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.

We are recruiting for two Recreational Discipline Officer roles, one of which will support the North of England and Wales and one which will support the South. Please ensure you are applying for the appropriate role. To apply for both roles, please submit separate applications.

To ensure that recreational cricket continues to be a force for good, we are establishing a Recreational Cricket Discipline team to ensure the game is set up to deliver thorough discipline processes and ensure that the most serious of offences – particularly discrimination, are dealt with in a professional and timely manner. This role will support the largely volunteer workforce to strengthen existing processes and provide consistency in recreational cricket discipline. 

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.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Support the management of the discipline process for cases relating to the recreational game that require Cricket Regulator involvement. This includes working with internal departments including but not limited to, Recreational Game Department, Integrity and Legal, as well as external support agencies/firms as required. 

• Support the coordination of the Cricket Regulators response to relevant investigations/cases relating to discipline, particularly discrimination in recreational cricket to ensure that both appeals of cases and recommendations from investigations are carried out appropriately. 

• Support the Recreational Cricket Discipline Manager in assisting County Cricket Boards to set up systems and procedures to carry out effective judicial and Anti-Discrimination processes. 

• Build relationships with leagues and competitions across England and Wales and act as their main point of contact at the Cricket Regulator. 

• Support the Recreational Cricket Discipline Manager to proactively drive high quality standards and procedures across the game. 

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF 

• You understand and value high quality procedures to ensure fair and equitable investigations 

• You have a passion for community sport, and it can play in driving community cohesion 

• You thrive in situations involving pressurised timelines 

• You have an ability to be proactive and influence others 

• You have great leadership skills and experience 

YOU’LL HAVE

• Good knowledge of regulatory discipline processes  

• Strong project management skills 

• Ability to work in a high-paced, pressure environment 

• Excellent inter-personal skills 

• Experience in conducting investigations 

• Experience of compliance and the development of rules and regulations 

• Knowledge of cricket governance structure    

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.

Please note, the online interviews will be w/c 2nd December.