Jobs at Saracens

We're looking for a Project Officer to join the Saracens Foundation team.

Since its inception in 2000, the Saracens Foundation has worked in the surrounding areas of Hertfordshire and North London delivering more than 30 projects in these local communities where sport is used as a tool for empowering social change in behaviour to lead active, healthy and rewarding lives.

The role will report directly to the Development Manager within the team.

Saracens is an inclusive, people first organisation. A core part of achieving our mission is that our workforce is diverse and reflective of the community that we serve. There will be no discrimination in our recruitment and selection processes, nor when considering pay and benefits. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for the position and join us on our mission to enrich lives through sport and entertainment. (You can read more about diversity and inclusion here).

JOB TITLE:                          Project Officer (Disability)

LOCATION:                         Stone X Stadium, Hendon

CONTRACT TYPE:               Full Time, Fixed term (12 months - Maternity Cover)  

KEY STAKEHOLDERS:        All internal departments and external stakeholders

REPORTS TO:                  Development Manager

SALARY BRACKET:              £25,000 - £28,000 (SUBJECT TO EXPERIENCE)

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:  

Project Officers are responsible for leading the design, delivery, and coordination of sport for change projects across North London and Hertfordshire. You will be leading several projects in our disability area, providing young people and adults with pan disabilities access to physical activity, education, and employability opportunities. These projects are Sarrie’s Skills Club, a programme developing motor skills for young people with severe autism aged 14-25, Strictly Sarrie, a programme which encourages movement through dance for young people with disabilities and Track Club, our mixed ability athletics sessions. Our mission is to integrate people with disabilities into their local communities, tackling discrimination and changing perceptions.

You will be ‘hands-on’, developing, leading, and delivering alongside the operational and Foundation targets set out within the Foundation strategy. You will manage projects to create and deliver industry leading programmes. 

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Develop and deliver the projects for individuals with disabilities to have a positive impact on their lives as well as their families.
2. Support and lead in the design, delivery, and coordination of projects, including budgeting and administration.
3. Create and implement an effective monitoring and evaluation strategy to measure the disability’ project outcomes.
4. Build and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external.
5. Coordinate with the Foundation team to ensure high quality and safe delivery that exceeds expectations and delivers maximum impact.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The successful candidate will possess the following:

Skills

• Experience in working with people with disabilities, to a variety of ages/levels of experience.
• Knowledge & experience of the disability sport landscape with an understanding of barriers to participation for people with disabilities in sport.
• Ability to deliver inspiring and engaging sessions to groups with disabilities, both with learning disabilities and physical disabilities.
• A passion for sport for change and understanding of the work undertaken by the Foundation in this area.
• A ‘people’s person’ with excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong internal and external relationships.
• Energy/motivation and be an inspiration to your audience.
• Good organisation and time management skills.
• Ability to communicate internally and externally – empowering us to ‘shout’ about what we do.
• Great ICT capability.
• Sport Coaching Qualification.
• Willingness to be flexible, if required.

Desirable

• Knowledge & understanding of the potential pathways for positive progression for people with disabilities.
• An understanding of the sport for change landscape, and the desired impacts of these projects.

Personal Characteristics

• You have a relentless focus and are a great team player.
• You thrive in and promote a culture of hard work, discipline, honesty, and humility to deliver results.
• You manage delivery effectively, assuming personal ownership and accountability for results.
• Be organised and efficient in your approach to your work and tasks.
• Be flexible in your approach to managing your workload but also possess the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

BENEFITS

Compensation

• Dependant on the charity’s financial performance, the Saracens Foundation may conduct an annual pay review. However, proactive pay increases may be implemented to reflect growing responsibilities.

Working from home

• We all work from the office on Mondays and Thursdays. This keeps team collaboration and engagement high.
• If you are normally office-based, you can still work from home occasionally - as long as you have a good internet connection and a private, quiet space which allows you to do your best work.

Holiday

• 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays.

Health & Wellbeing

• Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health.

Sports & Entertainment

• 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 insurance with Zurich.

Commuting

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

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 26^th June, 2025, at 5pm.

We anticipate first stage interviews to take place on week commencing the 30^th June, 2025.

Saracens 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.

This is a direct recruitment drive, so agencies please.

Saracens Rugby Club are looking for a Performance Analyst student to assist our Academy team on training days and match days for the 2025/2026 season. The first part of this programme, is to find an individual who wishes and is committed in gaining experience as a Performance Analyst for the season. The individual will gain exposure in this area so a relevant qualification, such as a degree in sports science or similar, will aid their development. This is an exciting opportunity for you to develop your early career and gain experience with an elite group of coaches and support staff. This opportunity is well suited to a student who is looking for a placement year, training or education opportunities alongside their studies or in a placement year from university.  

