New Tottenham boss breaks silence as he looks for extra staff

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New Tottenham Hotspur chief executive officer Vinai Venkatesham is looking for a new staff member to work with him when he joins the north London club this summer.

It was announced last month that the former Arsenal CEO would be make the journey to N17 in order to take on a similar role this summer with chairman Daniel Levy finally getting his man after knowing Venkatesham for years as they worked together in the Premier League and European Club Association.

While he is yet to officially join the club, Venkatesham is already looking to the summer and on Friday promoted a new role working alongside him at Tottenham on LinkedIn, saying: "Looking for an exceptional individual to fill an exciting role. This person will work closely with me and other colleagues to help deliver the club's key priorities. The role is ideally suited to a high performing strategy consultant (or similar) with three to four years experience and excellent interpersonal skills."

The job itself for a business operations lead to the CEO is set with a long description of all the qualities required and what the role will entail as the successful candidate works closely with both Venkatesham and his personal assistant at Spurs.

"This individual will support the delivery of the key priorities of the CEO, across both football and business operations with a focus on the latter," read the job advert, which closes on May 29. "They will support the CEO in various ways across those priorities including analysis, project management, strategic direction and by being a trusted, independent sounding board in his decision making.

"This role will suit an individual who thrives in fast-paced environments, loves orchestrating organisational excellence and has exceptional emotional intelligence as well as relationship building skills."

Among the many requirements of the role are to "undertake research, analysis, project management and related activities to support decision making around, and delivery of, strategic priorities of the CEO". The candidate will also be required to "step in and represent the CEO in meetings as required, being a positive representative of the CEO at all times".

The job is for someone of graduate level, with approximately three to four years of experience in strategy consulting or similar strategic and analytical roles, ideally with exposure to C-level stakeholders.

Venkatesham's arrival is expected to herald another big summer of change at Tottenham.