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About the Role

The Regional Foundation Phase Scout plays a crucial role in supporting the club's recruitment activities within a designated phase and region. This position focuses on identifying, tracking, and assessing high-potential players by working closely with grassroots football, professional academies, and emerging talent markets. The role contributes to the early stages of the club's player pathway and supports the wider recruitment team in achieving the club's long-term strategy.

Responsibilities

Carry out recruitment and scouting activity within the assigned phase, ensuring player identification aligns with the club's recruitment strategy and timelines.
Work as part of a team of grassroots and academy scouts, contributing high-quality reporting and maintaining consistent standards across the phase.
Support Development Centre activity and help identify high-potential players for progression into the Academy pathway.
Follow weekly scouting schedules and fixture coverage to ensure strong visibility across key games, events, and talent areas within the phase.
Maintain strong knowledge of the talent landscape relevant to the phase, including grassroots football, academies, private programmes, and non-league environments.
Support tournament and event coverage, ensuring the club has exposure to key talent opportunities within the phase.
Provide clear and well-structured player recommendations through detailed scouting reports and discussions.
Contribute to player review meetings and support decision-making around trials, signings, and player retention.
Track and monitor identified players within the phase, providing regular updates on their development and progression.
Provide regular updates and insights to the Area Lead Scout and senior recruitment staff.
Gather relevant background and character information on priority players to support recruitment decisions.
Complete live and video scouting assignments to support wider player assessment processes.
Maintain a strong understanding of current Academy players to support benchmarking and succession planning.
Ensure all scouting activity is carried out in line with safeguarding, compliance, and club standards.

Requirements

Extensive experience within an elite academy recruitment or scouting environment (Category 1–3 desirable).
Proven track record in talent identification and player acquisition within a defined region.
Strong understanding of grassroots, academy, and non-league football structures.
In-depth knowledge of long-term player development and talent pathways.
Minimum The Football Association Talent ID Level 2 (Level 3 desirable).
Strong understanding of EPPP standards and recruitment processes.
Advanced talent identification and player profiling across multiple age groups.
Ability to lead regional recruitment planning and execution.
High-level reporting, including clear articulation of player potential and risk.
Strong organisational skills in managing fixtures, schedules, and scouting coverage.
Competence in using scouting platforms, video analysis, and data systems.
Ability to integrate live scouting, video, and background intelligence into decision-making.
Strategic thinking with the ability to identify market opportunities and gaps.
Strong collaboration with recruitment team, coaching staff, and MDT departments.
Confident communicator, able to present insights and influence decision-making at senior level.
Builds and maintains relationships with grassroots clubs, academies, and key stakeholders.
High levels of professionalism, integrity, and reliability.
Acts as the club’s primary representative within the regional football landscape.
Builds strong external networks to enhance the club’s access to emerging talent.
Strengthens the club’s reputation and visibility within grassroots and academy football.
Provides market intelligence on competitors, talent trends, and regional dynamics.
Ensures all external engagement reflects the club’s values, safeguarding standards, and professional image.
Comply with all Club policies, including health and safety, data regulations and other legal, ethical and social requirements.
Build and maintain good working relationships while maintaining a professional image.
Keep confidential any information gained regarding the Club and its personnel.
Always maintain a flexible approach to work.
Understand, adhere to, and actively uphold all relevant safeguarding policies and procedures.
Recognise signs of abuse or harm, respond appropriately, and report any concerns in a timely manner to the Club’s Safeguarding Team.

Skills

Talent identification
Player acquisition
Scouting
Reporting
Player development
Talent pathways
EPPP standards
Player profiling
Recruitment planning
Scouting platforms
Video analysis
Data systems
Collaboration
Communication
Relationship building
Professionalism
Integrity
Reliability
Safeguarding

Location

Training Ground-Jersey Road

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Extensive experience within an elite academy recruitment or scouting environment

Education Level

The Football Association Talent ID Level 2 (Level 3 desirable)

About the Company

Brentford FC is a community-focused Premier League football club that prioritizes its fans and fosters a culture of development, inclusion, and innovative thinking.
The club operates with progressive, humble, and respectful values, emphasizing teamwork across all departments.
Brentford FC believes in the strength of a diverse workforce to drive ideas, solve problems, and promote growth.
The club is situated in a new stadium in vibrant west London, 15 minutes from Heathrow, and is excited about its future while remaining connected to its origins.

Equal Opportunity

Brentford FC is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, striving to create a culture that celebrates differences and ensures fairness, safety, representation, and belonging.
The club actively encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds, particularly those from ethnically diverse communities, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and disabled people, to address underrepresentation in the workforce.
Recruitment decisions are based solely on merit and suitability, irrespective of background or protected characteristics.
The club is committed to a fair and inclusive recruitment process and welcomes discussions regarding any necessary accommodations or reasonable adjustments for interviews.