Matchday Driver

City Football Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused sports organisation in the UK is seeking a reliable driver to provide safe transportation for staff and participants attending away fixtures. The ideal candidate will possess a valid D1 (PCV) driver's license and demonstrate excellent driving skills. Responsibilities include planning efficient routes, ensuring roadworthiness, and maintaining effective communication. Successful candidates will prioritize passenger safety and adhere to safeguarding policies while fostering a supportive environment during travel. Position requires good physical fitness and a commitment to best practices.

Qualifications

• Driver's license must include D1 (PCV) classification.
• Demonstrated excellent driving skills.
• Knowledge of current traffic laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe transportation of staff and participants.
• Plan efficient routes to away fixtures.
• Communicate delays or route changes effectively.

Skills

Valid Driver’s License including D1 (PCV)

Excellent driving skills displaying best practice

Up-to-date knowledge of traffic laws and regulations

High sense of responsibility and care

Focused with good attention to detail

Resilient and adaptable to change

Mini-bus driving experience or Qualification

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Good physical fitness

Job description

Closing Date for Application: 16th February 2026

Purpose

Established in 1986, City in the Community is the registered charity of Manchester City and exists to empower healthier lives through football. Our programmes place physical and mental wellbeing at their core, whilst also creating healthy futures and healthy communities.

The purpose of this role is to provide safe and reliable transportation for CITC staff and participants travelling as part of our BTEC league. This role will be driving minibus vehicles up to 16-seat, to allow squads to travel to away fixtures as part of a set matchday programme.

Typically, assignments will be offered on a Wednesday, term-time from October to May.

Accountabilities

• Safe transportation of CITC staff and participants across a set schedule and planned route to ensure away fixtures can be attended.
• Efficient planning of timely routes to each fixture, considering traffic conditions and other relevant factors, to ensure the staff and players arrives in good time to complete their preparations for the game.
• Effective communication with CITC staff if there are delays, planned route changes or any other concerns that may affect the day’s schedule.
• Responsible for roadworthiness checks of the assigned vehicle and adherence to all safety protocol before, during and after travel, to ensure passenger safety is prioritised.
• Efficient record keeping of all trips, mileage and passenger counts to ensure required documentation can be evidenced.
• Ensuring that CITC’s Safeguarding policy and procedures are embedded to the highest standard. Work to ensure that safeguarding practices and principles are adhered to, ensuring our legal and moral obligations towards the framework.
• Ensuring that all CITC and CFG policies and procedures are adhered to across the team, escalating any breaches as appropriate.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Valid Driver’s License including D1 (PCV).
• Excellent driving skills displaying best practise.
• Up-to-date knowledge of traffic laws and regulations.
• High sense of responsibility and care, role‑modelling behaviours for the group.
• Being able to remain focused, paying good attention to detail.
• Resilient and adaptable to change.
• Mini‑bus driving experience or Qualification.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Good physical fitness.

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment, and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.