Academy Football Analyst Casual

The Role

We are looking for an Academy Football Analyst on a casual basis to assist in providing insightful and deliverable performance analysis within our Academy.

In this exciting role, you'll support and drive standards across all analysis processes at our club's highly reputable Hale End site and you will be entrusted to follow and develop our Academy's relevant analytics processes and workflows, ensuring alignment and optimal standards of quality are achieved.

You'll be encouraged to play a role in a range of collaborative projects and receive valuable individual development and work directly with high-level practitioners from across our club.

Please note: this is a seasonal casual role based on 15 hours a week

Who we are

Your day-to-day

Provide football analysis support to our U9-16 programme, including but not limited to, the following:

• Supporting video capture with world-leading camera software and developing training databases in line with our methodology
  
• Assisting full-time football analysts in live matchday capture, leading on various matchday setups (including away games)
  
• Filming and coding of home and away matches
  
• Providing video and other material to coaches/players that contributes towards individual player development
  
• Leading and/ or assisting in Academy/department projects
  
• Providing support to coach developer in the collection of information to enhance coach development provision
  
• Driving feedback opportunities to players and staff and developing innovative ways to visualise information/delivery
  
• Assisting in continuous production of Academy-wide documentation and learning resources (team/individual best practice libraries / playing philosophy etc)
  
• Exploring research routes that can plug knowledge gaps at our Academy and drive practises forwards

What we are looking for

• Background in professional football - you come equipped with previous experience of working within football in order to understand the unique nature of football culture
• Credible expertise - you hold an FA Level 1 Coaching License and a minimum Undergraduate Degree relating to the field of Sports Science, Coaching and Performance or Performance Analysis (it's desirable that you're currently undergoing a Postgraduate MSc Degree relating to the field of Sports Science, Coaching and Performance or Performance Analysis)
• Understanding of academy environments - you're able to demonstrate a level of understanding in elite academy environments
• Excellent communication skills - you can confidently communicate with coaches and players and you can facilitate the effective delivery of performance insights
• Expertise on our game - you have a good technical and tactical understanding of football and are well versed in a diverse range of strategies, systems, philosophies and game models, and you possess a willingness to further capabilities 
• Experience with key tools and platforms - you possess a good level of exposure and competency with software/hardware such as: MacBook Packages, Hudl Pro Suite – Hudl.com/Hudl Sportscode/Hudl Studio/CODA, Video Editing software
• Forward-thinking approach - you're motivated to continuously challenge, learn and move forward and you've got the ability to adapt in an ever-evolving industry
• Ambassador for our club - you strive to operate with discretion and champion our club values 
  

Arsenal for Everyone

Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch. 

Disability Confident Leader

We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

We are committed to ensuring that our environments for children, young people and adults at risk remain safe and inclusive. We therefore require successful candidates to complete a DBS check and other essential background checks prior to starting their employment. Depending on the responsibilities of the role, a DBS will be either a basic, standard, or enhanced check.