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Lead France Scout
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- 8 Oct 2025
Status- Full Time
Location- England
- Europe
Closing date- 19 Oct 2025
The Role of Lead France Scout
The successful candidate will help identify and assess players from France – across 1st team and youth levels. They will assist Brentford FC in identifying and recruiting high potential undervalued players faster and more effectively than our competitors. The role covers the recruitment of players for the 1st Team and B Team (U21) squads.
Main Accountabilities
- To lead on the identification, assessment and final shortlisting of suitable player targets for Brentford Football Club across all levels in France.
- To work closely with the Head of Eastern/Western European Recruitment & Lead Technical Scout in the assessment of suitable player profiles identified through data & other resources in France.
- To communicate with agents and external networks on players within France to gather market intelligence to inform the scouting process, in communication with the Head of Eastern/Western European Recruitment.
- To provide monthly position specific player recommendations for key markets in France.
- To work effectively within the defined Recruitment Department processes to ensure serious players of interest from France are identified, and progressed, faster and more effectively than our competitors.
- To attend live fixtures in France both proactively and on request.
- To watch videos of potential players of interest and file reports in line with the Recruitment Department process.
- To assist the Head of Eastern/Western European Recruitment, Head of Scouting and Technical Director to ensure comprehensive due diligence on all players of interest from France.
- To assist the Head of Eastern/Western European Recruitment and Head of Scouting with any additional responsibilities relevant to your role and region covered.
- To ensure that any concerns you observe, or are raised with you in your role, are shared with the Safeguarding Team through appropriate channels.
General Club Accountabilities
- 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.
- Any other relevant tasks and duties as directed by your line manager
Key Internal Relationships
• Technical Director
• Head of Scouting
• Head of Eastern/Western European Recruitment
• Chief Scout
• Lead Technical Scout
Person Specification - Essential Personal Characteristics
• Based in France
• Multilingual (ability to speak English and French at a minimum)
• High level of current knowledge and experience of football in France, at both 1st Team and youth level
• A strong and established network of contacts working within football in France at an elite level
• Ability to attend live games and pick out the most suitable players based on a football club’s positional criteria
• Ability to work with data resources to provide assessment on players in alignment with a football club’s positional criteria
• Ability to articulate player assessments effectively through verbal and written communication
• Ability to work effectively within clearly defined processes
• Experience of using relevant football scouting video platforms
• IT literate, competent in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Organized, structured, and process driven
• Proactive mindset
Person Specification - Desirable Characteristics
• Minimum 3 years’ experience and/or knowledge of working within a professional football club scouting department at an elite level
• Football related qualifications and/or sports related bachelor’s degree or similar qualification
• Ability to edit/clip video footage using platforms such as WyScout; iMovie; Windows Video Editor; etc.
How to Apply
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