Careers

I have worked for Huddersfield Town since 2006 in a number of different roles across departments including Retail, Commercial and now, Supporter Services. I have always liked the notion that although most of the staff employed at the Club can’t directly control anything that happens on the pitch, we all have an important role to play off it, and that contributes to everyone’s collective goal to be a competitive and sustainable Club in the top tier of football.

When I returned to work in 2017 after maternity leave, I was concerned about juggling work and childcare. The Club supported me in ensuring my working hours were flexible to meet the needs of my family, as well as giving access to a childcare voucher scheme that was available at the time. My professional development is also supported through my enrolment in a Leadership and Management course offering a formal qualification, which I commenced in September 2020 alongside colleagues within the Club.

I am grateful to work within a brilliant team, and I particularly enjoy being part of our Equality Working Group, a team of staff at all levels of the organisation whose aim is to ensure our policies, procedures and practices are inclusive and accessible.

I would encourage anyone thinking of applying for a role within the Club or Foundation to read the information on the Careers and Terriers Together pages of our website in particular, to learn about our values and the ways in which you can be supported as a staff member working for HTAFC.

When I first joined Huddersfield Town Football Club in 2018 as an IT Apprentice, I was under-confident in my technical ability, and I had never been part of a workplace before.

Joining the Club allowed me to greatly improve my technical knowledge and ability under the tutelage of the IT Manager, who has a great deal of experience. Meeting and getting to know all the friendly people that work at the Club also allowed me to become much more comfortable in the workplace.

I was able to gain several qualifications and was eventually offered a full-time and permanent position at the end of my apprenticeship. I greatly enjoy working at the Club, as I’m always learning new things in my role as an IT Network Engineer, and the people working with and around me make the working day a pleasant experience.

Working for Huddersfield Town offers a great opportunity to work in an interesting and unique industry. If you work hard in your role and help those around you, you will definitely see an appreciation for it from the rest of the Club.

I’ve been lucky enough to have been involved with both sides of the Football Club and it’s amazing to see where we are now from when I started. I’ve witnessed the Stadium where I grew up demolished and a brand new state of the art Stadium built before my very eyes. We went from 10 staff to the workforce we have today and throughout these massive changes, the family Club feel is exactly the same.

I joined Huddersfield Town in 1990 as an apprentice and signed my first pro-contract at the age of 18. Apart from having a 5 year spell away I played most of my career at the Club I loved and supported all my life. After playing well over 400 games for the club I played my last ever game at Leyton Orient, scoring my 150th and final goal, making me the third highest goal scorer in the Club’s history, something I am very proud of and hopefully the record will stand for a long time to come.

After my retirement I was made Club Ambassador and after my first week working behind the scenes I could not believe the amount of work that goes into putting on a football match once a week! One thing that stood out to me and still does to this day was the commitment, hard-work and loyalty of every staff member. Over the years I have worked with all the different departments and every day brings something different.

My department is Supporter Services where we work closely with our fan groups and junior clubs, look after the Family Stand and Fanzone on a match day and try and make sure home and away supporters get the best experience possible. We also work with local charities such as Yorkshire Air Ambulance and I’m very proud to say we have raised £2.2million for the ‘Keep It Up’ campaign which is a massive achievement for us as a Club.

I feel very lucky I’ve been associated with the Club as a player, an employee and supporter for so long and I am incredibly proud of the work we all do, both on and off the field.