First Team Recruitment Analyst

Cambridge United are seeking to appoint a First Team Recruitment Analyst.

Reporting to the Head of Recruitment, the successful applicant will support the First Team Recruitment Department, assisting with and managing effective workflows and reporting systems that enable the Club to identify and track players, monitor internal processes and filter potential transfer targets through a range of methods, including data modelling, data visualisation and video editing.

Key Job Outcomes

• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the recruitment database.
• Utilise the recruitment database to plan and coordinate the weekly live and video scout calendar and all subsequent logistics.
• Ability to analyse and assess a player’s performance and suitability to the Club across a variety of footballing metrics and attributes according to specific positional requirements, via both video scouting and attending live matches.
• Conduct extensive video scouting and analysis to identify and monitor talent ensuring concise yet detailed video evaluations on players.
• Maintain video databases of prospective target players.
• Collaborate on the production of video and data analysis content for recruitment meetings.
• Demonstrate the ability to create, manage and continually improve the department workflows and use initiative to offer new ideas and innovations.
• Utilise all resources to deliver data-driven research projects.
• Discover and create new avenues to support and positively impact talent identification and monitoring.

For more information and to view a full job description, please click here to view the Recruitment Pack. 

To apply for the role, please complete our Application Form and submit it with your CV and Cover Letter via our Application Portal. The closing date for applications is Thursday 19 November 2026.

Cambridge United FC is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit.

We do not discriminate against staff on the basis of age, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religious or political belief or affiliation, trade union membership, gender, gender reassignment, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic background or any other inappropriate distinction or characteristic covered by the Equality Act 2010.