Reporting to: Academy Analyst

Location:  The Training Ground, Woollam Playing Fields, St Albans, Herts, AL3 6BB and occasionally, StoneX Stadium – Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London, NW4 1RL

Start Date: July 2025

Closing Date: 30^th June 2025 at 5pm

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with the academy team assisting with the filming, coding and uploading of training sessions.
• Assisting in the filming of academy matches.
• Live and post-match coding of academy matches and loan club matches.
• Support in the production and delivery of team and individual meetings including motivational videos.
• Assisting in the creation and maintenance of high quality presentations and research projects using a variety of methods and materials

Internship Details:

• 2025/26 Season (July-May).
• The placement will consist of 2/3 training days per week and match days.
• As a Club we are supportive and encourage you to gain as much from this role to better your career prospects. We are happy to do our best to provide tasks and/or additional opportunities that help facilitate meeting the associated learning outcomes and provide feedback as required.

How to Apply:

Please send a video CV (no longer than 3 minutes) and a covering letter to louisbodrozic@saracens.net.

Saracens 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.

This is a direct recruitment drive, so agencies please.

From humble beginnings, Saracens have developed into one of the worlds most respected, renowned and recognisable club rugby brand.  Every employee has a value and is key to our overall success and strengths both on and off the pitch.  Each individual who works at StoneX Stadium must feel the energy, drive, determination and desire to be bigger and better; constantly striving to do the best.

The role of Next Generation Senior Sales Executive is incredibly important to the overall success of the growth of the fanbase, aiming at group ticket sales and group engagement events.  Working across departments as well as looking for new business this role will be dealing directly with future fans to develop interest in the club and engage with them on different levels to begin their fan journey to eventually becoming seasonal members. This role will work with large groups and be able to differentiate between fans who will want to continue their journey and those that will find their own natural ceiling as a fan along that journey. The post holder will work collaboratively and inclusively with others ensuring participation in the adult engagement process. In doing so the post holder will further nurture positive relationships with stakeholders across our rugby and business community and build capacity within Saracens Next Generation rugby operations. The successful individual will be relentlessly positive in attitude towards all external stakeholders and deliver an unparalleled level of service, ensuring that the Saracens values of Honesty, Discipline, Work Rate and Humility are entrenched in everything they do.

This a full-time position, based at StoneX Stadium with a flexible working pattern and also being outside in local schools/camps when holiday camp delivery is scheduled.

Saracens is an inclusive, people first organisation. A core part of achieving our mission is that our workforce is diverse and reflective of the community that we serve. There will be no discrimination in our recruitment and selection processes, nor when considering pay and benefits. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for the position and join us on our mission to enrich lives through sport and entertainment. (You can read more about diversity and inclusion here).

DETAILS

• JOB TITLE: Next Generation Senior Sales Executive
• LOCATION: StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London, NW4 1RL
• CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent
• REPORTING TO: Head of Next Generation
• SALARY: £30,000-£35,000 (dependant on experience)
• KEY STAKEHOLDERS: All internal departments, external stakeholders including participants and sponsors

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Core Sales deliverables:

• Work with Head of Next Generation to produce and implement strategy aiming at new adult fans.
• Work within Alumni Group to promote higher end group ticketing strategies.
• Work with Partnerships team to promote higher end group ticketing strategies.
• Seek out new opportunities to promote higher end group ticketing strategies.
• Develop Engagement events aimed at new adult fans which will relate to ticketing strategies.
• Driving Saracens fandom or relationship through including but not exclusive to follows on social, signing up to Database/CRM programs as required by the role.

YOU SHOULD APPLY IF

Skills

• Proven ability to develop new opportunities through own self-motivation and drive
• Strong ability to communicate with all levels of customer internally and externally both written and verbal
• Pro active sales experience required
• Good understanding of budget management to ensure margins are met
• Exceptional listening and questioning skills to identify and truly understand customers’ needs
• Good understanding of rugby and ability to talk at length and in detail about all aspects of the game
• A ‘people person’ with excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong internal and external relationships
• Good communicator and facilitator with excellent presentation skills including ICT capability
• Able to multi task and manage workload effectively.
• Proven experience of delivering targeted revenue streams.
• Ability to be creative with event briefs to make them work.
• Experience with a CRM system and ability to learn a new tool (we use Ivvy)
• Ability to work flexible hours (the basic hours of work will be 37.5 hours per week, working five out of seven days, around the needs of the business)

Experience

• Working within a sales team.
• Strong existing network of rugby contacts
• Ability to work with business partners to maximise different markets throughout.
• Experience in dealing with senior stakeholders and the ability to build strong relationships internally and externally with key stakeholders, at all levels.

