UK Scout | Wrexham

Department: Recruitment
Location: Wrexham (LL11 2AH), with travel to matches across the UK and other markets
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: Saturday 21 November 2026

Role Overview

Wrexham AFC is looking for a UK Scout to identify, assess and recommend emerging and first-team-ready players. You will work with the specialist coordinator to recommend targets, producing reports from live scouting and video analysis and following the club's recruitment workflow.

Role Responsibilities

• Research leagues and assess targets through live and video scouting, cross-checking across markets.
• Write timely, evidence-based reports using the club's recruitment framework, player profiles and methodology.
• Keep positional lists of emerging and first-team-ready players accurate and up to date.
• Build trusted contacts, gather player intelligence and references, and share findings confidentially.
• Contribute to club recruitment meetings and help improve scouting practice.
• Travel to matches and meetings across designated and additional markets.

Person Specification

• A degree in a relevant field, or significant equivalent experience in an elite professional football recruitment department.
• Strong talent identification experience in elite football as a scout, analyst or coach.
• Knowledge of recruitment markets, playing styles and technical, tactical, physical and psychological player profiling.
• Able to combine data, live and video scouting and shared intelligence to produce clear reports.
• Confident planning scouting priorities and using scouting software and mobile IT systems.
• A driving licence.

Benefits include a health cash plan, enhanced holidays and pension, and a volunteering day.

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