takes responsibility for initiating and completing tasks, manages priorities and time in order to successfully meet deadlines. Positively manages the expectations of colleagues at all levels and sets a positive example for others in the workplace. Makes suggestions for improvements to working practice, showing understanding of implications beyond the immediate environment (e.g. impact on clients, suppliers, other parts of the organisation). Manages resources e.g. equipment or facilities. Organises meetings and events, takes minutes during meetings, and creates action logs as appropriate. Takes responsibility for logistics e.g. travel and accommodation.
- Uses relevant project management principles and tools to scope, plan, monitor, and report. Plans required resources to successfully deliver projects. Undertakes and leads projects as and when required.


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Vision Football Factory
Vision Football Factory is a not-for-profit community football venue offering high-quality indoor pitch hire, a fully licensed bar and kitchen, football parties, coaching sessions, and events. Alongside our commercial venue services, we deliver a range of community projects supporting children, young people, and families through sport, mentoring, youth provision, inclusive sessions, and positive activities that create opportunities, build confidence, and strengthen the local community.
Full time/part time employment with opportunities to progress within the company.
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