About the Role
The Hounslow Cricket Development Officer will play a key role in growing and developing cricket opportunities across the community. We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual with a passion for community sport and the ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. The successful candidate will be committed to making cricket accessible to diverse communities and using the power of sport to create positive social impact.
Responsibilities
- Delivery of All Stars Breakfast/Lunch/After-School Clubs at Primary Schools in Hounslow.
- Deliver existing Hounslow Street Cricket Club and establish a new Street Cricket Club in the borough.
- Organise an annual Girls’ Cricket Festival, aiming to engage a minimum of 10 primary schools.
- Coordination of a Hounslow Teacher Cricket CPD Plan, delivering a minimum of two events per academic year.
- Work & support Sport Impact projects as required.
- Support with the coordination & delivery of Chance to Shine Primary School programmes in Hounslow.
- Build & maintain relationships with key contacts (Junior Section Leads) at Hounslow cricket clubs.
- Provide content for the Hounslow Cricket Hub webpage.
- Monitoring & evaluation of Hounslow Cricket delivery, contributing to the working group with performance updates and providing a minimum of 2 case studies per academic year.
Requirements
- Experience of coordinating or delivering community sport programmes for young people, ideally within diverse or underserved communities.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple programmes, schedules and administrative tasks effectively.
- Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a range of stakeholders, including schools, community organisations and coaches.
- Experience of programme administration, including accurate data collection, monitoring and reporting.
- Understanding of safeguarding requirements when working with children and young people.
- Ability to engage, motivate and support young people aged 8–16, creating inclusive and welcoming environments.
- Disclosure and Barring System Check (assistance available).
- First Aid Certificate (assistance available).
- Safeguarding Level 2 Certificate (assistance available).
- ECB Level 2 or equivalent Cricket Coaching qualification (assistance available).
Skills
- Community sport programmes
- Diverse or underserved communities
- Organisational skills
- Programme management
- Schedule management
- Administrative tasks
- Relationship building
- Stakeholder management
- Schools engagement
- Community organisation engagement
- Coach engagement
- Programme administration
- Data collection
- Monitoring
- Reporting
- Safeguarding
- Engaging young people
- Motivating young people
- Supporting young people
- Inclusive environments
- Welcoming environments
- Coaching
- Proactive approach
- Adaptable approach
- Equality
- Diversity
- Increasing participation in sport
Location
- Middlesex Indoor Cricket School (Office)
- Various locations in/around Hounslow
Work Type
- Full Time
- Fixed term contract
Experience Level
- 1 year fixed term
Education Level
- Relevant coaching qualification (or willingness to achieve)
Salary/Compensations
- £27,500.00
About the Company
- The Hounslow Community Cricket Partnership aims to make cricket accessible for girls and boys in the borough - inspiring fun participation, building confidence and helping young people to get active.
- Founding partners are Middlesex in the Community (MITC), Sky, Sport Impact and Hounslow Council.
- There will be an innovative programme that will take the ECB’s All Stars programme into primary schools to introduce cricket to Year 1-3 girls and boys.
- Celebrating the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup and it’s legacy, there will be a Year 4 cricket festival for girls at the QEII Sportsground in Brentford (MITC’s new home for women’s and girls’ cricket).
- The partnership will ensure there are clear pathways from schools to local clubs, with information and signposts on a new dedicated Hounslow community cricket website.
- A new Street Cricket hub for Hounslow will be set up with Chance to Shine, offering young people a more casual opportunity to develop their cricket and life skills, for free, whilst also taking part in informal matches.
