First Team Analyst

Location: AESSEAL New York Stadium, Rotherham United Training Complex

Salary & Benefits: Dependent on experience

Hours Required: Permanent Contract 37.5 hours per week (includes evenings and weekends)

Key Relationships:

– First Team Manager
– First Team Coaching Staff
– First Team Assistant Analyst
– Scouting & Recruitment Department
– Medical Department
– Sports Performance Department
– Academy Staff

The Role:
The First Team Analyst is an important position to lead and develop the department and the provision of Analysis in the First Team.

Working closely with the First Team Coaching Staff, the successful applicant will lead and deliver the performance analysis provision whilst continually developing processes to ensure the highest possible standards.

Key Responsibilities

– To lead the first team analysis provision not limited to but including:
o Training analysis
o Opposition analysis
o Live in-match analysis
o Post-match analysis

– Lead with the creation of benchmarking through using data sets to assess team and individual performances over the course of the season.

– Contribute to accessibility of performance analysis support for players
– Management of analysis equipment
– Continually research and develop process based on best-practice world-wide
– Other ad-hoc tasks as required by the coaching staff

Technical Skills

A key part of the role is to be comfortable in a number of specific performance analysis softwares which include:

– Video Analysis softwares including but not limited to: Hudl, Hudl Sportscode, Studio
– Experience in live match analysis video capture
– Scouting Softwares such as Wyscout
– Data Visualisation softwares: Tableau, Python, R
– Excel, Numbers, Pages, Microsoft Word, Keynote, Powerpoint

Person Specification

– Masters or Undergraduate Degree in Sports Science or Performance Analysis (Desired)
– Experience working within a professional football club analysis department
– Hard working individual with a willingness to learn and improve
– Excellent communication skills.
– Able to deliver a high standard of work at all times
– Excellent organisational skills
– Ability to self-motivate and prioritise workloads
– Strong technical ability
– Team player
– A level of Footballing knowledge with the ability to apply this to the department
– Fully committed with a flexible approach to working hours and travel
– Full Driving License

Safeguarding :

Rotherham United takes safeguarding very seriously and is committed to ensuring that all children and adults at risk are safeguarded at all times when engaging in Club activities or services. The club has numerous safeguarding policies and best practice guidelines to support this and expects all employees to adopt such policies and practices at all times.

The club adheres to strict guidelines, policies and procedures when recruiting staff who work with children and/or adults at risk and is committed to ensuring staff receive appropriate safeguarding training suitable to their role/s. Successful applicants are expected to share the club’s approach to safeguarding at all times.

Equal Opportunities:

The post holder’s duties must be carried out in compliance with the Club’s Equal Opportunities
Policy, with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent Health and Safety Legislation.

Rotherham United is an equal opportunities employer and a signatory to the new FA Football
Leadership Diversity Code and all applicants for employment will be given equal opportunities irrespective of sex, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin.

These duties and responsibilities should be regarded as neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities within Rotherham United Football Club, commensurate with the post without changing the character of the post. This post requires a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) enhanced Criminal Records Check (CRC) check with a barred list check. The applicant must be prepared to submit a CRC application if they do not hold and FA CRC Certificate. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Information on all convictions including spent convictions must be declared, in line with the new Government Filtering
System.

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Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Additional leave
Company pension
Free parking
On-site parking
Wellness programme
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:

Bonus scheme
Education:

Bachelor’s (preferred)
Experience:

Football Analysis: 3 years (preferred)
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: One location