Data Analyst (Learning & Innovation)
IT, Data Science
Centre-Val de Loire, France · Altona Meadows VIC 3028, Australia
Key Information
- Division:FA Learning
- Location:National Football Centre, St George's Park
- Vacancy Type:Full-time, Permanent
- Closing Date:6 July 2026
FA Learning is investing in its data architecture, infrastructure and analytical maturity. This role is the department's first specialist data analyst position, created to establish & embed rigorous data processes, clear governance and high-quality analysis that underpin confident, evidence-informed decision making.
To enable high-quality decision making within Learning & Innovation (L&I) and across the department by delivering trusted, insight-led dashboards and reports, underpinned by a growing strong understanding of the business and its data.
The role will translate business needs into clear data requirements, supporting the ingestion, validation and use of data within a central data platform to improve data quality, consistency and accessibility.
The post holder will also contribute to the development of foundational data governance practices, promoting common definitions and self-service reporting, while acting as a reliable and proactive partner for stakeholders on data, insight and reporting needs.
Interviews will be held at The National Football Centre, St. George's Park on Wednesday 29th July 2026.
Please be aware that we work within a hybrid working policy. The expectation is that the team will work onsite a minimum of two to three days a week, depending on needs of the role. The contractual working location will be The National Football Centre, St. George's Park. Please ensure you can commit to this prior to submitting your application.
What will you be doing?
- Deliver high‑quality dashboards, reports, and insight that support L&I decision making and innovation drawing on multiple data sources of varying maturity
- Create, implement and contribute to the ongoing maintenance of high-quality dashboards and reporting that support division wide operation and strategic priorities
- Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the business, its current needs and future ambition. Proactively identifying opportunities to improve reporting, insight, and the use of data to support effective decision making
- Support the development and adoption of foundational data governance practices, including contributing to a business glossary, championing consistent data definitions, and reinforcing good data management behaviours across the department
- Oversee and enforce data policies, processes and standards for FA Learning in accordance with FA Group
- Enable effective data ingestion into the Data Science and Insights platform by aligning business requirements with structured data definitions and logic
- Develop and maintain self-serve dashboards and reporting tools that allow the department to run the business and make insight informed decisions. Upskilling and supporting colleagues appropriately
- Act as a trusted and responsive point of contact for data-related queries, working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure insight is understood, appropriately interpreted, and effectively applied
- Lead on ad-hoc reporting and data requests to support operational processes and transitional repeated requests to suitable tools
- Form and contribute to a cross-division network of roles strengthening our data infrastructure and effectiveness, forming critical partnerships with Strategic Insight Leads x2, Digital Systems Lead, Learning Evaluation Lead, Business Administration Lead and Customer Service Lead
- Build effective relationships with FA Group colleagues to embed and align our data infrastructure across the group (Digital Technology Team)
- 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:
Knowledge
•Technical expertise: You have advanced Power BI and Excel skills, with working knowledge of SQL and/or DAX
•Understanding of how data supports operational delivery and strategic decision-making within a large, complex organisation
•Awareness of the importance of data quality, data definitions, and basic data governance principles, including the use of shared terminology and consistent metric
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, driving key decisions and accountability
•Presenting insights in compelling ways, using storytelling, visualisation best practices, and non-technical language
Skills
•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
•Stakeholder Management: You can effectively engage, influence and manage stakeholder across multiple divisions
•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.
Beneficial to have:
Knowledge
•Knowledge of centralised data platforms or data ingestion processes, including how business data is structured, transferred, and validated within an organisation
•Familiarity with organisational data governance operating models, data ownership concepts, or data stewardship practices
Experience
•Experience contributing to or maintaining artefacts such as a business glossary, data definitions, or reporting standards
•Experience working in a regulated, public-facing, or values-led organisation where accuracy, consistency, and trust in data are critical
•Experience working in a learning focused organisation, function or team
Skills
•Ability to support or deliver basic training, guidance, or documentation to help colleagues use data and self‑service dashboards effectively
•Confidence challenging unclear or inconsistent data requirements and advocating for agreed definitions and standards
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.
ABOUT US
The Football Association [The FA] is the not-for-profit governing body of football in England. It is responsible for promoting and developing every level of the game, from grassroots through to the professional game, and generates significant revenue to support investment into English football each year.
The FA oversees England international teams across men’s, women’s, youth and disability football, as well as running the National League System and FA Competitions including the Emirates FA Cup, and the Adobe Women’s FA Cup, and the world-class facilities of Wembley Stadium and St. George’s Park, all with a purpose to inspire positive change through football.
Our game can tackle some of society’s core challenges. It can bring communities together, nationally and locally. It can be a platform for inclusion, ensuring there is a place for all. It can get people active and promote wellbeing often at a time when we need it most. With UEFA EURO 2028 – hosted in the UK and Ireland – on the horizon, we have an incredible opportunity to transform football across the country.
Now is the time to inspire positive change.
We currently work 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.
Your contract with The FA will specify a fixed location of Wembley Stadium or St. George’s Park unless the role is advertised as a homebased contract. The contractual location of this role can be found at the top of this advert on our FA vacancy page.
THE PROCESS
We believe that assessment and selection should be robust, fair, and inclusive.
Following receipt of your application and the closing of the application process, you can expect a period of circa two weeks for us to thoroughly screen and shortlist, ahead of any next stage and interview.
Please note, we receive a high volume of applications so this can vary but we ensure that our assessor panel reviews all applications, and no use of automated screening or AI is used.
At an interview, we want to ensure that we see the best of you as an individual and increase our understanding of your skills and experience relevant to the demands of the role. It is very much a two-way process with importance placed on the candidate experience so that regardless of outcome, you feel valued, and treated fairly and hopefully have a positive experience.
No process is ever the same, but we would like to create an environment that is welcoming and ensures the experience is as enjoyable as possible.
We tailor our assessment and selection depending on the nature and demands of the role. The FA Resourcing Team will provide you with as much notice as possible about the process and the format of any interview will always be communicated to you in advance, including what to expect on the day and who you will be seeing.
We often receive a high volume of applications, and for certain roles, we will supplement your application, utilising our on-demand video interviewing platform. On-demand video interviews enable you to answer preset questions, in the comfort of your own home or office setting and at a convenient time for you, giving us greater insight into you as an individual and the skills and experience you might bring to the role and working at The FA.
We also utilise Microsoft Teams for virtual interviews and of course host you at our world class venues, Wembley Stadium and our National Football Centre, St. George’s Park.
GROUP STRATEGY
WE HAVE MOVED FOOTBALL FORWARD.
From 2020 - 2024, we have – in collaboration with our key partners – been able to deliver meaningful change across the game.
From winning our first major tournament in over 50 years to delivering thousands of high-quality pitches to the grassroots game.
BUT WE CAN’T STOP NOW - AND WE WON’T.
This new strategy is about doubling down. Our game can tackle some of society’s core challenges. It can bring communities together, nationally and locally.
It can be a platform for inclusion, ensuring there is a place for all. It can get people active and promote wellbeing often at a time when we need it most.
With UEFA EURO 2028 – hosted in the UK and Ireland – on the horizon, we have an incredible opportunity to transform football across the country.
NOW IS THE TIME TO INSPIRE POSITIVE CHANGE.
Our ultimate purpose is to ‘Inspire positive change through football’ – everything we do ultimately ladders up to this end goal.
The 2024-2028 strategy focuses on tackling four long-term strategic challenges that will fulfil this purpose and drive real change across the game, our ‘Game Changer’ objectives.
Underpinning these Game Changers are then four activities and approaches that will enable us to meet challenges head on, our ‘Drivers’.
EDI STRATEGY
Our equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy forms an integral part of our long-term commitment to using our influence across English football to create a game free from discrimination.
A GAME FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION
Our 2024 – 2028 strategy outlines three fundamental pillars for delivering a game free from discrimination – Boosting Representation, Driving Inclusion and Tackling Discrimination.
These pillars ensure that our work uniting communities, improving lives, and inspiring positive change on and off the pitch will remain a core priority for English football for years to come.
We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The FA 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.