Data Engineer - Performance Insights

Who we are: Everton Football Club is one of world sport's most respected and revered names - a by-word for innovation and professionalism during the course of a glittering history that spans three centuries.     

One of the 12 founder members of the Football League, Everton has played more games in English football's top flight than any other club.       
     
While rightly proud of our rich past, and Goodison Park, our home of more than 130 years, we are now setting our sights on an exciting future at a state-of-the-art new stadium currently being constructed on the banks of the iconic River Mersey.     
     
In doing so, we remain committed to developing and supporting teams across our men’s, women’s and Academy set-ups that inspire and compete at the highest level of the game.       

About the opportunity: Data analytics has come to play an important role in football, and because of this we are continuing to look at how we gain a competitive edge on and off the pitch. We feel that by using data to extract insights, we can have a significant impact on all aspects of performance. As a result, we now have an opportunity for a driven individual to come and join our Performance Insights team at Finch Farm as a Data Engineer.

Working closely with our Head of Performance Insights and the rest of the Performance Insights department, you will be taking the lead on data architecture, management, development and maintenance of all data sets, in order to ensure all forms of structured and unstructured data sources are made available to key stakeholders at all times. 

You will be the lead for all matters concerning the sourcing, transforming and manipulating of data, and will also be leading in the development of good practices around use of data across both the Men’s and Women’s teams, at 1st team and Academy level. 

Who we are looking for: Essentially, we are looking for someone to lead on our entire football data pipeline, from source to ‘gold’ standard ready-to-use datasets. You will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing a data ecosystem that allows us to build on our culture of data-driven insights, and ultimately achieve our football data strategy. 

You will be confident in communicating with all stakeholders, articulating your experience working with large datasets, databases and ETL systems. 

Ideally, you will also have some experience in developing and deploying bespoke apps, in Microsoft Power Apps or similar, and have led the development and implementation of business intelligence and analytics strategies and roadmaps. 

If you feel you are the data expert we are looking for and would thrive off becoming our “go-to” person with all matters concerning the sourcing, transforming and manipulating data, then we would love to hear from you! 

The role is permanent and will be based at Finch Farm training ground in Liverpool (Halewood); working 40 hours per week, the closing date of this advert is Friday 27th September 2024. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a substantial amount of applications. 

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The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.           

 As a requirement of our safer recruitment practices, this role will require a Basic DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check or evidence that you are subscribed to the DBS Update Service information of which can be found here            

This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications including proof of eligibility to work in the UK which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.       

Equity & Inclusion       

Everton is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated, and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, those who identify as female and those from racially diverse communities. We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/interview/onboarding process, please let us know by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team via email - [email protected]       

To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton welcomes applications from people of all walks of life. As part of our commitment to Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process should you require.    

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