Non-Executive Director

Organisation Kent County Cricket Club Salary N / A Location Kent Cricket, The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3NZ
Contract type Volunteer Closing date 5 January 2026 Job Description Introduction to Kent Cricket :

Kent Cricket is one of only 18 professional county cricket clubs in England and Wales.

From our current headquarters at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, and with a satellite

ground at The County Ground, Beckenham, we are responsible for the growth and

development of all cricket across Kent including our four London Boroughs of Bexley,

Bromley, Greenwich, and Lewisham - from community and schools’ cricket to the

professional game.

Founded in 1870, Kent has won every domestic cricket title, playing host to some of the

greatest cricketers in the game including current England stars, Tammy Beaumont and Zak

Crawley, as well as former club Captain and now Managing Director of England and Wales

Cricket Board, Rob Key, and England Women’s Head Coach, Charlotte Edwards.

Our rich heritage, a thriving recreational game – with more recreational players than every

county bar one – and our unique estate provides the foundations upon which you can help

create the next historic chapter for Kent Cricket.

We believe the evolving cricketing landscape undoubtedly demands a Board with a broad

set of skills. We are currently looking to recruit Non-Executive Directors to help us with the

ambition to become both financially sustainable and enduringly competitively on the field

with players predominantly produced in Kent.

To support our ambition, we are recruiting up to four Non-Executive Directors. We are

looking for dedicated and collaborative individuals who have understanding and experience

in at least one of the following areas :

• Successful commercial leadership, particularly in sport
• Elite cricket or professional sport experience
• Estate utilisation and development
• Accounting or legal experience

As well as being able to demonstrate an interest in Kent Cricket, candidates will have the

passion to ensure that Kent Cricket is a champion of inclusivity and diversity, ensuring we

remain a force for good, genuinely changing the lives of the people of Kent.

We are looking for candidates with board-level experience and have the time to attend both

board meetings (usually four physical meetings per year, and up to eight online meetings) as

well as attend cricket matches and important Club events, meeting various stakeholders

associated with Kent Cricket.

You will be confident in both supporting and constructively challenging Kent Cricket’s

Executive Leadership Team, and willing to step-out of your comfort zone to take an informed

view of issues which may not naturally be your area of expertise.

This is a voluntary position, with reasonable expenses reimbursed and subsistence

associated with the role will be provided.

The role requires a commitment of approximately 12–24 days per year. Appointments to the

Board will be made for an initial term of one, two, or three years, with the possibility of

renewal for additional three-year terms.

While physical board meetings will take place at both our Canterbury and Beckenham

venues to reflect our remit to serve the County of Kent and the four “Metropolitan Kent”

London Boroughs, please note that majority of meetings are held online.

Kent Cricket is committed to improving the diversity of our Board and our workforce. We

have obtained the ECB Gold standard of governance as it relates to the County Partnership

Agreement and the composition of the board. Our selection process will be mindful of

maintaining that Gold standard.

We welcome applicants from all walks of life and backgrounds who can bring diversity of

thought and experience to the Club.

We are committed to ensuring that all applicants do not receive less favourable treatment or

are discriminated against, on the grounds of their age; disability; gender; marriage and civil

partnership; pregnancy or maternity; race; religion or belief; sex or sexual orientation.

Kent Cricket is committed to safeguarding and protecting children, young people and adults

in cricket and we expect all employees to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to a process of vetting with references taken up and where the role

involves working in Regulated Activity with children, we require a current ECB DBS.