Personal Characteristics

• You have a relentless focus and are a great team player
• 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 personal ownership and accountability for results
• Proven ability to challenge and influence others
• Ability to quickly build professional, deep, long term relationships with stakeholders. Inspiring trust, confidence and commitment to Saracens
• Assertive, yet calm and works well under pressure
• Perception and awareness of when things may work
• You encourage open discussion of different ideas and views; welcome and solicit feedback
• You instil continuous improvement mind-set and champion best practices
• You are happy with a mix of getting your hands dirty and thinking strategically

BENEFITS

Compensation

• Your manager reviews your salary annually. However, proactive pay increases will be implemented to reflect growing responsibilities 

Holiday

• Up to 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

HOW TO APPLY:

Please apply with your CV and a covering letter explaining your interest and how your skillset matches the role.

Candidates should have a valid driver’s licence and access to a car as the role will involve travelling to multiple locations for delivery of project.

Applications should be sent to Sangita Asani, People Business Partner at recruitment@saracens.net.

Closing date for applications: Friday 6^th June 2025. Interviews to take place week commencing 16^th June 2025.

Saracens 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.

This is a direct recruitment drive, no agencies please.

Due to the ongoing success of the Saracens Foundation, we are seeking additional casual coaches to add to our delivery capacity and continue a high level of coaching on programmes across North London, Hertfordshire and Essex. This is a casual position which will have varied hours as required by the projects. The Saracens Foundation is a registered charity which exists to enhance the lives of children and young people through the power of sport. It achieves this through the delivery of high quality and innovative programmes that promote the benefits of sport, physical activity and a healthy lifestyle. Saracens Foundation delivers its work in partnership with key local statutory agencies including schools, colleges and FE establishments, county sports partnerships, local councils, youth offending teams and the local community.

RESPONSIBILITIES/REQUIREMENTS

You will be expected to coach a variety of inclusive tag, touch and contact rugby activities and deliver cross curricular sessions in a secondary and primary school setting. In addition to coaching, a key aspect of the role involves various admin tasks when necessary. Working across secondary schools, a proven ability to build relationships in these environments is essential.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• To deliver inclusive rugby sessions that includes delivering tag, touch or contact to boys and girls in schools, either curriculum or after-school.
• Plan, organise, deliver and review all sessions.
• Complete all aspects of monitoring and evaluation of all delivered sessions.
• Use the Saracens Way to engage and increase participation in under-represented groups.
• To have regular meetings/catch-ups with lead project officer.

ESSENTIAL

• UKCC Level 2 Coaching Qualification in Rugby Union.
• Experience of working with a range of children aged 6-18.
• Current Driving Licence and have access to a suitable vehicle.
• Hold or willing to apply for a current Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate.
• A passion for sport and an understanding of wider issues related to sport, health and education.
• Good organisation and time management skills.
• Excellent communication, motivation and ability to inspire others.
• Willingness to work flexible hours, if necessary.

DESIRABLE

• Attended 3 or more RFU CPD workshops
• Valid first aid qualification.
• Good understanding of barriers to participation in the local area.

Rate of pay: Applications: £25 per hour dependent on experience. Applicants should send a current CV and covering letter to milesthompson@saracens.net

This is ongoing recruitment campaign.

Saracens Foundation deliver a range of projects in the areas of North London and Hertfordshire. We are seeking to engage with casual dance and or gymnastics coaches to work on our Foundation Dance programme within our schools communities. We are looking for enthusiastic coaches who bring the energy to every session for all age ranges.

The post holder will be ‘hands-on’ developing, leading, and delivering dance and gymnastics sessions for the children in the schools we work in predominantly based in North London and Hertfordshire. The sessions will take place across the week from Monday to Friday. You will work alongside our full time dance team to ensure that dance sessions are being that are delivered provide an excellent service to our key stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deliver regular dance/gymnastics sessions to children from a range of ages.
• Coaches will plan & prepare dance/gymnastics sessions and provide positive playing experiences for all participants.
• Ensures that dance/gymnastics sessions are delivered to the highest standard.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with key stakeholders, including, but not limited to, key partner clubs.
• Coordinate with Foundation Dance team to ensure high quality and safe delivery that exceeds expectations.

ESSENTIALS FOR THE ROLE INCLUDE:

Level 2 Dance qualification.

Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will be required to obtain a Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate (DBS) through the Foundation.

Current driving licence and access to a suitable vehicle.

Good organisation and time management skills.

A passion for Dance/Gymnastics and understanding of the work undertaken by the Foundation in this area.

You will be expected to bring the energy/motivation and be an inspiration to your audience.

Willingness to be flexible, if required.

Rate of pay £25 per hour

The location of the delivery will be based at our network of schools in the North London and Hertfordshire areas.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidate should send in a short covering letter and a current CV via the form below

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 team 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.

