Essex Cricket
Description
https://essexcricket.org.uk/the-cloudfm-county-ground/job-vacancies/
Job Title: Community Development Officer (Barking & Dagenham)
Reporting to: Cricket Development Manager (East London)
Expected Salary: Competitive based on qualifications and experience
Contract: Full Time
Hour of Work: 37.5 hours per week. Including evening & weekend
Location: East London, some Homeworking and at The Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, New Writtle Street, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 0PG
Person Specification
Essential Attributes
• Experience of working in community sport development, ideally within cricket or similar participation-focused roles.
• Strong understanding of community engagement within diverse and low socio-economic communities.
• Excellent relationship-building skills with a wide range of stakeholders (clubs, local authorities, schools, community groups).
• Ability to design, deliver, and monitor development plans and community projects.
• Good knowledge of governance, compliance, and structures within grassroots sports clubs.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office software
• Coaching qualifications (minimum ECB Foundation I Coach or willingness to achieve).
• DBS and Safeguarding certificates (or willingness to undertake)
Desirable Attributes
• Experience working with underrepresented groups in sport, including Black and minority ethnic communities and women & girls.
• Understanding of informal cricket formats such as tape ball cricket.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and safe sport environments
Main Duties:
Club & Team Development
• Support new teams to transition into fully compliant cricket clubs through the Community Ownership Model.
• Ensure all existing cricket clubs in the region remain fully compliant with governance and operational standards.
• Identify and nurture emerging teams in new areas to expand the reach of cricket.
• Support clubs with volunteer recruitment, facility development, league engagement, and player recruitment.
Community & Stakeholder Engagement
• Lead the delivery of boroughwide cricket development plans, ensuring alignment with external partner strategies (e.g., football clubs, community hubs, education providers, councils, Mayor of London office).
• Engage with key stakeholders influencing cricket participation, venues, funding, governance, and access.
• Develop strong links with non-traditional cricket sites, community hubs, and multi-sport organisations.
• Build partnerships with strategic bodies such as ACE, ACCC, and local role models to increase engagement in cricket, particularly within the Black community.
Participation Growth
• Create and implement a Tape Ball Cricket Development Plan by identifying venues, stakeholders, leaders, and participants already active in informal formats.
• Expand playing opportunities for women and girls across the boroughs
Talent & Facility Support
• Work closely with Essex Cricket’s London Talent Identification programme to link community participation to talent pathways.
• Support the County Facilities Strategy by identifying, upgrading, and repurposing venues for sustainable cricket activity.
Other Areas of Responsibility
• Work towards aims, objectives and targets of the Essex Cricket in the Community
• Monitor and evaluate all work programmes and produce reports when required
• To work with a range of partners for the development and benefit of cricket within Essex and East London
• Promote EDI throughout the work of Essex Cricket linked to the Eagles Way
• Supporting large Essex Cricket in the Community events throughout the year
• Any other tasks as required by Essex Cricket the Community
Our Mission
TO BE THE NUMBER 1 CRICKET REGION, built on a platform of On Field Success, Off Field Growth and Home-Grown Inspiration.
Our FOCUS FOR SUCCESS is to
EXCITE – every individual to be excited by Cricket
ENGAGE – all partners and stakeholders to the opportunities around Cricket
ENHANCE – the development and improvement of Cricket in the East Region
Essex Cricket is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.
Essex Cricket will ensure that all existing and potential employees receive equal consideration and is committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, gender, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion/belief or sexual orientation.
This role profile is not exhaustive; it will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the business. The post holder will be expected to participate in this process, and we would aim to reach agreement to the changes.
To apply please complete the Essex Cricket application form online using the following link
Essex Cricket in the Community - Employment Application Form - Community Development Officer (B&D) – Fill out form
Any additional information should be sent to [email protected] (e.g. a covering letter explaining your suitability for the role and your CV).
Closing date for applications is Friday 28th November 2025
Essex Cricket reserve the right to close the application process prior to the advertised closing date should a suitable candidate be identified.