Job Location: Crystal Palace Football Club Training Ground, Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1RJ

Contract Type: Permanent/ Full time

Salary: Competitive

Crystal Palace Football Club are looking for an experience scout to join our scouting department to monitor and identify players in specific remits.

You will be responsible for…

• Identifying players through watching live and via video by (including but not limited to):
  
  
  
  • Provide scout reports on all players in specific remits, more detailed / frequent reports on key targets
  
  
  • Manage your time / coverage through video and travel to watch live
  
  
  • Maintain up-to-date records, reports and positional player lists using the club data management system
  
  
  • Attend / observe tournaments when directed or assigned to monitor a player / team
  
  
  
  


• Providing an additional point of contact with scouting and analysis department
  
  
  
  • Communicating on a weekly basis to discuss games attended, information gathered, tickets and the upcoming schedule
  
  
  • Attendance in department meetings
  
  
  
  


• Other duties and responsibilities as required by line manager


• Upholding and promoting the club’s policies and procedures, including Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities policies and procedures.

You will have…

• Experience using different scouting databases, video providers and tools


• Comfortable with MS Office 365, and other software


• Experience working in an Elite Environment at a Professional Club within scouting


• Experience of compiling reports from watching live matches and from video platforms


• Excellent communication skills


• Recognised FA Talent Identification Qualification (desirable)


• FA Safeguarding Certificate (desirable)


• Full clean driving license (desirable)

You are…         

• Able to work to a deadline


• Flexible and willing to travel


• Organised and a good manager of time

Crystal Palace Football Club is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare and protection of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, the post holder will be subject to any relevant security checks as required.