Facilities Planning Manager; Recreational Game - South East region

Location Nationwide

Organisation England and Wales Cricket Board

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level – from grassroots to professional.

We believe cricket is a force for good that can have an enduring impact on everyone’s lives and we have an ambitious strategy to inspire a generation to say ‘cricket is a game for me’. It provides great entertainment.

It teaches important skills, both physical and social. It can help inclusion and social cohesion, bringing communities together.

The ECB welcomes applications from all backgrounds to ensure we deliver our Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfil our purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.

Purpose

This exciting role will help deliver our capital investment programme within the recreational game, providing expert support to the network and stakeholders with a focus on aligning strategy to deliver outstanding projects.

You'll be doing

• Be responsible for developing and delivering a portfolio of large scale strategic capital projects with a value of £2m+ per year, with the guiding purpose of making cricket the most inclusive team sport in the UK.
• Support Recreational Cricket Boards to develop local partnerships to deliver outstanding projects and drive a further £2m+ in small scale projects at cricket clubs.
• Providing technical expertise to the cricket network, including facility design and business planning, to ensure sustainable investment
• Working with key partners, including Local Authorities, in identified urban areas to create facility developments at scale and tackle inequalities in access and suply
• Supporting our agreement with Sport England on Planning issues including statutory consultations and Playing Pitch Strategies
• Case work on strategically identified projects to progress from concept to delivery
• Working collaboratively to ensure joined up investment with the professional game (on Outground projects and similar pathway opportunities)
• Supporting the delivery of campaigns and programmes to create a sustainable cricket network

You'll have

• The right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role.
• The ability to take an objective and strategic view of plans
• Experience in project management and an eye for detail enabling you to work accurately and efficiently
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to work in one-to-one and one-to-many situations with a wide range of people from volunteers to senior management
• The ability to negotiate and manage customer expectations
• The ability to use digital systems and tools
• Good working knowledge of:
  • Facilities development
  • Health and safety
  • Business planning
  • The planning system and Sport England policy
  • Sustainability
  • Accessibility
  • Recreational cricket network
  • Local Authorities

You'll receive

• Holiday - 25 days a year
• Volunteering – 2 days a year
• Pension Scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Employee health cash-back plan
• Long-term sickness insurance
• Life assurance - a multiple of your annual basic salary?
• Enhanced family leave and pay
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential access to expert services including counselling, wellbeing, and independent legal and financial advice
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Preferential access to tickets to England games
• Opportunities to be a part of and be involved in our Employee Resource groups:
  Women in Cricket Employee Network, Race in Cricket Employee Network, Social Equality in Cricket Employee Network, Cricketability Employee Network (formerly called the Disability in Cricket Employee Network) and LGBTQ+ Community in Cricket Employee Network