Head of Emerging Talent

We are a football club with a desire to be the best and are always looking for talented people to join our Everton Family.
Everton is a workplace people crave to join, where extraordinary talented people belong, thrive and deliver the remarkable.
We are a football club with a desire to be the best and are always looking for talented people to join our Everton Family.
Everton is a workplace people crave to join, where extraordinary talented people belong, thrive and deliver the remarkable.
Head of Emerging Talent
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.
Our values underpin how we behave, how we
represent
our club in our city and across the world of football, and how we look after one another and our community. They provide a framework for how we work and engage with partners, suppliers and, most importantly, our fans.
About the opportunity:
For decades, our Club has been one of the most respected and renowned in football. Our vision to develop young players who are technically and tactically capable of playing for Everton’s Men’s First Team, or having a career in the professional game,
remains
as focused as ever.
We now have an extremely exciting new opportunity for a strategic and dynamic leader to join us as Head of Emerging Talent.
ou will work closely with our Director of Football, Academy Director, Head of Recruitmen
t
and Head of Academy Recruitment & Player Pathways to
establish
,
maintain
and analyse a comprehensive and effective strategy, focused on
identifying
and recruiting exceptional players within the emerging talent bracket (players aged 16-19 with first team potential).
Using your
expertise
, you will service Men’s First Team succession planning as well as the U18-U21 age group,
establishing
and implementing a coverage strategy within the
appropriate markets
.
You will build positive relationships not only across the Everton Family but also externally, to ensure we are recruiting the
very best
players.
Who we are looking for:
Essentially, we
are looking for a confident leader who has vast experience of Talent ID; as well as developing,
implementing
and executing recruitment strategies.
You will be confident in communicating with all
stakeholders;
while leading the development and implementation of recruitment strategies across the Club. This role will provide opportunity to
demonstrate
the importance of Talent ID within a performance environment and how it is able to support an exciting future for our football club.
If you feel you are the person we are looking for, someone who would be able to drive, implement and evolve the Talent ID strategy, then we would love to hear from you!
The role is permanent and will involve hybrid working; this will be between our Finch Farm training ground in Liverpool (Halewood),
operating
from home & travelling across the UK,
in order to
spot top talent; working 40 hours per week.
The closing date of this advert is
Thursday 2
nd
May 2024.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a substantial
amount
of applications.
Everton Family Safer Recruitment Practices
The Everton Family iscommitted 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 an Enhanced 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-
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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
.
About Us Everton Football Club We are constant innovators in the footballing world, ceaselessly striving to be the best, and the first to accomplish new feats, while establishing new forms. We are one of the Founding Members of the Football League and pioneers of the game.Throughout our 140-year history we have been recognised as a family-oriented Club based on our proud traditions. Those traditions have also encouraged innovation, ensuring Everton has remained one of the great pioneering Clubs in the history of the game. The first Club to construct a purpose-built football stadium, Goodison Park is one of the most revered stadiums in England.It was also the first Club to see its players wear shirts numbered 1 to 11, the first Club to go on an overseas tour, the first English Club to install dugouts and undersoil heating, the first Club to feature in a televised match, the first Club to introduce a regular matchday programme, the first Club to present its players with medals for winning the Football League championship and the first Club to have a player, Dixie Dean, break the 60 goals barrier in a single league season.
Everton in the Community EitC is one of the UK`s top sporting charities and firmly established on the world stage of community sports development. We are considered one of the Premier League`s leading community schemes due to the quality and reach of our various programmes. Since 1988, we've been at the forefront of social intervention across Merseyside. We use the power of sport to motivate, educate and inspire people not just in our local communities but around the world to improve their life chances.
Everton Women Everton Ladies sits proudly sits as part of the ‘one club’ structure at Everton Football Club. We continue to boast one of the richest histories in the women’s game and were one of the of the founder members of the FA Women’s Super League Everton Ladies’ Regional Talent Centre (RTC) provides players with a clear pathway into the first-team. Development age groups range from Under-9s to Under-16s with our RTC bringing through Ladies players that have gone on to represent their country.
Everton Family The Everton Family is committed to equal opportunities and is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, we accept all job applications in a variety of formats and should you need any documents in a different format or require any further support or assistance please contact the Recruitment team on 0151 705 9709 or via email
#####. 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.
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