Head of Participation & Growth in Worcester

The Head of Participation & Growth will lead on delivering the Worcestershire Cricket Foundation Strategy for the P&G side. Their role will also be to manage the Participation & Growth Project leads and operations within Worcestershire Cricket Foundation. To manage all Participation & Growth programmes within Worcestershire Cricket Foundation and ensure delivery against strategy. Manage the operations within Worcestershire Cricket Foundation. Deputise for the Executive Director, including attending relevant meetings and leading staff engagement. To line manage the Clubs Manager, Club Development Officer, Competitions Manager and Women's and Girls Officer, with oversight of the Women's and Girls coach. Monthly line report meetings to check progress against KPI Targets which align with the foundations Strategy. Internal visits across the projects WCF deliver to maintain WCF standards and provide feedback to staff. Motivate and support staff to identify and access learning opportunities for career and personal development.

Relationships & Communication

• Create and maintain close relationships with ECB, recreational cricket clubs and other new partners where appropriate to achieve shared aims and objectives.
• Create partnerships with local & national stakeholders to support the delivery of our P&G programmes.
• Maintain an ongoing collaborative relationship with Worcestershire County Cricket Club.
• To organise monthly management meetings and prepare Board reports following these.
• Attend board meetings and sub-committee meetings where appropriate.
• Alongside Executive Director and Head of Community Programmes develop, publish and implement the Worcestershire Cricket Foundation Strategic plan (2025-2028).
• Lead on strategy development and implementation for all Participation & Growth projects.

Finance & Operations

• Deliver against budgeted sales targets in the Schools Programme, education and coaching offer programmes.
• Prepare and monitor Participation and Growth element of the overall Foundation budget.
• Produce monthly timesheets and expenses for all P & G team for the finance officer to complete payroll.
• Identify potential partnerships, sponsorships, and further income generation opportunities.

Safeguarding & other duties

• To promote Health and Safety awareness in all aspects of provision and to take all necessary action to ensure that health and safety responsibilities are discharged in respect of statutory regulations and departmental safety policies in all matters within the jurisdiction of the post.
• Oversee safeguarding and compliance for cricket in the county in partnership with the safeguarding officer.
• To carry out other such duties as from time to time incidentally arise, develop or be assigned, which can include coaching work.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge:

• Understanding of current programmes undertaken by Worcestershire Cricket Foundation.
• An understanding of the cricket landscape and support networks – ECB and key partners.
• Experience of Facility improvement within recreational sport.
• Experience of fundraising and identifying opportunities for partnerships.

Experience

• Experience of responsibility for finance administration and setting, managing and reporting on budgets.
• Experience of designing programmes, driving participation & engagement in them.
• Experience of creating and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, professionals and volunteers.
• Experience of project development and management.
• Successful experience of managing a high performing team.
• Experience of coaching team members to assist them to develop their people management skills.
• Managing projects, events and schedules successfully.
• Previous experience in a senior role working in a Sport Development environment would be advantageous but not essential.
• Leading facilities investment strategies.
• Having worked in a similar role within a cricket organisation e.g., County Board or NGB.
• Adept at building rapport and trust to guide stakeholders toward mutually beneficial decisions.
• Experience of Safeguarding.

Personal Attributes

• A positive attitude with initiative, focus and drive.
• Leadership and management skills.
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills; written, verbal and listening.
• A customer-orientated approach to all facets of the work and Worcestershire Cricket Foundations operations.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Ability to inspire, influence, motivate and manage others.
• A commitment to equal opportunities and working towards equality, diversity, and inclusion standards.
• Ability to work within a team and to contribute to the overall success of the team as a whole.
• Ability to evaluate, review, revise and implement new ideas and methods of working.
• Commitment to work to the Companies standards and within formalised rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Excellent IT skills including the use of Microsoft Office.