Youth Development Phase Football Insights Analyst

Brief Description JOB TITLE: YDP Football Insights Analyst DEPARTMENT: Football Insights & Intelligence REPORTING TO: U7-U15 Football Insights Lead JOB FUNCTION: A Youth Development Phase (YDP) Football Insights Analyst will provide video and data driven insights to support the development of players and teams across the Youth Development Phase age groups. This role is responsible for the delivery of high-quality insights to Directors, Coaches and Players to enhance decision making processes and overall performance development within the YDP age groups. LOCATION: Cobham. Domestic & International travel may also be required as part of this role CONTRACT: Full-Time Permanent Closing date: Thursday 4th September We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. In the event that we receive a large number of applications, the position may be filled before the listed closing date. To avoid missing out, please submit your application at your earliest convenience. About the role; The purpose of this role is to deliver high quality video and data football insights to directors, coaches and players to support the decision-making processes across the Youth Development Phase (YDP). This role is responsible for supporting players in their individual technical and tactical development through the delivery of a football education curriculum. This role is also responsible in providing video and data insights to support the development and performances of the YDP teams in line with the club’s Football Identity. In this role, the analyst must provide insights to club directors and coaches to support the decision making around player individual focus areas, team performance and retain & release decisions. Analysts are also expected to deliver actionable insights to colleagues as part of the formal player and team performance development reviews. Lastly, this individual should contribute to a culture of innovation across the department, with a focus on identifying and integrating technological advancements, new methods of analysis and enhanced feedback of insights reporting to coaches and players. Main Responsibilities • Lead the planning and delivery of the Analysis Football Curriculum to YDP players to support their technical & tactical development in line with the Football Identity and their individual focus areas. • Lead the planning and delivery of video and data insights to support the education of players during the day release weekly programme. • Provide detailed and timely video and data insights to support coaches and players in the pre-match preparation ahead of upcoming matches. • Provide concise, timely and impactful video and data insights during matches to support coaches in live decision making and player feedback. • Provide detailed and timely post-match video and data insights to directors and coaches to support post-match reflections and decision making in line with the Football Identity. • Lead and deliver the individual post-match video reflections for players in line with the Individual Player Library programme. • Track, monitor and report on the development of team and player development using the established Football Identity KPIs. • Provide consistent live and post training video and data insights to support the planning, delivery and reviews of training sessions. • Prepare and deliver data and video insights ahead of player and team development reviews. • Drive the delivery of Player Progress Meeting actions, including leading on all analysis related actions. • Collaborate with the departments Intelligence analysts to innovate existing data reporting and develop new reporting methods to support decision making across the club’s leadership. • Contribute to the development of the Football Identity Academy video library to support coaches and players in the ongoing education of the Football Identity. • Provide timely and detailed insights to support Directors with decision making around retain and release. • Drive and positively influence the insights innovation across the YDP teams in collaboration with the Head of Football insights & Intelligence • Support the Head of Football Insights & Intelligence with innovating the technology coverage across the YDP teams by researching and testing new technology and software that will support the delivery of data and video insights. • Regularly support and collaborate with colleagues across the department to enhance insights practices across the age groups. • Support the U7-U15 Football Insights Lead with any ad hoc or project requests. Skills And Behaviours Required In line with our Chelsea FC Insights Analyst Identity we value the following skills & behaviours: Hard Skills • Software & Hardware Fundamentals e.g. Hudl Pro Suite, Piston Tech, PowerBi • Data Analysis & Interpretation • Visualisation e.g. Data imagery • Problem Solving • Critical Thinking • Technical & Tactical Knowledge Soft Skills • Excellent team member • Excellent time Management • Enthusiastic • Inquisitive • Dependable • Excellent communicator Interview dates • 30 Minute online screening calls for all shortlisted candidates to be conducted on Wednesday 10th September or Thursday 11th September • Formal Interviews at Cobham on Monday 15th September or Tuesday 16th September Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion At Chelsea we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to Chelsea FC. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you. Chelsea FC is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk (vulnerable groups). We therefore require all successful applicants to complete a DBS Check prior to starting employment. Depending on the role, successful applicants may also be required to undergo other child protection screening where appropriate. This Job Description is not intended to be exhaustive; the duties and responsibilities may therefore vary over time according to the changing needs of the Club.