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 ensure that cricket continues to be a force for good, we are recruiting a dedicated and experienced Anti-Discrimination & Disciplinary Advisor (ADDA) to manage the proactive and reactive elements to discrimination and misconduct. The ADDA role involves a range of strategic and operational day-to-day responsibilities to ensure the game is set up to deliver thorough processes and ensure that the most serious of offences – particularly discrimination, are dealt with in a professional and timely manner.

The ADDA will provide expert advice and assistance to County Boards, Leagues, and Clubs across the game. You will play a pivotal role in the development and delivery of education, training, identifying patterns and driving change in cricket across England and Wales.

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 BE DOING

• Provide support and guidance to Professional Cricket Clubs, Recreational Cricket Boards, and National County Cricket Clubs in effectively managing cases of discrimination and misconduct

• Provide guidance, support, education and training to the cricket network, ECB colleagues and stakeholders to enhance their understanding, management of and response to discrimination and misconduct

• Provide initial contact and support to complainants, Clubs, Leagues, County Boards and any other stakeholders

• Support the coordination of the Cricket Regulators response to relevant investigations/cases relating to discipline, particularly discrimination in recreational cricket

• Provide a consistent support visit plan, in collaboration with the County Safeguarding Advisors (CSAs) to provide advice and support to Counties around the CPA2 and other proactive elements

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

YOU’LL HAVE

• Previous experience in a similar role, with a focus on discrimination prevention, diversity, and inclusion and sport preferable but not essential

• Experience of compliance and the development of rules and regulations (GCR / ADR)

• Knowledge of cricket governance structure

• Experience in handling and supporting investigations

• Strong project management skills

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

• The ability to navigate conflict resolution and host facilitated conversations

• Excellent inter-personal skills

• The ability to deliver training to different audiences 

YOU’LL RECEIVE

• Competitive salary

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

• Private medical insurance and long-term sickness insurance

• Employee health cash-back plan

• Life assurance - a multiple of 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.