Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League and Women’s Super League Club, based in North London, with millions of global followers.

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.

The Women’s team gained promotion for the 2019–20 FA WSL season after finishing second in the 2018–19 FA Women's Championship and has been a professional full-time set-up since.

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

The Club operates out of multiple sites, including the Training Centre in Enfield where all Women’s First Team training and coaching activities occur.

The position will involve working irregular hours (e.g. evenings / Saturdays / Sundays / Bank Holidays).

JOB PURPOSE

The Tottenham Hotspur Women FC (THWFC) is a professional team which competes in the Barclays Women’s Super League, as well as domestically in The Women’s FA Cup and The FA Women's League Cup.

Under the guidance of the Head of Analysis, work within a team of analysts to support elite-level provision of technical insights for staff and players in the pre and post-match processes in addition to the filming and analysis of training. The role is required to work across all aspects of analysis provision with specific focus on the training and development needs of the players to ensure we are competing at the highest level of Women’s football.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. LEAD TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

• Oversee the filming of training to support team, unit & individual development.


• Ensure training is shared for players & staff on relevant platforms (hudl, video server)


• Lead and deliver on individual development plans in conjunction with coaching staff.


• Lead, maintain and evolve best practice databases for individual, unit, and team (Training / Game Model related)

2. DATA ANALYSIS

• Lead, maintain and evolve all post-match data reports to present to staff & players (Team, Set Pieces & Individual).


• Continually develop an evolving data report to allow for longitudinal analysis of team and individuals to support development of the game model (to incl. Set Pieces).


• Maintain and develop individual data reports to support development of players.

3. OPPOSITION & MATCH ANALYSIS

• Support the performance analysis needs of the first team to include pre-match, matchday, post-match and training.


• Assist in creating detailed opposition reports using video & performance data working in conjunction with the analysts to support preparations for matches.


• Lead matchday set up & support analysis provision providing in-game analysis functions in conjunction with other analysts (Live coding, filming, communications) as required.

4. SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYSIS PROVISION

• Support in the development of the game model & playing philosophy.


• Attend performance analysis CPD and in-service events.


• Represent the club and the department to the highest of standards.


• Assist in maintaining analysis equipment and software solutions.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Values & respects others with an ability to builds solid relationships to work collaboratively within the team.


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to facilitate interaction between team, coach, player and analyst.


• Assumes responsibility and accountability to deliver work to highest of standards.


• Highly organised to manage multiple tasks to stringent deadlines.


• Generates innovative ideas using creative problem-solving skills.


• Proactive attitude to continually push standards.


• Intrinsically motivated, demonstrating enthusiasm and a personal commitment to achieve individual and club objectives.


• Receptive to feedback regarding workflow, strengths, and areas for improvement.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working within a professional football club.


• Experience in leading/managing staff.


• Proficiency in filming football matches and training.


• A passion for football and player development.


• Knowledge and experience of relevant software(s) including Hudl Sportscode


• Excellent written and creative presentation skills


• IT Literate & competency using a variety of video-editing software.


• Skilled in using both Windows and Mac products (Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).


• Related Sports Science, Sports Coaching or Performance Analysis undergraduate degree.

Desirable

• Experience of using Studio software.


• Masters in Performance Analysis or related postgraduate degree.


• Coaching experience/qualifications.