Job Description

The Women's Technical Division are looking for a Data Analyst to lead the development of scalable and accessible reporting tools & systems specific to the Women's Game to deliver actionable insight that supports staff decision making regarding the identification, profiling and selection of players eligible for England teams.
What will you be doing?

• Work with the Recruitment Department on strategic priorities including, but not exclusively, player scouting, player monitoring, player identification and player selection
• Maintain and develop regular reports and visualisations to track talent reports, talent reporters and player coverage
• Develop statistical models to help the recruitment department identify, monitor, and assess the player pool
• Support the accurate reporting of English qualified players & coaches domestically and abroad
• Report regularly and accurately on the playing minutes within the pathway, and track trends over time to provide insight
• To be a translator of complex information to a variety of stakeholders. Both visually through verbal and visual means
• Write, maintain and share detailed documentation of processes
• Rigorous data checking processes to ensure both internal and external data sources are complete, accurate and consistent
• Work with the rest of the Data and Technology Team on strategic planning, team development and wider Technical Directorate projects
• Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety, and wellbeing can be maintained.
• As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What are we looking for?
Essential for the role:
Technical Skills

• Demonstrable competence of interacting with cloud databases using SQL language (preferably Google Big Query)
• Experience in working with Python libraries for data analysis. Including Pandas, NumPy & Matplotlib
• Background or qualification in mathematics or statistics
• Demonstrable competence with Tableau software to build intuitive narratives (or similar BI tools)

Experience

• Experience in presentation and story telling
• Experience presenting complex outputs to a range of stakeholders

Beneficial to have:
Knowledge / Experience / Skills

• Background of working within sport and handling multiple data sources including player biographical, player event & player tracking data
• Knowledge or Experience in web-scraping programming
• A natural curiosity for finding insights and critical thinking mindset
• Performance Analysis or Coaching background / qualifications
• Experience with Big Query ML or Vertex AI
• Knowledge or Experience of Streamlit build

What's in it for you?
We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.
We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
• Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
• Free private medical cover.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• An additional 'Thank You' days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract.)
• A hybrid working model offering greater flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page,
Currently, we are working within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary. The contractual location of this role can be found on the FA Careers page.
We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.
We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.
As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

Skills Required