Kent Cricket
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CLOSING DATE: Sunday 19 October 2025
INTERVIEWS: W/C 27 October 2025
REPORTS TO: Senior Manager (Clubs & Leagues and Women’s & Girls’ Cricket)
REMUNERATION: Starting from £24,000 (plus travel expenses)
OTHER BENEFITS: CPD opportunities including coaching accreditations; access to 20% staff discount within the club shop; two guest passes for entry to Kent Cricket fixtures at home grounds
CONTRACT: Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week) (part time and flexible working options could be considered – please get in touch with us to discuss further)
ANNUAL LEAVE: 23 days annual leave + bank holidays
LOCATION: The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury – we are a hybrid working office so there will be a blend of office and home working
EQUALITY STATEMENT:
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 applications from all sections of the community.
SAFEGUARDING:
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.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
This is a new position within the Community Cricket Team at Kent Cricket. The role will be responsible for two key areas of the recreational game in Kent; developing coaches of the future and managing a thriving club competition programme. This role will have responsibility for administering all the coach development courses in the county, ensuring new coaches have a great experience and are supported to gain accreditations. The role will also be responsible for a range of community club competitions and leagues, ensuring cricketers county wide have a well organised and successful competition for them to enter. More specific duties include:
Leagues and Competitions:
• Responsible for the administration and management of two indoor open age leagues, and two juniorleagues taking place at Canterbury & Beckenham
• Work with Club Development Manager to roll out a pilot ‘30 over’ competition in 2026 to a small number of clubs to expand in 2027
• Responsible for the administration and management of the ECB U12 & U14 Club T20 competition and the club U9 & U11 Forty Softball competitions
• Support junior league cricket volunteers to ensure their leagues and competitions are running smoothly
Coach Development Operations:
• Produce Annual Coach Development Plan with Coach Development Manager
• Arrange Foundation Phase Courses as described in Annual Coach Development Plan
• Venue bookings
• Courses added to booking system and website
• Promotion of courses on website and other channels
• Administer Coach Developer allocation to deliver courses
• Administer course communications with learners and coach developers, pre and post courses
• Monitor course completion by learners
• Track budget, income and expenditure
• Administer UKBA Health and Safety Course for overseas players
• Respond to all Coach Development Enquires and issues
• Administer IQA of courses
• Prepare Quarterly Communications with CA network
• Arrange and promote ECB Coach Association workshops
• Support Delivery of Kent Coach Association events
• Ensure compliance of Coach Developer qualifications and risk assessments
• Agree and Administer First Aid Course programme
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential:
- Effective communicator and the ability to engage with people of all levels
- Ability to plan and organise your own work to achieve desired outcomes
- Excellent administrative skills and attention to detail
- Strong team player with ability to work in a hybrid office environment
- Computer literate and effective user of Word, Excel, Outlook and other Microsoft programmes
- Ability to travel independently between various sites of work Desirable:
- A passion for sport and supporting young people to develop through sport
- Working knowledge of safeguarding in a sports environment
- Experience of event co-ordination and delivery
- Cricket coaching/officiating/volunteering background or experience
How to apply:
Please send your CV, along with a short covering statement explaining why you are applying for the role, to Matthew Fagg on the following email – [email protected] with the subject- Operations Executive. All applications will be acknowledged, and we will invite a selected short-list of candidates for a face-to-face interview at our offices in Canterbury.
We do not expect applicants to have detailed cricket or sport experience. The work we do in the Community Team is quite niche, so we look for competent people with transferable skills. This particular role would suit a well organised person, with some administration or programme management experience. The role will have regular communication with customers and external stakeholders, so strong written and verbal communication is essential. The role will include significant home working as well as occasional travel around the county.
Additional information:
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 - [email protected]. 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 – [email protected]. 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.