Senior Football Biomechanics Specialist

Senior Football Biomechanics Specialist

ASPIRE Academy - We are world-class in our pursuit of Sports Excellence

Your expertise will help us reach our goals

At Aspire, we develop well-educated sports champions. We foster Qatar society by realizing a healthy, active lifestyle. As a Senior Football Biomechanist Specialist, you will ensure the provision of a specialized applied football biomechanical service to assigned Aspire football coaches, players, and related Sport Science professionals. 

You are: going to import and implement new concepts and technology in order to develop cutting-edge programs in football biomechanics. This role involves planning, testing, data analysis, dissemination of results, and relevant applied research resulting in an improved player preparation for football excellence.

We are: a highly regarded team of professionals who love challenges and working under pressure in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and athletes-focused environment.

Together we’ll be: a passionate team. We’ll work together with a great commitment, as an integral part of the academy, striving to achieve the same standards of excellence in the field of expertise in Football Biomechanics. 

What will you do - Main responsibilities:

• Assist  with providing leadership and direction to the operations of the Biomechanics Unit to ensure the effective delivery of services to the Football Performance & Science
• Assist with the provision of expert professional and consultancy advice regarding the development and delivery of Football biomechanical services.
• Provide expert input and direction into the schedule regarding testing, monitoring, and research activities
• Prepare the laboratories, field testing environments, and equipment for the relevant testing programs
• Ensure the development, implementation, and maintenance of quality control procedures and accuracy of analysis within Aspire’ Football Performance & Science 
• Design,  establish, implement and interprets quality assured field and laboratory sport biomechanical test protocols in consultation with Football Performance & Science scientists, coaches, and players
• Conduct, commission or collaborate on applied research projects which contribute to improving the effectiveness of the coaches and players in training and competition 
• Monitor new developments in the field of football performance & science in general and football biomechanics in particular
• Keep up to date with the scientific literature by attending relevant national and international conferences, congresses, seminars and workshops 
• Provide to coaches and players state of the art information on biomechanical analysis to optimize technique and minimize injury 

Qualifications and requirements:
 

• 5-7 years of related experience of which a minimum of 2-3 years should be in a similar position/responsibility, preferably in a similar Industry. 
• Proven ability to design and implement high level applied sport biomechanical procedures
• Ability to critically analyze and interpret situations, conceptualize, provide alternate, novel, or innovative solutions
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with coaches and players in a way that converts complex biomechanical principles and techniques into sports language
• Proven ability to apply specialist skills in resolving applied sports biomechanical problems 
• Proven personal and professional skills related to dealing with Aspire student/football players from widely diverse age groups and backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to lead or work within a team as well as the ability to work independently and possess a high level of personal initiative and autonomy
• Demonstrated ability to work within a multi-disciplinary football performance and science team
• Basic understanding of the principles of coaching, strength, and conditioning, physiology, physiotherapy and sports nutrition
• Field experience of working with football code sports on sport science or coaching position