Kit and Cleaning Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Kit & Cleaning Department, ensuring high professional standards at all times.
• Plan and coordinate all playing, training, matchday and travel kit and equipment requirements.
• Oversee laundry operations, ensuring all kit is cleaned, maintained and prepared correctly.
• Manage the cleaning and presentation of First Team facilities, including dressing rooms, offices, dugouts and matchday areas.
• Manage staff rotas, workloads and schedules, providing leadership, support and development.
• Maintain accurate kit and equipment stock records, completing regular audits and addressing shortages or damage.
• Coordinate home and away match logistics, training camps and team travel, including packing, loading, transportation and setup.
• Manage procurement and departmental budgets, ensuring value for money and financial compliance.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, safeguarding, GDPR, FA, EFL and Club policies and procedures.
• Build effective relationships with players, coaches, support staff, management, venues and external stakeholders.
• Conduct quality checks and inspections to maintain consistently high standards.
• Manage the safe use, storage and handling of cleaning equipment and chemicals.
• Carry out minor kit/equipment maintenance and repairs where required.
• Respond quickly and professionally to changing operational demands and problems.
• Promote a professional, organised and high-performance environment across the Club.

About you

We are looking for an individual who is highly organised, dependable, proactive and solutions-focused, with the ability to operate effectively in a demanding professional football environment.

You will have:

• Previous experience managing kit and/or facilities operations within a professional football club or high-performance environment.
• Experience managing staff, rotas and work schedules.
• A full driving licence.
• FA Learning Safeguarding Children Certificate.
• Strong organisational, logistical and time-management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work to demanding deadlines.
• A strong understanding of Health & Safety requirements, including the safe use and storage of cleaning and laundry chemicals.
• Knowledge of relevant policies, procedures and regulations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to build effective working relationships with players, coaches, support staff, management and external stakeholders.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and spreadsheet management.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a wider high-performance team.
• A flexible and adaptable approach to changing operational requirements.
• A high level of integrity, confidentiality and professionalism.
• The physical ability to undertake the demands of the role, including walking, standing, bending, stretching, lifting and carrying.
• Relevant qualifications in English and Maths.

DESIRABLE

• Qualifications in operations, facilities management or a related discipline.
• Previous experience working within a controlled and regulated environment.
• Category D1 driving licence, where applicable.

About Us

Milton Keynes Dons Football Club, newly promoted to EFL League One, play at Stadium MK, a 30,500-capacity venue that sits at the heart of the wider Stadium MK Group. The Group's assets also include Arena MK, the Double Tree by Hilton Milton Keynes, a 304-bedroom hotel, and a 65,000-capacity music venue the National Bowl, making it one of the most diverse sport, leisure, and hospitality operations in the UK.