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Are you passionate about player insights that support winning England teams?
This role leads the strategic and operational development of a comprehensive, trans-disciplinary Player Insight service for England Men's teams.
Facilitating the expertise from all functions, driving player conversations, informing selection and actionable interventions, bringing teams together to ensure performance and culture is aligned in order to achieve our vision.
About the Team
left;>Our FA Technical teams support all aspects of Men's and Women's elite performance
- including para football, the elite format of disability football that runs parallel to the mainstream game
- so we can help England teams to win tournaments.
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left;>Our teams manage everything from identifying talent to the development and coaching of multi-disciplinary teams throughout the age groups, up to our Senior England teams.
To deliver against our goal we have invested heavily in developing a team of exceptional people capable of creating winning England teams at our world-class training facilities at our National Football Centre, St.
George's Park
What You'll Do?
- Lead the development of an overall strategy and operational delivery plan for Player Insight which encompasses best practice in the use of visual, data and multi-disciplinary observations and measurements both on and off England duty to create comprehensive, benchmarked player profiles appropriate to each age group.
- Define the strategic direction of player insights to enhance the quality of player understanding across the technical directorate that covers aggregating intelligence form all functions which influences player identification, profiling, selection, interactions and management.
- Explore, engage and maintain a network of organisations, institutions, individuals and technology to accelerate the accuracy and depth of insight on individuals.
- Lead the creation and delivery of robust and comprehensive rating systems, depth charts and other visualisations to provide up-to-date and insightful analysis of player status and key areas of emphasis such as EQP.
- Lead the definition, evolution, and strategic delivery of regular cross phase player reviews in order to facilitate the Coaches and MDT to select and benchmark current talent.
- Lead the aggregation, analysis, presentation & maintenance of comprehensive player profiles for the senior professional development phase using information from all stakeholders and external sources.
- Lead the creation and delivery of key internal projects and external research associations which support the further development of player and performance Insight services.
- Develop close and trusted working relationships with Men's national coaches and MDT support staff to always ensure a cohesive trans-disciplinary approach.
- Develop and maintain an extensive network of organisations and individuals outside football with whom to share and develop best practice.
- Planning & management of departmental budget.
What You'll Need?
Essential for the role:
- A qualification at degree level (or equivalent) in sports science or a related discipline
- Track record of successfully leading teams of practitioners in elite sport.
- Demonstrable evidence of outstanding strategic and operational planning skills.
- Skilled in performance data analysis and making evidence-based player assessments and decisions.
- Detailed knowledge of Research & Development processes.
- Outstanding organisational, process, communication, and project management skills.
- Excellent written, communication and data presentation skills.
- Operates with professionalism, integrity and values aligned to The FA.
Beneficial to have:
- Has experience in an elite football environment, possess High level of football intelligence & understands the demands of the modern game.
- Creative presentation skills and experience of creating and delivering engaging workshops/presentations.
What's in it for you?
We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, in order to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football.
We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St.
George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.
We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:
- Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and wellbeing.
- Free, nutritious lunches, at Wembley Stadium and St.
George's Park.
- Free private medical cover.
- A contributory pension scheme.
- An additional Thank You days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave.
- A hybrid working model offering flexibility on where you work.
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