Sport Analytics Analyst

LCP's Sport Analytics team are looking for an Analyst to join us in our Winchester or London office! This is an exciting, rare opportunity to use data analytics, communication and coding skills to support and further develop the team’s products and services. 

Who are the Sport Analytics team?

The way sports organisations operate is changing! Through our technology and expert knowledge, we help individuals and organisations operating within sport make better decisions, which could for example relate to: 

• Which players to sign 
• Finding the optimal opponent for a friendly match
• Assessing a club’s overall financial strength and sustainability 

Our in-house technology experts and advisers present information in a clear, intuitive and engaging way – always with a focus on serving the particular needs of our clients. We believe in the power of sport to have a positive impact on society, and aim to be a significant positive influence on governance standards and financial sustainability within sport, particularly men’s and women’s football. 

What you will be doing? 

• Supporting and co-ordinating ongoing maintenance and developments for our online player data scouting SaaS platform for the football industry (TransferLab), and our online fixture planning tools for the wider sports industry
• Learning to work with C#, SQL, Azure DevOps and other tools used in software development
• Communicating with internal and external team members, ensuring expectations are clearly laid out and regular updates are provided
• Analysing and drawing insights from complex datasets, particularly within football
• Ensuring that urgent fixes to our systems are made in a timely manner, by the relevant team members, which may involve, on occasions, putting some time in outside of regular working hours but there is no expectation to do so on a regular basis
• Dealing with queries from our clients and associates – which could be technical in nature, or relate to how best to use our services
• Having the opportunity to support on wider strategy for the Sport Analytics team, thinking about how to develop and market our products and services

What skills, experience and qualities are we looking for? 

• You should have (or be projected to achieve) at least a 2:1 in a relevant degree, or equivalent experience
• Grade A at Maths A-Level
• Some experience of data analysis using sport data (ideally this would include football (soccer) data)
• Some prior programming experience in any language, and an interest in expanding your coding expertise further
• An essential part of this role is to be able to communicate effectively both orally and in written communications, with internal and external team members, clients and professional contacts
• Curious, open-minded, and excited to explore new topics in the sport industry

It will be a bonus if you also have some or all of the following:

• The ability to think about how we can develop our products and services in a way that capitalises on opportunities in the sports industry
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming languages such as C#
• Experience of interacting with Application Processing Interfaces (APIs)

What’s in it for you? 

Take a look at our Glassdoor page to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:  

• Hybrid working (varies by role and department) 
• professional study support (where applicable) 
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks 

For your family:  

• Life assurance (6 x salary) 
• Income protection 
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave 

For your health:  

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday 
• Private medical insurance 
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits 
• Eye care vouchers 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Digital GP services 

For your wealth:  

• Competitive pension scheme 
• Discretionary bonus scheme 
• High street discounts 
• Season ticket loans 

For others:  

• Volunteering opportunities 

For the environment: 

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies) 

And much more! 

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation. 

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - accessibilityaware@lcp.uk.com to discuss how we can support you with your application. 

LCP currently holds a sponsorship license for skilled worker visas, allowing us to assist with applications aligning with the UK Government's criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. If you anticipate needing sponsorship for a skilled worker visa, we recommend reviewing the sponsorship criteria for your desired role before applying to LCP. 

Applications for this role will close at 23:59 on Monday 27 May 2024