Job Title:

Breaking Boundaries & Pathway Lead Coach

Reports to:

Secondary Schools & Early Years Development Pathway Manager

Location:

The 1st Central County Ground, Hove

Hours:

Full  Time  –  37.5  hours  per  week,  with  flexible  working,  with  evenings  and
weekends being seen as core working hours.

Salary:

£25,000

Contract:

2 year fixed-term, extension dependent on funding

Role Purpose:

To  engage,  grow,  diversify  and  improve  the  quality  of  cricket  within  their  ‘Breaking  Boundaries’
school/s, aimed at creating and driving a culture for cricket within the school, and helping to sustain
is long-term delivery. It also involves supporting the creation of a competition structure between the
schools  and  the  delivery  of  it,  as  well  as  helping  embed  the  ‘franchise’-type  structure,  moving
forward.  This  forms  part  of  an  exciting  project  aimed  at  improving  state  school  cricket  across  the
county.

The role also includes delivery within the U9-U12 Development Pathway programme across all four
age  groups,  including  delivery of  the  Pathway+  programme, state-school  programme and summer
fixtures.  It  also  involves  delivery  on  the  U13  &  U15  District  programme  and  supporting  the  growth
and  quality  of  players  coming  through  the  early  engagement  programme  and  into  the  County
Pathway at U13’s.

Key Responsibilities – Breaking Boundaries:

•  Development and management of a strategic plan for cricket delivery within their Secondary

school.

•  Support and work closely with existing school PE staff to upskill and educate their learning

in how to deliver cricket sessions.

•  Programme  management  and  strategic  direction  for  anticipated  growth  within  the  school,

across the following key areas;

o  Curriculum delivery and staff CPD support within.
o  After-school cricket clubs, for both boys and girls, open to all.
o  Growth in participation within the school across multiple/all Year groups.
o  After-school ‘hub’ sessions, seen as local ‘District’ squads for neighbouring schools

to join and for the best players from across the area/Community.

o  Competition structure for all Breaking Boundaries schools, both boys and girls and

working across multiple Year groups.

o  Support to schools/clubs in surrounding areas of the hub school.

•  Delivery against Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
•  Support/awareness  around  sustaining  the  consistent  school  to  club  migration  across  the

local area.

Responsibilities – Pathway Lead:

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To  Lead  on  the  delivery  of  one  area  U9-U12  programme,  as  outlined  by  the  Pathway
Manager.
To deliver on additional Pathway sessions as and when the need demands, as directed by
the Pathway Manager.
To plan and deliver a high-level winter programme, suitable to the needs of the younger age
groups, in line with the core principles of the Pathway Talent Framework, against a budget
agreed by Community Cricket Director and Pathway Manager.

•  Run two age group sides within the U9-U12 pathway over the summer for their fixtures.
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To support and  empower a  group of assistant  coaches  within  the area,  to  ensure  they  are
coaching in the ‘Sussex Way’.

•  Manage and organise a team of coaches through the winter.
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Join the selection process of each age group in conjunction with each Area Lead Coach and
the Pathway Manager.
To identify exceptional players and track their progression throughout the programme (four
years) and feed this into U13 assessment selection process and/or District programme.
•  Be  prepared  and  willing  to  deliver  on  the U13  and/or  U15  District  programme across  both

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the winter and summer, in addition to the U9-U12 area sessions.
To work closely with the Pathway Manager to ensure objectives are met.

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•  Ensure open, transparent, and accessible communication with parents, including feedback

and discussion where needed on players.

Other:

•  Provide  insight  for  clubs,  and  where  applicable  other  schools,  to  allow  provision  to  meet

players needs.

•  Main point of contact for the Breaking Boundaries school and parents of players within the

Pathway area of responsibility.

•  Form part of the Secondary School and Pathway Leadership Group.
•  Develop positive relationships with other departments and understand their roles.
•  Attend meetings, wherever possible as requested by the Pathway Manager and/or U13-U16
Pathway Manager, Community Cricket Director or Director of Pathways & Partnerships.
•  Be  prepared  to  undertake  any  other  duties  related  to  the  work  of  these  functions  as

required.

Experience and Qualifications:

•  An understanding and experience of working within a youth and school cricket environment.
•  An understanding of the Sussex Cricket Junior Pathway and Early Engagement Programme.
•  Experience of planning and delivering high-class cricket programmes.
•  Experience of working with young cricketers across a range of age groups.
•  Experience of engaging partners and a track record of influencing delivery.
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Innovation, creativity and problem solving.
•  Leadership, negotiating and influencing skills.

•  Experience of driving a culture of continuous improvement.
•  Experience working within a volunteer led environment and managing volunteers.
•  Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
•  Excellent communication skills.
•  Ability to travel independently between sites (Full and valid UK driving licence).

Core Hours:

A  flexibility  around  changes  to  school  timetables  throughout  the  school  year  on  a  case-by-case
basis. But, an expectation that evenings, weekends, school half-terms and bank holidays are front
and centre of the core hours.