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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.
Job Purpose:

Working to cover Academy fixtures and highlight the most talented players to Tottenham Hotspur FC across a variety of age groups.

Key Responsibilities:

Attend regionalised Academy fixtures under the direction of the National Recruitment Manager.
Identify and recommend players with the potential to join Tottenham Hotspur Academy.
Record and provide key details via scout reports for players of interest.
Attend regular meetings at the Academy and/or online to discuss regional players of interest, support trial process and develop understanding of players already in the Academy programmes.
Attend CPD to develop relevant knowledge.
Adhere to the Academy Recruitment strategy and processes.
Adhere to the Tottenham Hotspur Academy scouts code of conduct.
Abide by the FA and club safeguarding rules and regulations working with young children.
Person Specification:

Essential

FA Talent ID Level 1
Desirabel

FA Talent ID Level 2
FA Talent ID Level 3
Skills & Experience

Preferably experience of a similar role at Category 1-3 level
Identifiable track record in Academy scouting and recruitment
Personal Attributes:

Meticulous attention to detail
Highly skilled at building, developing and influencing relationships.
Extensive network of local contacts.
Ability to prioritise workload.
Excellent organisational qualities.
Empathetic, emotionally intelligent.
An aspiration to be an elite level practitioner
Can work to a high level on own initiative and as part of a team
Ability to work to tight deadlines.
Trustworthy and adherence to codes of conduct, ethics and confidentiality.
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.