Port Vale Football Club is looking for an enthusiastic individual to join us as a Performance Analyst on a season long internship. You will provide detailed pre and post-match analysis for direct use by the First Team Manager and coaching staff.
Key Accountabilities
• Utilise a range of analytical tools to identify game insights that underpin the creation of dynamic learning stimulus that can be used across a range of learning resources.
• Work with the learning and development team to ensure performance analysis stimulus is maximised to support coaches across the game.
• Deliver performance analysis and game insights content on professional game courses.
• Develop collaborative links outside football to ensure content remains contemporary and relevant to the demands of the future game
• Execute additional tasks as required to meet FA Group changing priorities
What we are looking for :
Essential
• Degree in sports science or related area, specialising in Performance analysis (or equivalent experience)
• Ability to demonstrate good presentation, practical and theoretical delivery in both classroom and remote delivery settings.
• Use and application of analysis software and hardware
• Knowledge of football, specifically tactics and strategies applied by leading teams in the male and female game.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and capable of working independently.
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
• Organised and capable of working to deadlines and problem solving
Desirable
• Master’s degree in performance analysis or related discipline
• Knowledge of football and the requirements FA Education to support coach education and development.
• Experience of a range of analysis tools and technologies e.g. Coach Logic, Tableau.
• Excellent knowledge of contemporary models of performance analysis in elite sport including the supporting technology and methodology
If you are interested in finding out more feel free to get in touch via email – recruitment@port-vale.co.uk
Important…
If you send your application to Gary McNally (gary.mcnally@staffs.ac.uk), who is Head of Careers and Graduate Employability at the university, he will check it over before sending your application on to Port Vale F.C. Furthermore, Gary wil proof the applications, providing guidance and support in improving them, if necessary.