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Assistant 1st Team Performance Analyst
Brentford Football Club
Brentford Football Club is a professional football club in Brentford, West London, England, which competes in the Premier League, the highest tier of English football, having gained promotion via the playoffs at the end of the 2020–21 Championship season.
Job Posted- 20 Oct 2025
Status- Full Time
Location- England
Closing date- 30 Oct 2025
The Role of the Assistant 1st Team Performance Analyst
The successful candidate will assist and support the day-to-day functioning of the first team analysis department, working alongside the analysts of the Club. They will help contribute to all areas of analysis with an increased importance of their role revolving around data.
Main Accountabilities
- Managing, creating and developing Tableau Dashboards
- Producing Brentford & opposition reports
- Conducting opposition analysis
- Conducting individual & training Analysis
- Any other 1st Team related tasks as required
- Supporting Academy staff where necessary
- Ad-Hoc tasks as requested by your line manager
General Club Accountabilities
- To ensure that any concerns you observe, or are raised with you in your role, are shared with the Safeguarding Team through appropriate channels.
- To ensure compliance with all relevant Club policies, including health and safety policies and with specific reference to the data regulations.
- To ensure compliance with all relevant legal, regulatory, ethical, and social requirements.
- To ensure compliance with the Club’s Safeguarding Policy and processes.
- To ensure compliance with the Club’s Code of Conduct.
- To promote equity, diversity and inclusion at the Club, in line with our EDI strategy
- To build and maintain good working relationships both internally and externally, maintaining a professional image at all times when representing Brentford FC
- To keep confidential any information gained regarding the Club and its personnel.
- To maintain a flexible approach to work at all times.
Key Internal Relationships
- Head of Analysis
- Analysis Department
- 1st Team Head Coach
- 1st Team Coaching Staff
Person Specification - Essential Personal Characteristics
- High proficiency using Tableau and Excel.
- Highly analytical and high level of attention to detail.
- Be creative with data visualisations.
- Be a problem solver – work out what we need from you.
- Willingness to work ‘on the job’.
- A hardworking, enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills.
- Effective at preparing, planning and implementing workloads.
- Ability to work unsociable hours as required involving work outside normal office hours, evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.
- Experience working in elite level Performance Analysis / Football.
- A strong understanding of Football.
- Experience using Analysis softwares (Angles, WyScout, Second Spectrum, Opta or similar).
Person Specification - Desirable Characteristics
- Masters in an analytical discipline
- Experience with coding languages (SQL, R, Python)
- Coaching experience / qualifications
- Experience using drones
How to Apply
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