Head of Legal – Media Rights, Broadcast & Digital – Cricket Australia

Working for Cricket Australia means that you become a part of Australia’s proud history and help us look toward the future as we seek to drive bold, transformative change in digital experiences, junior participation, culturally diverse inclusion, gender equality and sustainability, re-imagine the W/BBL, build player connection through storytelling and play our part in developing the game globally.

Our purpose is clear; to unite and inspire everyone to love and play cricket. Cricket is so much more than just a game; it brings people together and binds us all through our shared experiences.

This is your opportunity to join a purpose led organisation that truly makes a difference to Australians.

ABOUT THE ROLE
As a result of an internal promotion, we are looking for a new Head of Legal – Media Rights, Broadcast & Digital within our Legal team. The role is responsible for managing the provision of legal support and advice to the Media Rights, Broadcast & Digital teams, including supporting the development and execution of a global media rights strategy, managing the legal and regulatory environment in relation to broadcast and digital media, and providing legal support and advice on potential new technology platforms and products. This role will also mentor and develop our lawyers, including managing workload, priorities and deliverables.
If you consider yourself an adaptable leader who “knows their stuff” and has commercial nous, we want to hear from you. You will be a part of the key revenue generating part of our business that enables the bold, transformative change underpinning our strategy.
Reporting to the General Manager – Legal, you’ll be responsible for:

  • Supporting the development and execution of a global media rights strategy comprising both traditional and new revenue streams
  • Leading the preparation, construction, negotiation and documentation of major Australian and International media rights deals from a legal perspective
  • Ensuring compliance with media rights agreements, including liaising with relevant CA departments and providing legal assistance with regard to:
    – ensuring obligations are met under media rights agreements
    – availability of rights prior to entering into new media rights arrangements
  • Managing industry regulatory broadcast and media rights issues, including strong understanding of all regulatory related matters, managing CA responses and recommendations
  • Managing the provision of business legal support to the Media Rights, Broadcast and Digital teams, for example in relation to all aspects of:
    – media rights deals, production and licence agreements
    – broadcast related documentation
    – program/content commission and distribution agreements
    – potential new platforms and products
    – copyright infringements and fair dealing
    – digital product development and support

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • Admission to practice as an Australian lawyer with 8+ years post qualification experience in a law firm or in-house
  • Significant experience in drafting and negotiating high value media or commercial agreements
  • A team player with experience leading, supervising, mentoring and developing a team
  • Strong leadership, collaboration and creative thinking skills
  • Outstanding stakeholder management skills and ability to build positive working relationships and flex style
  • Ability to frame and present clear oral and written communication and influencing skills
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to distil complex issues down into simple messages
  • Excellent analytical and drafting skills
  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
  • Strong commercial awareness and judgement, with the ability to balance both legal and commercial outcomes
  • Ability to adapt and respond to challenges in a fast paced, dynamic environment
  • Positive attitude and both a legal team and CA champion

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Our employees at Cricket are gifted an additional week leave at the end of season! As a CA employee, you will also have other benefits including:

  • Tickets to the Cricket for you to take your friends and family and experience Australia’s favourite game!
  • A flexible working environment, meaning we strike the balance of what you need and what works for the business (this isn’t limited to remotely working)
  • Discounts from our partners such as Asics and salary packaging options
  • A multitude of leave types including paid parental leave and volunteer leave

THE IMPORTANT STUFF
Cricket is a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that. We recognise our differences are our strength and a diverse and inclusive workforce is fundamental to our success. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of colour, women, LGBTIQ+ people, people with diverse religious beliefs and people with a disability to apply.
Australian Cricket, including Cricket Australia, is committed to being a child safe organisation and requires all team members to hold a valid Working with Children Check.
If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application process, please contact careers@cricket.com.au


Please submit your application via the link by 5pm Friday, 3 March.

Ticketing and Hospitality Coordinator – ECB

Working from within the ECB Finance Department, you will be responsible for the administration, organisation and logistics of the internal tickets and hospitality requirements for the ECB.

This role will maintain excellent working relationships with the major match venues, and work across a number of internal ECB departments to coordinate the various stakeholder requirements and ensure the tickets and hospitality programme is delivered in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner.

WHO WE ARE

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level – from grassroots to professional.

We believe cricket is a force for good that can have an enduring impact on everyone’s lives, and we have an ambitious strategy to inspire a generation to say ‘cricket is a game for me’. It provides great entertainment. It teaches important skills, both physical and social. It can help inclusion and social cohesion, bringing communities together.

The ECB welcomes applications from all backgrounds to ensure we deliver our Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfil our purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.

