Posted: 28 November 2024
Link to Apply: https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Cricket-Operations-Executive-Kent-Cricket.pdf
Department: Performance Cricket
Reporting to: Head of Talent Pathway and Head of Women’s Cricket
Location: Kent Cricket, The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3NZ
Background:
Kent Cricket is one of only 18 first class county cricket clubs in England and Wales. From our headquarters at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence in Canterbury, and with a satellite ground at The County Ground, Beckenham, we are responsible for the growth and development of all cricket across Kent and our four London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham – from community and schools’ cricket to the professional game.
Equality Statement:
Kent Cricket recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do and we therefore encourage applicants from diverse areas to apply.
Summary of the Role:
To manage and support the operational, logistical, and administrative functions of Kent Cricket’s Pathway and girls KRDP Programmes. This role ensures the smooth delivery of boys’ and girls’ County Age Group (CAG) pathways, coordinates fixtures and venues, oversees safeguarding, and maintains effective communication and relationships with players, parents, coaches, and partner organisations.
Principle Responsibilities:
Pathway and Girls KRDP Cricket Operations
• Pathway Oversight: Oversee the operations of boys’ and girls’ pathway programmes including the girls KRDP, ensuring high standards in planning, communication, and safeguarding.
• Fixture Coordination: Collaborate with coaches, managers, and venue staff to arrange and manage fixtures for all CAG age groups and KRDP programs. Including setting fixtures up on PlayCricket, and liasing with scorers, umpires, hotels and caterers to ensure all matchday requirements are met.
• Safeguarding Lead: Act as the safeguarding lead for CAG squads and KRDP programmes, ensuring full compliance with ECB safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Player Registration: Ensure all players are registered on Play-Cricket and with the ECB.
• Team Administration: Provide administrative support to talent pathway squads (both male and female) and girls KRDP, including scheduling, reporting, and logistical coordination and social media posts.
• Communications & Feedback: Manage communication and feedback channels with players and parents regarding pathway programmes, maintaining transparency and clarity. Attend meetings in person or via teams and take minutes.
• Facility Liaison: Coordinate with clubs and other facility providers to meet training and match requirements for pathway programmes.
• Training Kit and Equipment: Arrange playing and training kit and other equipment requirements for all talent pathway activities.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records on all pathway programmes, participants, and venues. Ensuring all staff have the correct, up to date qualifications, or setting them up/signposting them to these online.
Facilities and Logistics Management
• Risk Assessment: Conduct and ensure comprehensive risk assessments for all venues used for training, matches, and travel.
• Canterbury Indoor School: Manage bookings for the indoor school for both internal and external use, including duty roster oversight for instances where external bookings do not have a Kent employee on site.
Key Partnerships and Relationships
• Internal: Work closely with the Head of Talent Pathway, Head of Women’s Cricket, Senior Cricket Operations Executive, Venue Operations, Marketing & Communications, Professional Playing Staff, and the Finance Department.
• External: Liaise with the ECB’s Cricket Operations and Registration Departments, matchday officials, touring teams, external partners (hotels, transport providers, catering), and age group coaches and managers.
Skills and Experience
• Operational Expertise: In-depth understanding of first-class cricket regulations and operational management.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in IT, particularly Microsoft Office and ECB registration systems.
• Organistional Skills: Strong project management and organisational abilities, especially in fixture and logistics coordination.
• Play-Cricket Knowledge: Competency with the Play-Cricket system.
Personal Specifications:
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and holidays during the cricket season.
• Valid DBS check and child protection certification.
• First Aid qualification.
• Right to work in the United Kingdom.
• Valid UK driving licence.
Benefit Details:
• Salary – £24-25K per annum depending on experience
• Pension
• 28 days annual leave (pro rata).
• Parking on ground
• Staff Discount at Kent Cricket store & Oriole Cafe
Safeguarding Statement:
Kent Cricket is committed to safeguarding and protecting children, young people and adults in cricket and we expect all employees to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a process of vetting with references taken up and where the role involves working in Regulated Activity with children, we require a current ECB DBS.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply, please send a full CV and short accompanying statement of why you wish to apply for the role to jobs@kentcricket.co.uk. Please mark all correspondence “Cricket Operations Executive” by 17:00 on Friday 13 December 2024.
Candidates should also send names and contact details for two referees (referees will not be contacted until the role has been offered to you).
Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, relevant right to work information being provided and DBS clearance. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced ECB DBS with relevant barred list check.
The role you have applied for is subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure with barred list check for working with children. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to declare all spent or unspent convictions and cautions, but not any that are protected or filtered. If you are invited to interview and have any information to disclose please provide this under separate, confidential cover, to HR Manager –
omolola.oshinlaja@kentcricket.co.uk.
If you wish to discuss your criminal record, or whether you need to disclose something, please contact Bridget Owen, the County Safeguarding Officer for Kent – bridget.owen@kentcricket.co.uk.
Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us; this will depend on the nature and circumstances of the offence. We undertake to discuss your criminal record with you before any withdrawal of a job offer. Kent Cricket complies with the DBS Code of Practice and a copy is available on request.
Name of Author: Kent Cricket
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs in England and Wales, representing the historic county of Kent. Founded on 6 December 1870 through the merger of two teams, Kent has played top-class cricket since the early 18th century and has competed in the County Championship since its inception in 1890. The club’s limited overs team is known as the Kent Spitfires.
