AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY EXISTS TO JOIN CRICKET4LONDON AS AN ACTIVATION OFFICER
Job Description – Cricket4London activation Officer (Middlesex County Cricket Club)
Job Title: Cricket4London activation Officer (Middlesex County Cricket Club)
Reports to: Director of Participation
Location: Various
Contract: 40 hours per week (Fixed term contract 1 year subject to Funding)
Salary: £26,000-£28,000 per annum
Purpose of the Job:
To plan and deliver a range of community-based cricket programmes to increase participation in sport through engaging and relevant social and physical activity amongst young people and adults in the East of Middlesex (primarily in, but not limited to, the boroughs of; Tower Hamlets, Haringey, Hackney & Islington).
The post holder will report to the Director of Participation and will form part of the Middlesex Cricket Participation Team.
The nature of community engagement work will mean the post holder may be required to work evenings and weekends from time to time as part of the role.
Main duties:
- To oversee the day to day running of Youth activity programmes.
- To facilitate the delivery of sport and physical activity programmes during the school holidays.
- To create Community activation hubs, using Cricket as the hub to connection and activation.
- To be responsible for specific projects as appropriate, ensuring they are delivered to the highest standards.
- To understand the purpose and opportunity of the Criket4London initiative, work closely with all stakeholders, communities, and partners to change the perception of game for people that live within London.
- To develop new and innovative ways to increase participation and tackle inactivity in line with the Cricket4London strategy, Vision, and Mission. Using insight and Local Authority information to develop specific programmes that supports broader community challenges such as Health, Education, Employment, and Deprivation
- To effectively market and promote activities and events to engage Londoners.
- To work with Primary, Secondary, Further Education and Higher Education institutions to engage their students and create a strong engagement of Cricket within in the state, grant maintained/voluntary aided, and or multi academy trusts education sectors
- To manage existing partnerships with external stakeholders such as, but not limited to; other London Counties, ECB, and the London Cricket Trust.
- To deliver on key projects as appropriate.
- To supervise and develop coaches, instructors and volunteers who assist with the delivery of sport and activity programmes, events, and cricket hubs.
- To be responsible for preparing, managing, and monitoring programme budgets.
- To identify and support external funding applications to enhance the sport and physical activity offer.
- To produce and present reports and key performance indicators to demonstrate the impact of programmes against targets and objectives.
- To produce monitoring and evaluation reports when required by funders.
- To assist with ensuring compliance with appropriate legislation and regulations, including Health and Safety, an proactively promote safeguarding within community sectors.
- To undertake training and development as required.
- This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that may fall to the post holder and employees will be expected to carry out such other reasonable duties which may be required from time to time.
- To attend local and regional meetings, workshops and conferences as required
- Create opportunities participants to attend major matches, and other lifetime experiences.
- Create exit routes for people of all ages into regular and regulated cricket activities, for either traditional or non-traditional settings.
Person Specification:
The criteria listed in this Person Specification are all essential to the job.
Qualifications and Training
- ECB coaching qualification, member of the ECB CA (or willing and able to be a member).
- Current Enhanced ECB DBS clearance.
- First Aid certificate
- Safeguarding young cricketers certificate
- Full UK driving licence
- Experience of using adapted version of games and activities to engage new participants
Knowledge
- Knowledge of the sport and physical activity landscape both locally and nationally
- Knowledge of community engagement processes
- Knowledge of both local and national funding opportunities
- Knowledge of the barriers to participation in sport and physical activity
- Knowledge of the principles of customer service
- Knowledge around working with and proactively promoting safeguarding within community sectors
- Knowledge of opportunity cricket presents children, young adults and communities for social, mental and physical health including role that sports like cricket can play in inclusion, and social mobility.
Experience
- Experience in organising community sports, activities, and events
- Experience in managing projects and programmes
- Experience in supervising sessional sports coaches, instructors, and volunteers
- Experience in engaging underrepresented, disadvantaged and/or hard to reach groups in an inner-city area
- Experience in operating within and monitoring budgets
- Experience in working with partners such as an NGB, CSP, Local Authority or community organisation
- Experienced working with young people (both primary and secondary school ages)
- Experience in sports development, cross sport engagement and activation
- Experience of funding applications in line with Community activation.
Skills and Abilities
- To be reliable, punctual and have effective time management skills
- To build lasting relationships (both internally and externally) at all levels
- To employ diplomacy and confidentiality when required
- To prepare and present high quality written reports
- To manage a wide and varied workload and meet strict deadlines
- To be proficient in IT including the use of Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
- Effective communicator.
- To deliver fun, safe, and engaging practical sessions with success and achievement to individuals and groups of different sizes, ages, and abilities.
Other requirements
- The determination and resilience to overcome obstacles and solve problems as they arise
- A community spirit with an understanding of the role of the organisation within the local community
- A team player willing to do whatever it takes within agreed parameters to ensure the success of their team and the organisation
- The willingness and ability to work occasional evenings and weekends to maintain service delivery
- Enthusiastic to improving the opportunities for people playing cricket.
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS, Right to Work in the UK, and satisfactory references.
To Apply
Please forward your CV and an accompanying Cover Letter, stating your suitability for the role, to [email protected]. Please note that you will be required to complete and return a Safer Recruitment Application Form if you are shortlisted and invited to interview.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on the 6th of February 2023. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 13th February 2023.
Please note that due to the volume of applications the Club received, we are unable to provide specific feedback on unsuccessful applications. All applicants must have Right to Work in the UK, sponsorship for overseas employees cannot be provided for this role.
Middlesex Cricket is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and adults at risk that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a process of vetting, including the disclosure of criminal records and the seeking of references. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.
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