16th February 2015
| Donald Elam
Background
The England and Wales Cricket
Board was established on January 1st, 1997 as the single national
governing body for all
cricket in England and Wales and has its headquarters at Lord’s Cricket Ground
in London.
The formation of the ECB was
the culmination of a drive towards creating, for the first time, one unified
body responsible for the
management and development of every form of cricket for men and women.
This included clubs, schools,
juniors and youth, disabilities cricket, representative, first class and
international cricket - the
whole game from playground to the Test arena.
Since 1997, the ECB has
developed into a business with annual revenues of over £100m, employing
over 300 people and investing
millions each year in cricket infrastructure, player development,
participation programmes,
coach development, competition and tournaments and promotion of the
game locally, nationally and
internationally.
Under
the leadership of a new Chief Executive, Tom Harrison, from January 2015 and
following on from the appointment of Gordon Hollins as Chief Operating Officer,
the organisation is now looking to appoint a
Director – Participation &
Growth.
Position Summary
The primary purpose of the
Director – Participation & Growth (DPG) is to develop and execute the
recently prepared Strategy to get more people playing cricket more often
throughout England & Wales.
The DPG will provide clear and consistent
leadership to the department for which he/she is responsible, whilst engaging
the wider ECB organisation and the game’s key stakeholders in the development
of the Recreational Game. The DPG will be the single point of accountability
for the delivery of the Participation & Growth Strategy.
Key Measures
·
Effective
implementation of the Participation & Growth Strategy and annual
operational plans
·
Increased Growth
in participation levels
·
Operating within
the budget approved by the ECB Board
·
Managing the
performance of the department’s leadership group
Key Relationships
·
Chief Operating
Officer
·
Department
leadership group
·
ECB Leadership
Team and Department Heads
·
Sport
England/Sport Wales/DCMS
·
ECB Association
of Cricket Officials/Chance to Shine/Lord’s Taveners/MCC Foundation/Youth
Sports Trust/other
·
County Cricket
Board Chairmen
·
First Class
County Club CEOs
Key Responsibilities
1. Participation
& Growth Strategy:
- To develop the Strategy and review and refine it
annually
- Identify barriers to participation within identified
population groups and create innovative solutions to form part of annual plans
- Interpret customer insight to inform the strategy and
operational plans
- Engage ECB departments in delivery of the strategy
- Influence external stakeholders to align their
strategies with ECB’s to ensure a common direction for the game
-
Work closely with Sport England to agree and deliver
an agreed set of growth targets
2. Leadership
- To ensure there is an effective organisational
structure in place to deliver the strategy
-
To provide expertise and clear direction to a
multi-site team to enable them to integrate and effectively execute operational
plans
- Coach, counsel, inspire and develop the leadership
group whilst managing their performance and holding them to account for
delivery of operational plans
- Own the Participation & Growth Strategy, ‘champion’
it within the ECB and inspire the Cricket Community to grow and develop the sport
in their area of activity
- Manage and deliver change
3. Relationships
- To work closely with ECB Leadership Team members to
ensure an integrated approach to the delivery of the Participation & Growth
Strategy
- Build a strong relationship with management of Sport
England to ensure that cricket maximizes opportunities to get more people
playing cricket more often
-
Develop positive, influential and sustainable
relationships with key partners, including Chance to Shine, Lord’s Taveners,
MCC Foundation, Youth Sport Trust and others with an interest in cricket.
4. General Management
- Prepare annual budget submissions designed to maximize
returns for the games investment
- Review management accounts monthly to ensure costs are
within budget
- Regularly review the performance of the leadership
group and agree appropriate improvement plans
- Evaluate the delivery of operational plans on a
regular basis and agree amendments within the leadership group if appropriate
- Represent the ECB at functions/events and, where
appropriate, make presentations to promote the game
Person Specification
-
An
outstanding leader with clear vision and accountability
- Track
record of implementing ‘change programmes’ which deliver growth
-
Strategic
thinker with the ability to convert theory into results and challenge
traditional thinking and the status quo
- Experience
in commerce with the ability to recognize opportunities and maximize returns on
investment
-
A
background that includes business planning, customer insight, marketing,
communications and general management responsibilities’
- Financially
astute and used to ‘owning’ budgets
- Evidence
of delivering results through teams
- Exceptional
communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
- Preferable
to have a love of cricket and/or sport
PROCESS
For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Alistair
Milner either by email at
[email protected] or by telephone on 020
7092 6966.
Closing date: Friday 27 February 2015
If you wish to apply, please forward a covering letter and CV directly to
[email protected] by 27 February.