First Team Scout

Organisation: Tottenham Hotspur Football
Salary: Competitive
Location: Enfield, London
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 3 October 2025
Job Description: Who We Are
Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women鈥檚 Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that鈥檚 always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.

We offer world-class facilities: In 2019, we opened our state-of-the-art Stadium, a 拢1 billion landmark that鈥檚 the beating heart of North Tottenham鈥檚 transformation. More than just a football ground, it鈥檚 an engine of change 鈥� creating 4,000 jobs and injecting 拢300 million into the local economy every year.

We鈥檙e at our brightest when we鈥檙e all together. Our Club, our teams, our community.

There is only one Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur.

The Role
鈥� To provide comprehensive assessments on players who may be of interest to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
鈥� Responsible for assessing players within games both domestically & internationally.
鈥� Ability to make detailed and evidence-based recommendations on an ongoing basis.
鈥� The role will involve both working from home and working from the Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre.

About You
鈥� Regularly attend live games, both domestically and internationally, to assess players and report on them using bespoke scouting templates on Opta Pro Hub which are specific to the recruitment needs of Tottenham Hotspur Football club.
鈥� Make holistic and evidence-based recommendations regarding potential target players in line with our style of play & what we have currently in the First Team & U21 squads.
鈥� Liaise with the Chief Scout to identify, review, monitor and report on target teams and players to support the club鈥檚 overarching recruitment strategy (both First Team & Emerging Talent).
鈥� Compile and regularly update position specific shortlists in line with the recruitment demands at that time.
鈥� Assess players on video with the same enthusiasm and to the same detail and quality as when watching them play live in a stadium.
鈥� Contribute meaningfully throughout the scouting process (identification, assessment, recommendation).

What you will bring
Key Skills & Experience
鈥� A minimum of 3 years experience working in a scouting capacity within a professional football environment.
鈥� Demonstrates an ability to contextualize multiple factors associated with a player鈥檚 performance in order to make reliable & coherent overarching player recommendations.
鈥� IT literate and has significant experience of using scouting systems such as Opta Pro Hub and Wyscout.
鈥� Has comprehensive & up to date knowledge of both domestic and European competitions that are of specific relevance to Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
鈥� Embodies a strong work ethic and is proactive in formulating the most efficient and prioritized fixture schedules in relation to the specific recruitment demands at that time.
鈥� Able to prioritize the work of themselves and others (where applicable) to meet often time sensitive deadlines.
鈥� Excellent technical understanding and application.
鈥� Naturally inquisitive with a passion for generating new knowledge about players.

Personal Attributes
鈥� Able to evidence a dedication to continued professional development through the attendance of courses or the completion of industry related qualifications.
鈥� Excellent communication skills with an ability to connect when English is not a first language.
鈥� Develop, create, and maintain effective networks and working relationships with the ability to influence and inspire across all sectors.
鈥� Exceptional administrative and organisational skills.
鈥� Ability to manage and achieve personal and departmental objectives.
鈥� Exceptional aptitude with technology use and application.
鈥� Thrives in a fast-paced environment.
鈥� Collaborative working style with a low ego to constructively challenge themselves and others to drive standards and maintain excellence

The Tottenham Hotspur Way
Is to push harder, rise higher and forge greater. We involve, inspire and elevate one another to be our best selves, to produce exceptional on and off the pitch. Every day brings us opportunities to improve and make the impossible, possible.

Our values that bind us
DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE 鈥� Impossible made possible when we think outside the box
DARE TO CHANGE THE GAME 鈥� Relentlessly strive for glory and leave our mark on the world
DO IT OUR WAY 鈥� Win the right way, never at all costs.

Our Responsibility to you
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.

We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
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