Dixons Academies Trust
Description
Job reference REQ003145
Date posted 18/11/2025
Application closing date 04/12/2025
Location Dixons Academies Trust (Group)
Salary A competitive, expert-level remuneration package will be offered.
Package All year round.
Contractual hours 37.5
Basis Full time
Job category/type Leadership
Attachments Blank
Head of Cricket
Job description
The opportunity: pioneer a legacy in state education
Dixons Academies Trust is a charity which runs state-funded academies exclusively in areas of significant disadvantage across the North. Our mission is to challenge the educational and social disadvantage.
We are pioneering an initiative we believe to be a first for the state sector: the creation of a strategic head of cricket role. This is unique opportunity to build a world-class cricket programme that provides life-changing opportunities for high-potential cricketers from low-income families, offering them the same pathways as their peers in the private sector.
Your impact
As the founding head of cricket, you will be the architect of our cricketing future. Reporting directly to the chief executive, you will:
- build from scratch: Create the Dixons Cricket Academy, securing facilities, fundraising and building a team of coaches and partners.
- drive social mobility: Lead our groundbreaking talent identification programme. This is underpinned by a concrete commitment: protecting 10% of places at three of our secondary schools in Bradford and Leeds for high-potential cricketers from low-income families
- design the strategy: Create and execute a 5-year plan for cricket across all our academies. The role will work across all our cities but will initially focus on establishing the programme in Bradford and Leeds.
- elevate performance: Coach our elite trust teams to compete with the best independent schools and manage a high-quality fixture list and tours
- forge a future: Build powerful partnerships with county boards, clubs, and organisations like the ECB to open professional pathways for our students.
Who we are looking for
We are seeking a visionary leader and elite coach. You are an entrepreneur with a proven track record in talent development, strategy, and inspiring young people. You understand the landscape of school and club cricket and are driven in by a moral purpose to create something transformative.
This role is central to our trust's mission. We are incredibly ambitious for it and will offer a remuneration package to attract the right expert.
Apply now
Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.
For more information and to apply, please visit our careers site at joindixonsat.com or call us on 01274 085526 and speak to Angela Skinner, Business Support Administrator, HR, to discuss the role further.
Closing date will be 04 December 2025
Interviews will take place on 12 December 2025.
Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.