Scouting Insights Officer

Location:

Manchester, GB

Opening Date: 3 Oct 2025

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date of Applications – 17th October 2025
Our Story
Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world\’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of twelve clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what \”City\” football has meant to people for over a century.

Our Winning Team
Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

We\’re looking for a Scouting Insight Officer to support CFG\’s global scouting operations by managing and optimising our scouting database, ensuring data accuracy and consistency, and collaborating closely with scouts and managers. This long-term role offers the chance to develop advanced skills in data operations, football analytics, and platform optimisation while contributing to the growth of a world-class football scouting platform.

This is Your City
As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a simply health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Your Impact

• Database Administration (UI Console): Use the admin interface to create, update, or delete records; Perform data edits, clean-ups, and maintain field definitions; Enforce data entry standards across records
• SQL Development & Maintenance: Write, optimise, and document SQL queries for data extraction and transformation. Maintain database integrity and manipulate data using SQL queries. Work within SQL Server environments to support efficient data workflows. Design and Maintain SQL stored procedures, database triggers, and other backend processes to automate workflows and ensure data quality. Show Willingness to expand and deepen SQL capability over time.
• Troubleshooting & Issue Resolution: Develop and create new datasets by identifying, cleaning and structuring ambiguous or incomplete data sources, investigate data anomalies and inconsistencies and liaise with scouts, IT, and other stakeholders to identify root causes. Track issues to resolution and contribute to process improvements. Maintain documentation and provide regular reporting on data quality.
• Data Focus & Process Optimisation: Maintain a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail. Proactively identify opportunities to streamline tasks and enhance platform performance. Consistently deliver structured, repeatable work with precision.

What We Are Looking For

• Proficient in SQL
• Experience working with relational databases (e.g. SQL Server).
• Working knowledge of Python
• Basic understanding of data visualization tools (Tableau).
• High attention to detail and strong problem solving abilities.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Confident navigating admin consoles or database interfaces.
• Collaborative approach to working with internal stakeholders.
• Eagerness to learn and grow within the organisation.
• We regularly review applications and reserve the right to close an advert early if we identify suitable candidates. To avoid disappointment, please submit your application as soon as possible.

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.
Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.
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