Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North London.

Led by the late great Bill Nicholson, the Club became the first in England to win the League and FA Cup Double in 1961, and the first in the UK to win a European Trophy two years later. Spurs has since been home to some of the game’s great entertainers, including Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, David Ginola, Gareth Bale, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane.

In April 2019, the Club opened an iconic new stadium that sits at the heart of a £1billion sport-led regeneration of North Tottenham. The stadium is the largest football club stadium in London and is a multi-use venue with the ability to host a variety of events 365 days a year, including NFL, boxing, rugby, concerts, and other major events, plus visitor attractions including Stadium Tours and the Dare Skywalk.

The stadium development scheme has to date created more than 4,000 new jobs for local people, with circa £300m pumped into the local economy each year.

Tottenham Hotspur has:

• A clear strategy to develop talent from within its Academy, showcased by a strong track record of Academy players graduating to the first-team squad.


• A £100m state-of-the-art Training Centre that supports the Club’s ambition to attract, develop and retain the best talent.


• Commercial partnerships with globally recognised brands including AIA Group Limited (AIA), one of the world’s leading providers of life insurance services, and Nike, the world’s leading sports footwear and apparel company.


• A commitment to minimizing its environmental impact across Club operations, being named as the greenest in the Premier League for the past three years. Tottenham Hotspur is a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, committing to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and become net zero carbon by 2040.


• An award-winning Foundation that is renowned for creating opportunities to help enhance the lives of people in its local community through education, employment, health, and social inclusion programmes.

 JOB PURPOSE 

To assist and support the Head of Academy Sport Science to meet the objectives and vison of the Sport Science Department and Academy Management.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the strategic and operational implementation of psychology throughout the academy. In addition, the successful candidate will be required to collaborate with the inter-disciplinary team to deliver psychological interventions in-line with Tottenham Hotspur’s academy game and training model.

The working hours will be 35 hours per week, with some flexibly expected, which will be across Monday – Sunday on a rota basis. This will involve some unsocial working hours due to fixtures which may be across bank holidays or seasonal holiday periods.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• In collaboration with the Head of Academy Sport Medicine; create, oversee and deliver (age specific) psychology curriculum that covers the FP to PDP.


• With the assistance of coaching and support staff, deliver a Tottenham Hotspur Football Club focused Psychology and wellbeing curriculum/model for all age groups.


• Create and implement Player profiling in line within the requirements of the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP).


• Develop the skills and capabilities of the PDP players to enable them to deal with the challenges of daily life, both in and outside of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.


• Support the Pastoral MDT with the implementation of a Mental Health Strategy where appropriate.


• Assist in the delivery of a parent programme to broaden their knowledge of psychology and how it can aid the development of their child.


• Demonstrate an ability to translate evidence-based research into context specific resources for the applied football environment


• Any other duties commensurate with the position/grade as required by the department.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Proactive in nature and able to generate innovative ideas


• Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates


• Gets things done, delivers to highest of standards, takes responsibility and is able to be flexible.


• Exceptionally high degree of personal and professional integrity.


• A strong team ethos with demonstrable abilities in building and maintaining productive relationships with both coaching and playing staff within a high-performance environment.


• Excellent interpersonal skills, with clear and adaptable communication skills that foster productive working relationships at all levels.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree in Psychology, Sports Psychology or equivalent


• Extensive experience delivering effective Psychological support in Elite Sport with Youth athletes


• Postgraduate Degree in Psychology, Sports Psychology or equivalent


• HCPC Registered


• Current Safeguarding Children and Adult certificate


• Knowledge of professional football and the demands of the modern game


• Excellent IT skills