Inclusion Officer

Organisation: Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Salary: £24,000pa - £26,000pa
Location: Northampton
Contract type: Paid Internship (Full time)
Closing date: 1 August 2025
Interview date: 11 August 2025
Job Description: Hours: 37 hours per week to include work on evenings and weekends as well as during the day on weekdays as required
Salary: £24k to £26k - Plus expenses and pension
Contract Type: Full-time
Location: Working within the cricketing and wider community across Northamptonshire
Responsible to: Clubs Manager

The Steelbacks Foundation is the Governing Body for recreational cricket in Northamptonshire, delivering services in support of the cricket community across the county. It is one of 39 County Cricket Boards/Foundations in England & Wales and works in partnership with several key stakeholders to develop the recreational game locally in line with the strategy developed by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Job Specification

The Steelbacks Foundation are looking to appoint an Inclusion Officer. The role will lead and support the delivery of a range of high-quality cricket and community projects, programmes and events that engage and inspire individuals from new groups to sustain and grow the game in the county. The role will be key to establishing cricket as the most inclusive team sport in Northamptonshire, in line with the Steelbacks Foundation Strategic EDI Plan 2025-2026.

You’ll Love this Job if

- You enjoy working with a wide range of stakeholders.
- You have a passion for community sport and the power of cricket to connect communities, inspire young people and improve lives.   
- You have a contagious energy that engages people, and you understand the value of collaboration across the game to achieve the goals of the Steelbacks Foundation Strategic Plan 2025-2028
- You thrive under busy, variable, and exciting environments. 

You’ll be Doing

- Oversee the operational delivery of selected club support to diversify the ethnicity of the volunteer workforce, work within under represented or deprived communities and increase the number of females involved
- Work closely with the Clubs Manager to identify clubs in selected locations to help them reach participants from target groups
- Coordinate the delivery of bespoke volunteer programmes to attract new groups to the game.
- Utilise the Metro Bank Funding to grow the number of females in active qualified coaching roles.
- Work collaboratively across the ECB and local volunteer associations to Plan recruitment of a more diverse Coaching and Officials workforce.
- Deliver three new Walking Cricket Hubs focusing on Ethnicity, Female and Low Socio-Economic areas.
- Develop and grow the Foundation Disability Cricket programmes in partnership with Lord’s Taverners and increase the number of ECB Disability Champion clubs.
- Extend the current Street Cricket programmes focusing on increased participation and volunteer recruitment.
- Identify target areas of low socio-economic activity for the delivery of strategic bursary place All Stars and Dynamos programmes.

You’ll Have

- A can-do attitude and a contagious passion for cricket or recreational sport and a strong desire to add real value to recreational clubs and volunteers.
- Expertise to mobilise training, programmes and initiatives that provide value and benefit for clubs and volunteers.
- Adaptable nature with strong organisational skills to ensure you can work on multiple projects and deliver required outcomes.
- Confidence to build and design impactful presentations
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to listen, understand and act on information accordingly.
- A willingness to support Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in different capacities on T20 matchdays

Person Specification

We expect all of our workforce to live by the values set out in our Safeguarding statement and our EDI values

Safeguarding Statement
The Steelbacks Foundation are committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services

Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Values
We will ensure that every section of our community is included in the club and the game as a whole, and that their views are taken into consideration in our decision-making processes. and we will ensure that EDI is at the heart of our agenda as an organisation, from board to pitch. We will strive to make our organisation, teams, and workforce representative of our community as a whole. We will facilitate methods of reporting discrimination from within the organisation and externally, and ensure all reports are investigated

Essentials
- A flexible approach with the ability to adjust to different requirements as priorities change
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent keyboard skills, be computer literate and knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
- Applicants must have a Driving Licence and access to transport

Desirables
- ECB Foundation Coach (Level 1) or equivalent
- Valid ECB Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate (Assistance available)

This is an ideal opportunity to get involved in the development of an ambitious and growing Foundation that utilises the power of cricket to change lives. Please take time to read the Job Description and only apply if you can demonstrate you have the relevant experience and can meet the requirements of this role.

If so, please submit your CV and the application form to HR@nccc.co.uk

The closing date for applications is Friday 1st August with interviews taking place during the weeks commencing August 11th and 18th.
How to apply: Please submit your CV and the application form to HR@nccc.co.uk