About the role
We are looking for an individual with an in-depth understanding of goalkeeping to join our Liverpool FC team as a Local Academy Goalkeeper Scout on a casual basis. In this role, you will play a crucial role in identifying and evaluating talented goalkeepers within the Foundation and the Pre-Academy age groups, specifically focusing on the Northwest.
You will be responsible for building a robust pipeline of goalkeeping talent for the club, ensuring that potential goalkeepers meet the club’s standards and playing philosophy. Additionally, you will support goalkeeper-specific studies and international benchmarking processes to enhance the club’s strategic approach to goalkeeping.
This role is pivotal in nurturing the next generation of goalkeepers in the Northwest Region, ensuring they are well-prepared to transition into higher levels of competition within the club's academy system.
What will you be doing?
Talent Identification:
- Assess goalkeepers of the assigned age groups during competitive and friendly games as well as training sessions throughout the Northwest Region, utilising a keen eye for goalkeeper specific benchmarks to assess current performance and future potential.
- Compile detailed reports and benchmarking analysis on identified goalkeepers, including strength and weaknesses as well as recommended development needs.
- Work closely with the FSG Scouting Staff, the LFC Academy Recruitment Staff as well as the LFC Goalkeeping Staff, to align scouting objectives with the club´s development goals and playing style.
- Ensure key grassroots leagues and teams have the coverage to identify and recruit players within the PRE-Academy and foundation ages
- Take responsibility for the delivery of schools and events programmes within the Northwest area with the focus on talented young goalkeepers for Liverpool FC
- Attend the pre-academy and Liverpool FC development centres when required to assess potential players
Networking:
- Establish connections within local clubs, schools and grassroots organisation in the Northwest Region to ensure a comprehensive scouting network and access to goalkeeping talent.
- Maintain ongoing relationships with young goalkeepers and their coaches in the Northwest Region, tracking their development and performance over time to identify opportunities for recruitment.
Support and Benchmarking
- Assist in conducting goalkeeper-specific studies and participate in international benchmarking processes to ensure the club remains competitive and informed of global best practices in goalkeeping.
Who are we looking for?
To be successful in this role, you will have excellent knowledge of PRE-Academy and Foundation phase football with experience of working within the assigned age group in football either at grassroots or professional clubs. You will have a strong understanding of youth football and the long-term development pathways for goalkeepers from grassroots to professional levels. You will have good knowledge of the football community within the Northwest Region to enhance scouting efforts. You will have the ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with local clubs, coaches, and players.
With your in-depth understanding of goalkeeping including a familiarity of physical and mental demands specific to goalkeeping, you know what constitutes potential in young goalkeepers. You will have a basic knowledge of sports science principles and the awareness of psychological aspects that affect goalkeeper performance.
Being proficient in in scouting methodologies, you can evaluate talent effectively and utilise scouting software and tools for data collection and analysis. You will have the ability to design and deliver recruitment presentations to potential players of interest. You will understand relevant regulations, laws, and ethical considerations in scouting and player recruitment and an awareness of safeguarding measures in youth sports to ensure the well-being of young athletes. You will have good IT knowledge.
Why should you apply?
This is a casual position, offering variable hours including evenings and weekends on a flexible assignment basis.
At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to making a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association’s Football Leadership Diversity Code and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch. We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.
Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all Colleagues and Volunteers to share this commitment. This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
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