Scouting - Regional Coordinator (UK)

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Regional Coordinator
DEPARTMENT: Scouting
REPORTS TO: Senior Recruitment Lead (with dotted line to the Head of Scouting)
DIRECT REPORTS: None
LOCATION: Predominantly home-based with local / regional / national travel
HOURS: Full time, flexible working hours required (evenings and weekends)
DATE: February 2023

We are Wolves; progressive, determined, bright, unified and humble. A pack that is hungry for

success. Wolves is one of the fastest growing professional football clubs in the UK, and also boasts

one of the richest histories in the beautiful game.

Formed in 1877, Wolves was a founder member of the Football League, and was one of the

country’s most successful sides in the fifties and sixties. During a two decade spell the Black

Country’s most decorated side won three First Division titles and one of its four FA Cups.

Fast forward to the 2022/23 season, where three seasons at Molineux saw Wolves clinch the Sky Bet
Championship trophy with 99 points, followed by a seventh-place finish in the Premier League,
which included memorable wins over Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal.
The next season saw the team complete a memorable double over the reigning champions, equal
the previous season’s seventh place finish and reach the quarter finals of the Europa League all as
part of the ‘longest season’ in league history, either starting before or finishing after all other teams.

However, this post is about not what we have done, but what we will achieve next.

We take seriously our commitment to the safeguarding of children and adults at risk and to
ensuring that Wolves is free from discrimination and harassment.

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Job purpose

There has never been a more exciting time to work at Wolves. The club is in the process of

developing and implementing practices, strategies and teams to deliver success at the highest level.

The Regional Coordinator will focus on identifying and recruiting players at both Emerging Talent

and First Team Level. They will cover fixtures across all countries in their region whilst also having

opportunities to cover games abroad both live and on video.

They will be responsible for the identification, organisation and recruitment of players that are of

the required standard to progress and succeed in the first team at Wolves.

They will be expected to carry out their duties in line with the scouts’ code of conduct alongside the

rules and regulations of the Premier League / Football Association.

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Key responsibilities

• Have detailed and thorough knowledge of the region(s) assigned to you.

• Understand how to use technical scouting to drive the identification process.

• Be proactive in your identification of players competing in youth leagues alongside senior

• Be reactive to players flagged by internal stakeholders (senior management, data etc).

• Ensure daily reports are uploaded to the relevant software.

• Provide quality and detailed reports to help build and maintain our database of players.

• Manage and update your regional shortlist to ensure it is always live and current.

• Build and maintain a strong understanding of the market values of the different profiles in your

• Use smarter scouting methods when reporting on games both live and on video.

• Proactively seek out target fixtures to attend live within your region, following on from the

• Build relationships / contacts to ensure we are well connected and able to access relevant

• Be willing to adapt to a potential change in the region.

• Submit expenses / mileage, along with all relevant receipts, one week before the payroll cut-off

• Attendance of all internal and external personal development training required by WWFC,

• Be an ambassador of the Wolves values, culture and philosophy.
  

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General responsibilities

• Compliance with Club policies

• Compliance with the Club’s health and safety procedures

• Compliance with the Club’s safeguarding policies

• To promote the Club’s values

• To work consistently to embed equality & diversity into the Club

• To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably expected

• To maintain professional conduct at all times
  

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Key relationships

• Head of Scouting

• Senior Recruitment Lead

• Emerging Talent Lead

• Lead Recruitment Data Analyst
  

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PERSON SPECIFICATION
Job Title: Regional Coordinator

Knowledge: the level and breadth of knowledge to do the job e.g. understanding of a defined system,
method or procedure, legal or regulatory frameworks etc.

Essential

• Good knowledge of football with regards to game models, playing styles and player profiling

• Sound ability to evaluate performance and identify potential in individual players

• Good understanding of both Wolves and English football in general

• Basic knowledge of GBE rules and regulations

Desirable

• Have experience of working within the required region before

Technical/work-based skills: skills specific to the job e.g. language competence, typing skills, coaching skills etc.
Essential

• Able to communicate fluently in English – written and verbal

• Computer literate with good knowledge of MS Office and Apple Software

• Experience using key industry software (WyScout / Instat, Hudl, Statsbomb)

• A willingness to adapt to emerging technologies and using data insight to support the identification

and recruitment process

General skills and attributes: more general characteristics e.g. flexibility, communication skills, team working
etc

Essential

• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills, to be able to present information clearly as

well as challenge and question in a respectful manner

• A mentality that embraces change and adopts self-accountability for the body of work

• Ability and self-motivation to work remotely, yet still with a good team ethos

• Organised, methodical and logical approach to work whilst displaying an ability to be self-sufficient in

both planning ahead and managing time

• Understanding of how to work safely with children and/or vulnerable adults and uphold generally

accepted practice when working with those participants

• Promote, adhere to and implement the Club’s Equality Policy and to work consistently to embed

Experience: proven record of experience in a particular field, profession or specialism.

Essential

• Proven experience as a scout within an elite football organisation.

• Working towards FA Talent ID Qualification

Qualifications: the level of educational, professional and/or occupational training required

Essential

• Post-holder will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level and cleared by the Wolves

Desirable

• Undergraduate degree in a sport-related discipline
  

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