Head of Club & Community Cricket

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Cricket Victoria is one of Victoria’s leading sporting organisations. Cricket Victoria is the governing body for the game of cricket in Victoria. From grassroots cricket to the elite teams – the Victorian Men’s Cricket Team, Victorian Women’s Cricket Team, Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades, Cricket Victoria nurtures and promotes the development and success of the sport for all Victorians. 
 
Cricket Victoria is currently seeking a Head of Club & Community Cricket to lead club and competitions development across Victoria with a focus on supporting inclusive clubs, junior cricket, policy and building club capacity. The position leads a team in delivering the various objectives across each area in a planned and coordinated approach.  
 
The position will be responsible for –

• Leading a team focused on developing policy and supporting strategies that can be implemented via staff in regions and across the wider cricket community. 
• Establishing and developing initiatives for clubs and indoor centres that promotes and assists in the establishment of an inclusive/welcoming environment.  
• Leading a team that provides specialised support and services to the staff in regions to enable retention and subsequent growth within club/indoor cricket participation. 
• Leading Cricket Victoria’s child protection policy and oversee the delivery of the action plan that ensures cricket provides a safe environment for children.
• Overseeing state wide volunteer strategies for recruitment, engagement, reward and development including alignment and relationship with CA.
• Communicating consistently and effectively with affiliates, associations, clubs and indoor centres and maintain strong relationships (with a focus on policy and servicing).
• Driving strong connections and linkages with the BBL/WBBL teams via strategic initiatives (e.g. Renegades Champions League, BBL Club initiatives).
• Developing strategies that are scalable to improve retention of players in club and indoor cricket as well as drive an increase in diverse participants (e.g. Harmony in Cricket Association).
• Overseeing the operations and appropriately delegating responsibility for Community Cricket teams within national carnivals (Inclusion Championships, Indigenous Championships, Indoor and Country Cricket). 
• Driving uptake and promotion of state and national programs, systems and policies including; Junior Formats, MyCricket, Member Protection Policies, A Sport for All Training.
• Leading and enhancing Cricket Victoria’s club and association development program and support the roll out of the metropolitan and country cricket strategies Actively embed indoor cricket within the cricket community through new opportunities including the NICL and Indoor 4s.
• Exploring opportunities to generate revenue through funding opportunities and potential partnerships.
• Ensuring strong customer service and MyCricket servicing is provided to clubs, associations and affiliates with insights that influence strategy within Cricket Victoria.

To be successful, you will have –

• University qualification in a related field (e.g. management, sport administration, business, education)
• Leadership experience and demonstrated skills in managing a successful team 
• Excellent planning processes and an ability to lead and execute operations (e.g. cricket competitions) 
• Strong relationship building skills and an ability to relate and work with staff, volunteers and cricket administrators
• Outstanding communication skills inclusive of presentations, policy writing, reports and in the development of proposals
• Event management skills and an ability to make timely decisions regarding competitions and events 

Why Cricket Victoria?

• It’s an opportunity for you to combine one of your passions with your career. Everyone deserves to wake up excited to go to work!
• It’s an exciting time to be involved in Cricket, the Big Bash League (BBL) and Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) is growing, numbers in junior participation, women’s cricket, all abilities cricket and multicultural cricket is continuously increasing.
• It’s an even more exciting time to be involved with Cricket Victoria, we’re just moved to our new home at Junction Oval – the CitiPower Centre. 
• We provide an exciting, dynamic working environment within the sports and entertainment industry.
• We nurture a strong family culture – we’re one big cohesive working group. 
• We understand life is busy and encourage a work life balance so we offer flexible working arrangements. 
• Not only is the salary package attractive, we have extensive staff benefits including tickets and passes to sporting events (yes, including the cricket), gym access, salary packaging, workplace banking, corporate health insurance, discounts with corporate partners and the list goes on, it’s too long to go on… 

Is this the next step in your career? 
 
If you think you are ready to launch into a new career within a professional and passionate environment, please apply below with a cover letter and resume. 
 
Applications close Sunday 22 July 2018 (11.00pm)  
 
If you have any questions you’d like to ask prior to submitting your application, please email [email protected] 
 
At Cricket Victoria, we embrace diversity in gender, age, ethnicity, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We are committed to providing a safe environment for children across Australian Cricket, and we also offer a flexible work environment for employees. We measure ourselves on our behaviours – “How We Play”; our people value being real, smashing the boundaries, making every ball count and being stronger together.