Academy Performance Analyst Intern

ROLE SUMMARY

Charlton Athletic Football Club are offering several Academy Performance Analysis Internship opportunities for the 2025/26 season with both the Professional Development Phase and the Youth Development Phase.

The successful candidate(s) will gain first hand experience working within a fast paced, highly successful youth academy environment. The candidate(s) will work closely with the analysis, coaching and sports science staff in order to provide analytical support to all academy players.

Applicants must be in education and looking for a placement to work alongside their studies. Applicants should ideally be based in South East London or within commutable distance to Charlton Athletic training ground, Princes Park (Dartford) and The Valley stadium.

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support filming and coding of training sessions aligned with desired outcomes
• Assist with pre-match opposition analysis
• Attend and film academy matches on relevant days (Subject to internship role achieved)
• Produce individual players clips to support player review and individual development plan process
• Produce post-match statistical reports to analyse team performance aligned with the Charlton Athletic principles of play
• Support in the creation of post-match video reviews in relation to Charlton Athletic’s KPI’s for both team and unit analysis
• Support the maintenance of best practice video libraries
• Assist with any analytical support required by the multi-disciplinary team (sport science, physio, education)

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Studying towards a degree in football or sport
• Understanding of football coaching, tactics and technical detail
• Interest and a passion for analysing football
• Ability to commit to the entirety of the 2025/26 season
• Be willing to work unsociable hours e.g. weekends
• Be trustworthy with sensitive information
• Self motivated, proactive and willing to learn
• Proficient computer literacy
• High organisational skills and attention to detail
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Live within a commutable distance to the training ground

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK
• Charlton Athletic is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS Disclosure
• As such, this post is exempt for the Rehabilitation of Offender Act (1974) and the successful candidate must disclose all convictions spent. Any convictions that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS should be declared
• Charlton Athletic FC is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and its policies for recruitment, selection, training development and promotion are designed to ensure that no job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability or gender reassignment
• Any personal data that you provide to Charlton Athletic Football Club Ltd (data controller) will be processed in line with applicable data protection laws and will be used only for the purpose of recruitment
• We will keep your personal information for 6 months, after which we will erase it. You can always choose to have your data erased earlier by emailing us at dpo@cafc.co.uk

HOW TO APPLY

To apply please send your CV and cover letter to: rhys.draper@cafc.co.uk