Title: First Team Performance Analyst Work Placement

Department: Performance Analysis

Based at: Blackburn Rovers Senior Training Centre, Brockhall Village, Old Langho, Blackburn BB6 8FA.

Reports to: Head of Performance Analysis

Placement length: 11 month work placement for the 2024/2025 football season (1st July 2024 – 31st May 2025).

Placement purpose: The successful student will have the opportunity to work and gain experience in all areas involving the Performance Analysis of our footballers from within the first team training and match day environment. The work placement will provide the successful candidate with a complete understanding of working within an elite sports environment.

Experience and development opportunities:

To be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all stakeholders, promoting their well-being whilst maintaining professional boundaries;
To assist in the collection and coding of match-day footage.
To assist in the collection and coding of training-day footage.
To assist in the collection and recording of statistical data.
To assist in the compilation of weekly reports with appropriate visual data.
Facilitate player self-analysis and reflection, team, unit and individual review sessions.
Support loan player analysis and review.
To assist in the management of Match Analysis information via HUDL, Teamworks, etc.
To assist with the management of the Performance Analysis and training database.
To assist in the creation of reports to assist generating individual players IDP’s.
To assist with the storage of individual and team footage on HUDL.
Relevant in-house training courses throughout the year will be provided to the successful student, mentored by the head of performance analysis.

Skills and knowledge required:

Open minded, eager to learn
Hard working and conscientious
Ambitious, driven
Flexible on time and tasks, with the ability to adapt.
Passion for sport and ideally football.
IT literate including Microsoft Word and Excel;
Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders;
Ability to perform group and individual presentations.

Qualifications required:

To be working towards a sports/coaching or performance analysis related degree at undergraduate or MSc level.

DBS check required: Yes (enhanced)