Data Analyst

Organisation: The Football Association
Salary: Competitive
Location: Wembley Stadium
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 29 March 2026
Job Description: The FA's Grassroots division is looking for a Data Analyst with a collaborative mindset and the ability to communicate complex concepts to a variety of audiences. You will play a critical role in transforming Grassroots Football's data into actionable insights and easy‑to‑use self‑serve tools that empower internal teams and County FAs to make evidence‑based decisions.

What will you be doing?

Develop and maintain self‑serve dashboards and reporting tools that allow colleagues and the County FA network to independently explore and interpret data
Proactively identify emerging insights, trends, and opportunities across Grassroots Football data and translate them into recommendations that support strategic decisions
Support the integration of relevant external data sources including ONS, health, demographic, and local authority datasets to enrich place-based insight, strengthen forecasting, and inform opportunities across Grassroots Football
Create repeatable frameworks and templates – like place-based insight packs – that help the wider identify, act on, and monitor participation trends and opportunities across Grassroots Football
Lead the insight-generation process for Grassroots Strategy KPIs, ensuring that data is not only reported but clearly interpreted and communicated, and used to drive future-state planning
Collaborate with the Digital Technology Team to enhance data pipelines and resolve any data quality issues
Drive increased adoption of dashboards by providing training, demos, and guidance to stakeholders across the football network
Serve as one of the go‑to people for Grassroots data at The FA, responding promptly and professionally to queries and tickets, and clearly communicating updates to reports and dashboards
Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that the highest standards of health, safety, and well-being can be maintained.
As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role:

Essential

Technical expertise: You have advanced Power BI and Excel skills, with working knowledge of SQL and/or DAX
Communicative style: You can convey complex, technical concepts simply and effectively, adapting your communication for different audiences
Collaborative mindset: You're a team player and you are energised by working with colleagues across the business
Conscientious approach: You're quality-driven, with a structured, detail-oriented approach that ensures accuracy and high data standards
Organisational ability: You are comfortable managing recurring and ad-hoc tasks and working to deadlines
Proactivity: You have an ability to identify and act on issues and opportunities before they arise.

You will have experience;

Integrating and analysing data from multiple sources and managing complex datasets
Building Power BI reports according to business requirements
Engaging stakeholders from across business divisions
Presenting insights in compelling ways, using storytelling, visualisation best practices, and non‑technical language

Beneficial to have:

You will have experience:

Delivering training and producing guidance materials to support dashboard users
Working with data sources like ONS, Active Lives, Moving Communities, local authority datasets, etc.
Working with GIS tools like ArcGIS or QGIS

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles. To achieve this, we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire, which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We pride ourselves on offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encourages you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
Free private medical cover.
A contributory pension scheme.
An additional 'Thank You' day's leave, volunteering days, as well as 25 days of annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract)
A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page, https://www.thefa.com/about-football-association/careers

Currently, we are working within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary. The contractual location of this role can be found on the FA Careers page.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.
How to apply: For further detail and to apply, please follow this link: https://careers.thefa.com/jobs/vacancy/data-analyst-wnsl1069-wembley-stadium/3001/description/