JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Head of Local Recruitment
DEPARTMENT: Scouting & Recruitment
REPORTS TO: Academy Manager - Football with a dotted line to the Head of Academy Recruitment
LOCATION: Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week (includes evenings and weekends)
DATE: December 2022

We are Wolves; progressive, determined, bright, unified and humble. A pack that is hungry for

success. Wolves is one of the fastest growing professional football clubs in the UK, and also boasts

one of the richest histories in the beautiful game.

Formed in 1877, Wolves was a founder member of the Football League, and was one of the

country’s most successful sides in the fifties and sixties. During a two decade spell the Black

Country’s most decorated side won three First Division titles and one of its four FA Cups.

Fast forward to 2022, three seasons at Molineux saw Wolves clinch the Sky Bet Championship
trophy with 99 points, followed by a seventh-place finish in the Premier League, which included
memorable wins over Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal. The next
season saw the team complete a memorable double over the reigning champions, equal the
previous season’s seventh place finish and reach the quarter finals of the Europa League all as part
of the ‘longest season’ in league history, either starting before or finishing after all other teams.

But this post is about not what we have done, but what we will achieve next.

We take seriously our commitment to the safeguarding of children and adults at risk and to
ensuring that Wolves is free from discrimination and harassment.

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Job purpose

The Head of Local Recruitment will work alongside the Head of Local Recruitment Operations in the

identification and assessment of the best local players. This will include professional academies U9-

14, grassroots clubs, schools, private academies and tournaments throughout the year for all

schoolboy age groups.

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Key responsibilities

• Devise, document and drive the Local Recruitment strategy

• To manage and coordinate a team of local academy scouts

• To build an in-depth knowledge and database of players within the local area

• Develop a detailed understanding of the Wolves Academy Player Profiles and age group

succession plans to highlight recruitment priorities across the schoolboy age groups within the

Midlands

• Drive the culture and maintain standards within the local recruitment department

• Identify players to Wolves Academy based on recruitment priorities

• Build, maintain, and review relationships with local partner clubs

• Communicate regularly with the scouts in your region to provide appropriate support, advice

and to ensure constant feedback is provided on players

• Ensure all reports are submitted in line with the Wolves Academy report format and uploaded to

the relevant software

• Complete the weekly activity sheet to confirm games scheduled for local scouts

• Build, maintain, and review relationships with local partner clubs

General responsibilities

• Compliance with Club policies

• Compliance with the Club’s health and safety procedures

• Compliance with the Club’s safeguarding policies

• To promote the Club’s values

• To work consistently to embed equality & diversity into the Club

• To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably expected

• To maintain professional conduct at all times

Safeguarding

• This role carries a specific safeguarding responsibility. This means that the post-holder is

required to apply all relevant policies and uphold the Club’s commitment to safeguarding
vulnerable people.

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Key relationships

• Academy Manager – Football

• Head of Academy Recruitment

• Head of Player Development

• Scouting and Recruitment Administrators

• Pre-Academy Recruitment Officer

• Local Scouts

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Person Specification
Job Title: Head of Local Recruitment

Knowledge: the level and breadth of knowledge to do the job e.g. understanding of a defined system,
method or procedure, legal or regulatory frameworks etc

Essential

• Previous Experience working as a scout within an elite environment

• Excellent knowledge of Midlands area

• Competent user of PMA, PowerPoint, Word and Excel

• Excellent knowledge of all players within professional clubs within the Midlands

Desirable

• Evidence of technical and tactical understanding of football from a coaching qualification, previous

employment or playing experience

• Previous experience in managing a small group of staff

Technical/work-based skills: skills specific to the job e.g. language competence, typing skills, coaching skills
etc

Essential

• Creative presentation skills and experience of presentations

• Ability to interpret data and relate it to current projects

• Strong I.T. Skills

Desirable

• Evidence of technical and tactical understanding of football from coaching qualifications, Talent ID

courses, or previous employment / playing experience

General skills and attributes: more general characteristics e.g. flexibility, communication skills, team working
etc

Essential

• Understanding of how to work safely with children and/or adults at risk and uphold generally accepted

practice when working with those participants

• Promote, adhere to and implement the club’s Equality Policy and to work consistently to embed

equality and diversity within club

Experience: proven record of experience in a particular field, profession or specialism.

Desirable

• Working with children and/or adults at risk

Qualifications: the level of educational, professional and/or occupational training required

Essential

• Post-holder will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level and cleared by the Wolves

Safeguarding Manager

• Clean relevant driving licence

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