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 in the development and implementation of the SS/S&C/Physical development performance strategy that will integrate into the vision and structure of the club.


• Assist in the design and delivery of the women’s strength and conditioning programme in alignment with football performance strategy of the club and Women’s PGA Head Coach.


• To ensure the practical implementation of best SS/S&C practice. This will include ongoing monitoring and evaluation to assess the impact of player development and performance.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Apply an interdisciplinary approach of working to SS/S&C/Physical development with the other sport science and medicine disciplines within the club.


• Evaluate and assess Women’s PGA players to monitor the progression of the Women’s performance objectives.


• Deliver exceptional physical performance provision for the Women’s PGA squads.


• To collaborate with the injury management team to deliver S&C programmes that contribute to the rehabilitation of injury and return to play.


• Assist in the development and delivery of a physical performance curriculum to the Women’s PGA, which encompasses all aspects of preparation, recovery, travel, and load management.


• Monitor the growth and maturation of the players in the PGA squads.


• Plan and deliver field and gym-based sessions for PGA players, ensuring a high standard of service.

• Design and delivery of individual performance development sessions, including multi-sport.


• Collect, analyse and report daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal physical loadings of all first team players.


• Monitor other performance data, including but not limited to wellness, menstrual cycle and recovery data.


• Provide high performance recovery strategies in collaboration with medical, nutrition and psychology staff.


• Be involved in devising and integrating SS/S&C research projects within the football club to continually develop applied practice.


• Set up/prepare all necessary equipment for each training and match day, including water bottles, GPS units, bands etc.


• Display evidence of continued professional development and utilise this to provide ideas of research-based innovative, practical strategies that are tailored to elite footballers.


• Develop and maintain an extensive network of organisations and individuals outside football with whom to share and develop best practice.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Specific Experience:

• BSc in a Sport Science discipline.

• A post-graduate qualification in Strength and Conditioning or Sport Science. Degree programmes must have included aspects related to physical preparation for sporting performance (e.g. physiology, kinesiology, anatomy, biomechanics and nutrition).

• UKSCA, NSCA or BASES Accreditation (or achievable within 6 months).


• First Aid Qualification.


• Experience of working within an MDT in a professional youth sport environment.

• A thorough understanding of the various sports science disciplines and their impact on the training and performance of elite youth athletes.

• Extensive experience in delivering physical performance coaching in elite sport.


• Experience handling and analysing performance data.

• A good understanding of scientific methods of trialling and validating assessment, monitoring and evaluation equipment and protocols.

• Excellent academic and applied knowledge of contemporary practice in physical performance development.

Desirable:

• Experience of having worked within multiple professional sports, particularly with youth athletes.

Abilities/Skills/Knowledge:

• An excellent understanding of the various SS/S&C principles that relate to the physical development of elite football players.


• A very good understanding of scientific methods of researching and developing assessment, monitoring, and evaluation protocols within an elite sport environment.


• Excellent S&C delivery skills including gym and pitch-based environments.


• Ability to conduct and evaluate appropriate assessment and monitoring procedures with teams and individuals.


• Excellent delivery and communication skills that can motivate behavioural change with players and coaches to have a positive impact on performance.


• Ability to develop productive relationships with other staff members, football players and their representatives.


• Ability to manage high personal workloads.


• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.


• Good presentation and data visualisation skills.


• A creative thinker, with good with problem solving and decision-making skills.


• Extensive knowledge of latest performance software and technologies.

Personal attributes:

• Highly motivated with the ability to motivate others.


• Enthusiasm and willingness to be flexible in approach to achieve desired outcomes.


• Pro-active and engaging style.


• Personal commitment to continuous personal professional development.


• Highest standards of professional and personal conduct, especially confidentiality.


• Ability to invoke trust and respect from others.