Closing date: 31st August 2016

The Somerset Cricket Board (SCB) wish to appoint a Youth Development Manager to provide inspirational opportunities and experiences for young people, encouraging them to develop a lifelong passion for the game. The current incumbent has received a promotion within cricket development and we are seeking a replacement for the modified role.

The post holder will manage our Schools and Street Cricket programmes, our commercial coaching programme, line manage our coaching team and launch the ECB’s entry level cricket programme in Somerset.

The post is supported by Chance to Shine (www.chancetoshine.org) and the ECB.

The Youth Development Manager will spend approximately 60% of their time managing our existing Schools and Street Cricket programmes. In 2016 the joint programmes had a budget of circa £100k and directly involved sixteen clubs, eighteen coaches and over 100 schools.

We currently run twenty commercial coaching courses each year that are attended by approximately 400 young people. The Youth Development Manager will be tasked with growing participation and therefor income on existing courses and gauging demand for new courses across the county.

To successfully manage the above programmes the successful incumbent will be responsible for the management of our team of coaches (2 x full-time, 1 x part-time and 20 x casual). This will be the first time that our casual coaches have received such management and the quality, availability and development of the team is expected to increase as a result.

In accordance with the ECB’s new strategy (www.cricketunleashed.com) we will soon be launching the national entry-level club programme for 5-8 year olds. The Youth Development Manager will oversee the implementation of the programme, which will require close working relations with schools, clubs, coaches and stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have a track record of successfully managing people, projects and budgets as well as good industry knowledge. A warm personality, the ability to build genuine relationships and get the best out of people will be key attributes of the post holder.

The successful candidate will become a major part of a friendly, professional and supportive team that have a ‘can do’ attitude.

The deadline for applications to be received is Midnight on Wednesday 31st August and the date for interviews at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton is Friday 9th September.

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Somerset Cricket Board is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.