Our renowned Saracens Pioneer Volunteer programme was established in the Olympic year of 2012. Saracens Pioneers are the life blood (DNA) of Saracens along with the staff and players. Match days are delivered with the support, participation, and time given by our volunteers, known as ‘The Pioneers’. The Pioneers make each and every home match day a unique and fabulous experience for all our visitors to StoneX Stadium.

We maintain a pool of up to 170 Pioneers with typically 90 to 100 volunteering on match day.  Recruitment cycles are annual and start in summer. The programme sets high expectations and has done so since inception in 2012, becoming the envy of many sporting organisations nationally and globally. The programme delivers an enhanced customer service to Spectators whilst upholding our Saracens core values.  Pioneers are part of the Saracens family, are highly valued throughout the club, partners, sponsors and fanbase.

Our Pioneers are a diverse group of people of all ages and backgrounds.  Some of our Pioneers travel from further afield, to support Saracens, besides those who live locally in and around North London.

Saracens Pioneers are a team of match day volunteers who represent the smiling faces of Saracens Rugby Club. This opportunity is for anyone interested in volunteering with an elite sporting organisation at its spectator events at StoneX Stadium. The programme will give volunteers practical insight into match day operations, crowd dynamics, as well as achieving a qualification in Spectator Safety.

Our programme currently consists of 16 home matches for Saracens Mens rugby matches that Pioneers can support throughout the season. Whilst we would love for our volunteers to support on all 16 matches, we know that this is not always possible. We do however hope that we cab get about +/- of 8 games throughout the season for Pioneers to support on.

The Pioneer Programme is inclusive and open to all. Primarily we are looking for individuals who are:

• Reliable, friendly, engaging and professional
• Over the age of 18
• Able to display good interpersonal, communication and excellent customer service skills
• Relentlessly positive, responsible, adaptable and energised at all times
• Enjoy working professionally in a team environment
• Supportive and sensitive to the needs of visitors, supporters, Pioneer colleagues and staff
• Able to demonstrate and abide by the Saracen’s core values of Honesty, Discipline, Humility and Work Rate.
• A level of mobility to achieve the Pioneer role within the stadium environment
• Stadium or rugby experience is not essential for the Pioneer role

Pioneer Match Day key roles and responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

Health and safety, welfare and the meeting and greeting to the very highest standards, of all our Spectators and visitors within the stadium environment on a match day.  Saracens Pioneers are a unique resource that draws on best practice for crowd safety management, stewarding and customer service to all our visitors.

Pioneers do provide a dedicated service to assist our disabled visitors.  A number of our Pioneers have professional experience working with client groups with a range of physical, emotional and learning challenges.

All of our Pioneers volunteer in Spectators Services in the following areas:

• Meeting & Greeting and welcoming Spectators, visitors and fans within and to the Stadium, through our three gates and at Edgware, Mill Hill Broadway and Mill Hill East stations, as well as at the Pursley Road bus stops and footpaths
• Undertaking ticketing duties at our three gates
• Working in our North, South, East (which includes hospitality areas) and West stands
• Working in our fan zone areas
• Working with our Hospitality Support Team.

VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

Behind the scenes there is a Volunteer Management and Volunteer Support team engaged in supporting, motivating, planning, logistics, HR, training/ development of our volunteers.  Looking after and supporting our Pioneers is extremely important to the programmer.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

We are looking for people who can show potential to become a Pioneer through skills and experience gained from their personal life, work, volunteer experiences and educational background as follows:

• Demonstrate flexibility to cover match day responsibilities in all areas of the volunteer role
• Undertake match day roles in a reliable, friendly, responsible and professional manner, making spectator safety a priority
• Demonstrate good communication that support and develop your potential to deliver excellent customer service within a team
• Show evidence of skills to volunteer in the Spectator Service roles with a passion for volunteering
• Show evidence of personal excellence and going that extra mile that would support the volunteer role
• Give evidence of being relentlessly positive, exceptional and energised at all times.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• It is a mandatory requirement that every volunteer achieves as soon as practicable possible lst4Sport Level 2 Certificate in Spectator Safety or shows evidence that they have achieved this qualification or equivalent. This qualification is provided by Saracens.
• Requirements in some areas would need mobility to climb stairs.
• Complete and meet criteria of volunteer orientation to achieve and confirm your Pioneer status

BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEERING

• Expenses reimbursed on agreed threshold for travel
• Meal & Refreshments provided whilst on duty
• Pioneer uniform
• Incentives to recognise the time and efforts of all Pioneers throughout the season through a variety of events.
• Opportunities to volunteer within other Saracen’s Sporting events
• The chance to build friendships and camaraderie with fellow Pioneers and colleagues

To find out more about the role and the opportunity to become a Saracens Pioneer, please complete the Pioneer application form on our Volunteer Management System. A member of our team will be in touch with you to progress your application.

Alternatively, if you want to know more about the programme, or if you know anyone else who may be interested in joining the team, please email pioneers@saracens.net.