PURPOSE

Established in December 2023, the Cricket Regulator was set up to be the ring-fenced executive team responsible for ensuring effective education programmes are in place; to operate best practice monitoring, intelligence, and compliance programmes; to investigate alleged breaches, and to prosecute cases where considered appropriate.

The Cricket Regulator focuses on Anti-Corruption, Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Doping, Safeguarding, General Misconduct, and Agency activity in the professional game, as well as other designated levels of organised cricket. Safeguarding and Anti-Discrimination also involves working with other organisations across the recreational game. The Cricket Regulator also ensures cricket in England and Wales meets the regulatory requirements of the International Cricket Council, and also playing a lead role in combatting global threats.

The roles and responsibilities of the Cricket Regulator were previously carried out by an ECB team, which has largely transitioned across to the new structure. An objective in the creation of the Cricket Regulator was to create greater assurance around the separation between regulatory functions and the remainder of the ECB activities.

To provide support and guidance to cricket organisations across England and Wales on safeguarding and assist them with achieving the highest possible standards within the County Partnership Agreement.  

THE ECB

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level, covering the recreational and professional games. The goal of the ECB is for cricket to be the most inclusive team sport, through delivering the Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfilling the ECB purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.

The ECB Board has the power to set standards in relation to on and off field activity and does so through regulations.  The ECB General Counsel has executive responsibility for the ECB regulations, reporting to the ECB Chief Executive. All proposed regulation must be scrutinised by the Regulatory Board, who advise the ECB Board.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF 

• You are a safeguarding professional  

• You are highly organised and efficient  

• Have a passion for safeguarding in sport 

• You are flexible, hardworking and have a desire to make change  

• You can build excellent working relationships with people across all levels  

• Have the desire to learn more and welcome CPD around well-being and mental health first aid 

• You are an exceptional team player and work well in a team  

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Regular visits to county cricket organisations 

• Driving culture change and creating safer environments for everyone in cricket 

• Delivering education and training to the network and ECB colleagues 

• Upskilling staff in the network and supporting with recruitment of safeguarding provision  

• Report writing, compliance tracking and Low-Level Concerns monitoring  

YOU’LL HAVE

• A proven background in a safeguarding role 

• A good understanding of legislation, best practise and KCSIE 

• A can-do attitude and the ability to travel at short notice 

• Excellent organisation and time management skills 

• Qualification within the safeguarding sector  

YOU’LL RECEIVE

• Competitive salary

• Holiday - 25 days a year; and Volunteering - 2 days a year

• Pension - Non-contributory pension

• Private medical insurance and long-term sickness insurance

• Employee health cash-back plan

• Life assurance - four times your annual basic salary

• Enhanced family leave and pay

• Other competitive benefits, and access to support and development programmes

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds.