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.

Off the pitch, the Club has a strong and successful business model centred around building a platform for long-term success, which now includes a state-of-the-art Media Centre and Stadium

The club has a centralised Technology function that manages business technology solutions across the entire organisation. It also provides IT & AV / Broadcast support and manages Network and technology infrastructure.

The Broadcast Engineer is responsible for the maintenance and support of the Clubs broadcast infrastructure and video galleries.

JOB PURPOSE:

An in-house Broadcast Engineer is required with a solid broadcast industry background and experience in a broadcast engineering role.

The Club have broadcast facilities at both the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and at the new purpose-built Media Centre (The Clubhouse) at the Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre.  The Broadcast Engineer is responsible for the supporting all broadcast technology users including the Stadium Production Team (matchday bowl production) and the Channels Team (social and online content including SpursPlay OTT platform).

This role would be a 35-hour (5 out of 7day) contract across Monday to Sunday aligning with broadcast requirements. You would be required to work across our various sites - the Stadium, our Lilywhite House offices, and our Training Centre in Enfield.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the management, maintenance, system upgrades and operational support of broadcast software and hardware used within the Club.


• Support a wide variety of broadcast software and hardware including Ross Carbonite, Ross Xpression, Ross Ultrix, Ross Mira, Disguise media servers, Disguise XR stage, Artist communications, Riedel MediorNet, Live U, Telestream and other streaming solutions.


• Support studio lighting system – ETC EOS.


• Support camera systems including Mo-Sys camera tracking, BlackTrax real-time tracking, Sony and Bradley PTZ systems.


• Maintenance and support of Edit Suites


• Support of video galleries and all broadcast technology during match / event days (including football, NFL, boxing, rugby, concerts and conference and events).


• Support live and pre-recorded shows on the SpursPlay OTT platform from the Clubhouse, stadium and occasionally offsite.


• Responsible for all technical planning including documentation for all shows and events.


• Responsible for post event reports including any follow-up action to complete in the event of any technical issues.


• Support pre and post-match Press Conferences.


• Manage broadcast projects and expansion across all Club locations.


• Document all processes and procedures required for all Broadcast activities including maintenance, operations support, and system upgrades.


• Work with organisations who are utilising the Stadium for non THFC events to plan and facilitate their stadium production / broadcast requirements.


• Document processes and requirements for each event, to ensure requirements are agreed and easily managed for repeat or return events.


• Work with 3^rdparty suppliers in accordance with support contracts and warranties.


• Use service desk software to effectively manage all support and service requests.


• Comprehensive ability to troubleshoot a wide range of technology incidents and problems.


• Responsible for all operational testing and pre-event checks of Broadcast equipment to prior to an event day.


• Work closely with the wider IT Team and Stadium Production teams to ensure that the broadcast technology is being utilised to its potential, offering recommendations on how the match day experience could be enhanced and processes improved.


• Liaise with host broadcasters (local and international) on Matchdays and during in the build-up to events.


• Managing software upgrades of broadcast technology in line with IT policy and procedures.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experienced engineer with solid experience of video technology and audio formats / transport.


• Live system experience with Ross video products; ideally Ultrix, Carbonite, Xpression & Mira


• Live system experience with Riedel MediorNet and Artist Comms


• Live system experience of LiveU


• Experience with Disguise software.


• Experienced with Disguise XR Stage, mixed reality, virtual sets and volume stages.


• Experience of managing Media Archive Management (MAM) systems.


• Ability to fault find and resolve technical issues in time sensitive high-pressure situations.


• Must be able to work in a high pressure, fast-paced broadcast environment during Matchdays. Adapting to production operators’ requirements and providing support to multiple requestors.


• Comprehensive knowledge of encoding and compression standards


• Ability to prioritise requests from multiple people during matchday operations.


• Solid understanding of IP networking.


• Competent with fibre patching, cleaning and fault finding


• Competent with OB broadcast cabling, cleaning and fault finding


• Organised, tidy and attention to detail is vital, ensuring equipment is setup properly and neatly along with keeping equipment stocks organised and maintained


• Proactive attitude to work, looking for and solving potential risks before they become problematic

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Thinks ahead, generates ideas.


• Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates.


• Gets things done and delivers to high standards.


• Incredibly high attention to detail.


• Efficient and focused on continuous improvement.


• Confident communicator with strong inter-personal skills.


• Self-sufficient and motivated.


• A flexible attitude.