Everton set to recruit 500 new crowd stewards ahead of move to new stadium
A recruitment drive for 500 new crowd stewards has been launched by Everton FC ahead of its move to its new Bramley Moore-Dock stadium next summer.
The successful applicants for the casual positions will support the safety and supporter liaison operation on home matchdays and at other stadium events.
Everton’s current stewarding operation at Goodison Park requires around 500 stewards, with the efforts to double that number kick-starting what will be the biggest recruitment drive in the club’s recent history.
Casual matchday positions on offer will include crowd, lounge and accessibility stewards, safeguarding stewards, and other roles fundamental to the matchday operation and club efforts to deliver best-in-class fan experiences.
A search for customer service advisors and premium relationship managers began last month, with more vacancies to be advertised in the coming months.
As part of the recruitment process, applicants for the stewarding positions will be invited to assessment days taking place between November 2024 and January 2025.
Training, and a process to familiarise successful applicants with the new stadium, will then begin prior to a series of test events at the club’s new 52,888-capacity arena next year.
The first test event, for 10,000 fans, is expected to take place next February, followed by other events based on a 25,000 capacity, and a final event at full capacity.
Alix Waldron, Everton’s Director of New Stadium Development, said: “As well as being a hugely significant project for the football club, we have said from the very beginning that the new stadium would be a major boost for the city.
“We’ve seen that in the thousands of local contractors who have helped turn a derelict dock into a magnificent new stadium and we’re now at the point where we’re readying ourselves to move in and begin playing games next summer.”
He added: “Ensuring we have the workforce in place to safely and effectively deliver matchdays and events at Everton Stadium is among the final major steps we need to take, and we’re excited to be able to begin offering up opportunities for local people to be a part of this journey.”
In August, Everton announced it had teamed up with Aramark, one of the world’s leading food service providers, in a deal that will help turn Everton Stadium into “one of the most revolutionary and advanced venues for fan experience in Europe.”
Ongoing recruitment will see Everton and its partners offer hundreds more positions in areas including hospitality, customer service and operations, ahead of next summer’s move in time for the 2025-26 football season.
