Loans and Emerging Talent Development Physiotherapist

Job description

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.

The Club is seeking a Loans & Emerging Talent Development Physiotherapist to ensure players are ready for competitive opportunities and promoting their physical and psychological development.

Job purpose

We are seeking a dedicated sports physiotherapist to support the monitoring, preparation, and integration of senior players, emerging talents, and loan players at THFC. This role involves ensuring players are ready for competitive opportunities and promoting their physical and psychological development.  The successful candidate will work collaboratively with Head of Loans and Pathways, in addition to both internal and external medical and sports science staff.

Key responsibilities

• Screening and player preparation.
• Monitoring and load management.
• Injury assessment, treatment, rehabilitation programming and RTT guidance for players both on and off-site.
• Data-driven decision making and reporting: Screening reports, Weekly load report, Loan player match exposure reporting, End-of-season reporting, Data analytics.
• Collaboration with medical, sports scientist, nutritionists and psychologists to ensure optimal player athletic develop and performance preparation is met.
• Build successful and collaborative working rapport with both internal and external technical coaches, medical and sports science staff.

Qualifications and Person specification

• Bachelor’s degree qualification in Physiotherapy.
• Relevant master’s degree qualification in Sports Science, Sports Medicine, Sports Physiotherapy or Sports Rehabilitation.
• Specialized knowledge in sports science, physical development, nutrition, and psychological support within elite sporting populations, preferably football experience.
• Knowledge of player development and loan management processes in sports is a bonus.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with players and staff.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain world-class standards in player support.
• Proven experience in sports performance analysis or data reporting, preferably in a football or sports environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets and generate actionable insights.
• Proficiency in data analysis software and tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, or similar).

How to apply

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Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to various background, DBS and reference checks for this role.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club welcomes applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.