Posted: 24 April 2025
Link to Apply: https://talent.sage.hr/jobs/bbe6316f-83a1-4934-8733-99e2d6934e1b
- Full-time
- Pathways
- Last day to apply: 09/05/2025
The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a High Performance Coach to join our talent pathway. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the success of our Girls Pathway by advancing the development of players within the County Age Group and ensure high quality player development programmes are in place. The successful candidate will be significant in contributing to sustainable success aligned with the Club’s vision, through the development of elite level players who will one day represent The Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
Reporting to the Head of Talent Pathway’s, this role will involve:
- Providing high quality coaching to squad, small group and one to one coaching sessions in accordance the programme delivery
- Lead in the delivery of County Age Group teams, matches and ensure the squad are well equipped for success on and off the field.
- Assist with the preparation of winter and pre-season programmes
- Work with the Head of Talent Pathway to establish recruitment and skill specific depth-charts for future Academy
- Lead the planning, development, monitoring and delivery of indvidualised and holistic development programmes for players.
For more information and selection criteria, you can access the full job description for this role here.
About You
We are looking for people who meet the below criteria:
- ECB Level-3 Coaching Qualification or an ECB Level-2 Coaching Qualification with a willingness to work towards an ECB Level-3 Coaching qualification
- Demonstrable experience of delivering high quality coaching within a high performance environment
- A knowledge and understanding of the requirements of a Talent Pathway environment
- Good knowledge of IT Systems including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to produce Depth Charts, Reports and PDPs
- Demonstrable experience / or commitment to delivering the principles of the Club’s EDI strategy
- Demonstrable experience / or commitment to working with a safeguarding framework
Further essential or desirable criteria can be found in the job description.
Working at The Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Working at Yorkshire Cricket, you will benefit from the following:
- Health cash plan provider
- 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays which increases based on years of service
- Pension contributions
- Yorkshire County Cricket Club membership
- Access to employee assistance programmes
- Enhanced parental leave
- Volunteering leave
- Wellbeing and cultural leave
Our Commitment
Yorkshire Cricket is committed to safeguarding children and adults. Due to this role being in regulated activity, the postholder will be required to undertake an ECB Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check; it is a criminal offence for a barred person to attempt to engage with vulnerable groups. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
Should you have any questions regarding the vacancy or require any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to get into contact with us at [email protected].
Name of Author: Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club, representing the historic county of Yorkshire, is one of England and Wales’ eighteen first-class county clubs. The club’s limited overs team, the Yorkshire Vikings, sports a kit in Cambridge blue, Oxford blue, and yellow.
