Training Ground Guru | First Team Performance Analyst

WHO WE ARE

We are a football club with a desire to be the best and are always looking for talented people to join our Everton Family.

Everton is a workplace people crave to join, where extraordinary talented people belong, thrive and deliver the remarkable.

Everton Football Club is one of world sport's most respected and revered names - a by-word for innovation and professionalism during the course of a glittering history that spans three centuries.

One of the 12 founder members of the Football League, Everton has played more games in English football's top flight than any other club.

While rightly proud of our rich past, and Goodison Park, our home of more than 130 years, we are now setting our sights on an exciting future at a state-of-the-art new stadium currently being constructed on the banks of the iconic River Mersey.

In doing so, we remain committed to developing and supporting teams across our men’s, women’s and Academy set-ups that inspire and compete at the highest level of the game.

Our values underpin how we behave, how we represent our club in our city and across the world of football, and how we look after one another and our community. They provide a framework for how we work and engage with partners, suppliers and, most importantly, our fans.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Performance Analysis has come to play an integral role in football; we are continuing to look at how we gain a competitive edge on and off the pitch.

We feel that by using data and video to extract insights we can improve player performance and measure our alignment to our coaching philosophy. Because of this, we now have a unique and exciting opportunity for a Performance Analyst to join our Men’s First Team Performance Analysis Department at Finch Farm.

Reporting into our Men's Lead First Team Analyst, the role will focus on providing football analysis support to all the relevant First Team staff and players, where you will support and contribute to opposition analysis processes, match day performance and post match analysis.

Other key responsibilities as part of this role include:

Opposition Analysis

Leading on provisions and profiling within opposition analysis, for all competitions at Men’s First Team level; providing reviews and reports to Men’s First Team Coaches.
Creating detailed opponent dossiers utilising data, from a team and individual perspective, of opposition information; working closely with the Data Insights function of the Men’s First Team.
Coding and presentation of opposition footage; with telestrated presentations to enable understanding of insights.
Attend upcoming opposition team’s fixtures, as and when required. [Text Wrapping Break].

Set Piece Analysis

Working closely with our First Team Performance Analyst on set piece analysis provision. The role will utilise data analysis and video feedback techniques to provide detailed research on best practice related to set pieces.
Creating Set Piece Insights for the Men’s First Team, through creation, and evolution of video content and data.

Training Analysis

Play a key role in the capture & analysis of all relevant First Team training sessions. Enabling all sessions are ready for instant review.
Manage & database all training sessions in relation to our Game Model.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Essentially, we are looking for a talented and confident performance analyst who has the knowledge and skill to play an integral role in our Men’s First Team Performance Analysis Department.

You will be confident in communicating with all stakeholders as you will be leading the development and implementation of business intelligence and analytics strategies and really proving why data is important to a football club like ours.

If you are passionate about analysis with an ambitious spirit that can transcend across our Performance Analysis department then we would love to hear from you!

The role is permanent and will be based at Finch Farm training ground in Liverpool (Halewood); working 40 hours per week, the closing date of this advert is Monday 21st October 2024.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a substation amount of applications.

EVERTON FAMILY SAFER RECRUITMENT PRACTICES

The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a requirement of our safer recruitment practices, this role will require a Basic DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check or evidence that you are subscribed to the DBS Update Service information of which can be found here

This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications including proof of eligibility to work in the UK which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.

EQUITY & INCLUSION

Everton is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated, and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, those who identify as female and those from racially diverse communities.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/interview/onboarding process, please let us know by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team via email - careers@evertonfc.com

To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton welcomes applications from people of all walks of life. As part of our commitment to Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process should you require.

HOW TO APPLY

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