1st Team Video Scout

About The Role

Leicester City Football Club are excited to be seeking a First Team Video Scout to add to the Club’s Senior Recruitment team, who will be directly involved in the collaborative and technical scouting process aligned with the Club’s recruitment strategy. Predominantly focused on video analysis that enables the identification of talent for the Senior and Development teams, the

Who We’re Looking For

Predominantly focused on video analysis that enables the identification of talent for the Senior and Development teams, the ideal candidate will have significant knowledge of international leagues and market intelligence, experience in researching and curating player portfolios, and be comfortable from a technical perspective to edit and present data that will aid decision-making on prospective signings.

Other key duties will include;

-Monitoring and identification of players through video analysis for the Senior and/or Development teams as requested.

-Regularly editing and presenting of video footage of selected players.

-Responsible for maintaining position specific video archives.

-Collaborate across teams to improve the development and application of data in the identification and comparison of suitable profiles.

-Collate information to assist in creating player portfolios.

-To regularly attend and engage with departmental recruitment meetings.

Essential criteria includes;

-Experience using video-based editing software.

-Proficient in the use of analysis tools (e.g. Wyscout).

-Demonstrable technical and tactical footballing knowledge.

-High level analytical skills with a focus on attention to detail.

-Ability to prioritise workload and be comfortable working to stringent deadlines.

Desirable criteria includes;

-Previous working experience with elite-level sports scouting.

-Undergraduate qualification in a Sports Science (or similar) field.

-FA Talent Identification qualification(s).

About The Club

Knowing some of the history of Leicester City Football Club helps you appreciate the sense of community, spirit and family for which the Foxes are renowned for.

Formed in 1884, the Club was promoted to the Premier League in 2014 when the Foxes returned to the top tier as the Championship title-winners. In 2016, Leicester City became Premier League champions. This remarkable achievement qualified us for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the Club’s history, and we subsequently reached the quarterfinals. The Club continued to build on that success and celebrated lifting the prestigious FA Cup in May 2021. Following relegation from the Premier League in 2023, the Club made it the top priority to get straight back up and did so as Championship title-winners in the 2023-2024 season.

Under the stewardship of King Power and the Club’s CEO Susan Whelan, Leicester City Football Club is deeply committed to the local community and its supporters and continually strives to ensure that every point of engagement with fans is truly world class including the experience on matchdays. Investment in the Club continues, with the 2021 opening of a new state-of-the-art training ground in North Leicestershire.

Benefits Package

Leicester City Football Club offers a competitive salary and pension scheme with life assurance to all its permanent employees. Employees are able to benefit from free onsite parking as well as an onsite subsidised staff restaurant. Employees also benefit from up to 33 days’ annual leave including bank holidays.

Contract Type – Permanent
Hours Per Week –37.5