Closing date: 11th July 2014 JOB CLOSED !

The England and Wales Cricket Board was established on January 1st, 1997 as the single national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales.

It has its headquarters at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.

The formation of the ECB was the culmination of a drive towards creating, for the first time, one unified body responsible for the management and development of every form of cricket for men and women. This included clubs, schools, juniors and youth, disabilities cricket, representative, first class and international cricket - the whole game from playground to the Test arena.

Since 1997, the ECB has developed into a business with annual revenues of over £100m, employing over 300 people and investing millions each year in cricket infrastructure, player development, participation programmes, coach development, competition and tournaments and promotion of the game locally, nationally and internationally.

The England Men’s team has enjoyed more than a decade of sustained success, reaching Number 1 rankings in Test and One Day International cricket and winning the t20 World Cup whilst the England Women’s team has recently completed back to back Ashes victories.

POSITION SUMMARY

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious HR professional to join the ECB. Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, the successful candidate will become a key member of the ECB Leadership Team who will work closely with senior executive colleagues to guide the ECB through its next stage of evolution.

Whilst HR has existed as an important function within the ECB for some time, there is now an opportunity to elevate the function to one that helps the organisation enhance engagement with its people, develop a common culture and lead the design and delivery of a world class learning and development programme.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Influencing and driving cultural change throughout the organisation, working closely with the leadership team to ensure that the organisation works in an efficient, proactive and collaborative fashion.
• Establishing and embedding the organisation’s core values to make the organisation a ‘high performance’ organisation at all levels.
• Driving a talent acquisition strategy and the implementation of a people agenda geared around ensuring attraction and retention of the best people including succession planning and talent pipelining.
• Development and delivery of a world class learning and development programme.
• Recommending and implementing reward and recognition strategies.
• Monitor and maintain HR strategies, systems, policies, procedures and practices that support the achievement of business strategy across the organisation.

KEY SKILLS

The successful candidate will therefore be able to demonstrate:

• Previous leadership of an HR function.
• A breadth of experience within HR, OD, people development and culture change.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• The gravitas and ability to influence senior managers and stakeholders.
• Ability to manage projects deliver to deadlines, including strong organisational/prioritisations and problem solving skills.
• Flexible, ‘can-do’ attitude to support team members when required.
• High levels of integrity.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Commitment to taking pride, ‘adding value’ through delivery of accurate/timely, high quality HR support.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Chairman
• Chief Executive
• Chief Operating Officer
• Managing Director
• England Cricket
• Finance Director
• Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
• Managing Director – Cricket Partnerships

PROCESS

• The closing date for applications will be Friday 11th July.
• Letters of application and full CVs should be sent by email to our exclusively retained search consultant, Jim Chaplin from Sports Recruitment International at ecb@sportsrecruitment.com.
• For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Jim Chaplin either by email at ecb@sportsrecruitment.com or by telephone on 020 7092 6969.