Chance to Shine Officer
18 hours ago
Derby
Location: Trent Bridge, Nottingham, NG2 6AG Responsible for: Chance to Shine & Community Coaches and Festivals & Competitions Coach Salary: £26,000 per annum Contract: full time, permanent Trent Bridge Community Trust is seeking a highly motivated, energetic, experienced, and organised individual who is passionate about sharing the power of cricket with young people and inspiring them to say cricket is a game for me. You will work with a range of schools, community groups and charities to manage and coordinate the Chance to Shine Schools and Street Programmes in Nottinghamshire, ensuring that our reach in schools and communities is countywide. To be successful in this role you will need to show initiative, have strong organisational and IT skills, and communicate effectively with primary and secondary schools. You must also have a culture of working collaboratively with colleagues and partners to engage schools and communities to support delivery for young people. You will be responsible for a small team, including the Chance to Shine & Community Coaches, Festivals & Competitions Coach and casual coaches to ensure delivery of the programmes, providing the necessary support and resources, so time management, organisational and people skills are essential. If youre passionate, creative, and ready to roll up your sleeves, wed love to have you on board. In addition, the successful candidate will be required to undergo enhanced disclosure checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service ROLE PROFILE RELEVANT GENERAL OBJECTIVES • Invest in Trent Bridge so that it retains its Test Match status and is seen as a year round entertainment destination and as a hub for cricket in Nottinghamshire., • Create a culture of winning teams that provides sustained success for Nottinghamshire and England., • Drive participation growth and positive change by taking projects and programmes into communities throughout Nottinghamshire., • Maintain the club as a financially and commercially sustainable organisation at the heart of our community., • Innovating across all departments to create success through delivering the best playing, partner, member and supporter experiences in cricket, • Induction- Enrol targeted schools and create a working relationship with schools using the programme to help contribute to improving school priorities and impacting on the Recreational Countywide Plan., • Assemblies (Inspire)- Inspire children and teachers to be excited by the sport through whole school assemblies and taster sessions, introducing cricket and the values of the game alongside examples of local transition opportunities, e.g. Junior Outlaws, ASC, Dynamos., • Play & Compete- Deliver a half term programme of curriculum time cricket sessions, competition and teacher training. Ensuring sessions are fun, inclusive and support physical literacy to support whole child development. This should not only help children to develop their cricket skills but also to develop confidence, respect, communication and teamwork skills. Allowing children to achieve their personal best and build resilience. The final week of delivery will be a competitive competition amongst each class., • Pathway- Actively support the transition of young people from schools to club and community offers, working alongside Club & League Officers and Young People Officer to ensure a partnership is formed with the local club. Run taster sessions and school gate engagements with parents to promote local community offers., • Lead-Informally train teachers and build their confidence to continue with cricket after the programme finishes. Utilising the CTS Schools Portal with lesson plans and instructional videos for all teachers who would like to play or learn through cricket with their pupils. Signpost teachers and schools wanting to do formal training to the Coach Development Officer., • Impact and Evaluation Encourage schools to complete qualitative and quantitative impact focused case studies highlighting the impact on School, Teachers and Pupils., • Identify additional schools not engaged with whole school programmes and provide engagement days showcasing resources alongside local cricket offers., • Deliver Inspire, Play, Compete & Pathway elements across a single day., • Promote and engage schools with national cricket initiatives or programmes, e.g. International Series & Yorkshire Tea-National Week, • Promote school engagement, in Key Stage 1 and 2 festivals/competitions., • Develop and launch new Street programmes as outlined in the plan, • Manage the day-to-day deployment of casual coaches to deliver Street sessions, covering where required., • Deliver KS1 Multi-skill Festivals that are inclusive and engaging and provide an exit route into All Stars National Programmes locally., • Deliver KS2 Dynamo School Festivals that engage whole classes and provide an exit route to Dynamo National Programmes locally., • Organise the ESCA Hard Ball Competitions (Primary & Secondary) each year ensuring dates are met for teams to qualify for the regional rounds., • Support the Disability Officer to deliver the County Table Cricket Competition each year and any softball competitive offers for SEN schools., • Deliver girls only Dynamo Festivals in each of the 8 local authority areas, signposting girls with talent to the pathway and others to Dynamo National Programmes in local clubs., • Deliver the targets set by the Deputy Head of Trent Bridge Community Trust as outlined in the Chance to Shine plan each year, including Schools and Street, • Deliver Trent Bridge Junior Coaching sessions during the school holidays as agreed with the Young People Officer (2/3 days)., • Experience of managing a cricket coaching programme, • Experience in communicating with state primary and secondary schools, • Experience of managing casual coaches/staff, • Experience of teaching/coaching children of all ages, • Experience of budget management, • Experience of delivering schools festivals and competitions, • Knowledge of key cricketing national programmes including Chance to Shine (Schools & Street), All Stars and Dynamos Cricket, • Understanding of relevant health & safety, child protection & safeguarding policies and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, • Knowledge of social media, website management, online booking systems, • Strong planning and organisational skills, • Ability to respond to tight deadlines, • Strong communicator who works well in a team, • Good Computer literacy, including MS Office, • Excellent time management skills, • Qualified to Level 2 or equivalent, • Current clear ECB DBS check in place, • Current Safeguarding and First Aid qualifications, • Current member of the ECB Coaches Association, • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Training, • Ability to enthuse and inspire young people about cricket, • Enthusiastic team player, • Ability to learn quickly and a can do attitude, • Ability to use their initiative, • Some flexibility around working hours will be required including evenings, • Commit to a professional development programme in order to provide an appropriate service and support to all stakeholders, • Experience of coordinating events, • Experience of working with and inspiring diverse communities to play and stay in the game, • Ability to have those difficult conversations that influence change and culture, • Experience of monitoring and evaluating the impact of sessions and programmes JBRP1_UKTJ