OUR VALUES

  • Stronger As One Team – We are stronger together. We allow for individual strengths and beliefs but head in the same direction. We respect, support and really listen to each other along the way.
  • Push New Boundaries – We are bold, brave and curious. We challenge and don’t settle. We forge the future whilst remembering our roots.
  • Be The Best In The Game – On & Off The Pitch – We train hard. We strive to be our best to help the team be the best. We celebrate our victories and learn from our let downs.
  • Passion For Play – We are here to inspire & be inspired. We are serious about what we do, but don’t take ourselves seriously. We enjoy the journey and have fun.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF

  • You enjoy work which requires a keen attention to detail.
  • You are a clear and articulate communicator with the sense of humour required to deal with high pressured situations.
  • You thrive in a busy, challenging and exciting environment where no two days are alike.
  • You enjoy interacting with people in and around the business and developing strong working relationships.

YOU’LL BE DOING

  • Coordination of the company ticket and hospitality requirements for all Men’s and Women’s Major Matches. Ensuring key sponsor, partner and internal requirements are met, staging agreement deadlines are adhered to and ECB requirements are correctly recorded and allocated whilst reducing costs incurred where possible.
  • Preparing summary spreadsheets for each venue with the cost for all tickets and hospitality orders.
  • Maintaining and managing key internal and external stakeholder relationships (e.g. major match venues). Liaising with individuals at all levels in relevant organisations, dealing with itinerary, match information, dietary requirements, tickets and placing orders for partners.
  • Lead contact for both ticket managers and hospitality managers at venues on Major Match days.
  • Working with internal departments to ensure cost control and liaising with partners.
  • Timely reconciliations of ticket and hospitality accounts to ensure costs are correctly accounted for and department budgets can be accurately tracked.
  • Support on Major Match accounts, both in event of a refund and at the end of the season to allow insurance to be placed.
  • Raising Purchase Orders / processing invoices promptly to ensure ECB has up to date cost information.
  • Credit control process for additional purchases – summarising and confirming costs for departments and partners, ensuring invoices for partners are raised and chasing for payments.
  • Provision of accurate pre-season information and completion of post-season review and reporting to identify and mitigate challenges.
  • Contributing to additional projects and duties as required.

YOU’LL HAVE

  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Ability to organise, effectively prioritise and work to deadlines.
  • Experience in both stakeholder management and project management
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, in particular, Excel.
  • Very good written and verbal communication skills.
  • Self-motivated and able to work well both independently and as part of a team.
  • Weekend/evening work may be required during the busy cricket season.

YOU’LL RECEIVE

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days’ holiday
  • Private medical insurance
  • Non-contributory 8% pension
  • Life assurance
  • Free on-site gym
  • Subsidised canteen
  • 30% Castore discount

Head of Commercial – Essex County Cricket Club

Having already celebrated our 145th Anniversary back in 2021, we have a long history of winning trophies across the first-class game in England. The club’s success has been built on developing local talent through its youth programs based across the region. Essex is proud to have produced some of the finest cricketers to represent England in Nasser Hussain, Sir Alastair Cook, Graham Gooch & Mady Villiers.

We are looking to identify a suitably experienced and ambitious individual to join us as our Head of Commercial. As an individual, you will take responsibility and accountability for the commercial operations of Essex CCC, with the key objective on developing commercial revenues and managing multiple income streams across a number of business areas.

The Head of Commercial will be a member of the senior management team of Essex CCC, and responsible for developing and delivering the commercial strategy of the Club. But this role requires much more than just developing and delivering strategy – you will be both visible and active in delivering your objectives and will be driven in achieving well thought through, deliberate and measurable results. This means that you will have a commitment to not only growth, but profitability and of course quality – as these objectives will be delivered whist contributing to the Club-wide objective of providing outstanding experiences for customers which contribute to our revenue objectives.

In short, you will be responsible for optimising and developing a clear commercial and operational strategy whilst being accountable for various interrelated functions including sponsorships, partnerships, ticketing, hospitality, retail, non-match day conferencing/events and new business opportunities.

To be successful you will very likely have clear and demonstrable experience of driving existing commercial operations, with a passion for developing innovative ways to generating new income streams. We are particularly keen to hear from those with this experience from outside of the sports industry. This role represents an exciting opportunity to join our leadership team and make a true impact in an already high performing and successful organisation.

McBride Sport have been retained on behalf of Essex County Cricket Club to conduct this search process. To receive a copy of the candidate pack or for an initial confidential discussion please contact Neil Edwards on 07858 518415 or email nedwards@mcbride-sport.com

Head of Operations, The Hundred – ECB

PURPOSE

This exciting role in the ECB Events Department will lead on the operational delivery of The Hundred.

The successful candidate will work closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders to deliver the highest possible standards in tournament operations.

The role forms part of the Events Department leadership group and The Hundred Steering Group.

WHO WE ARE

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level – from grassroots to professional.

We believe cricket is a force for good that can have an enduring impact on everyone’s lives and we have an ambitious strategy to inspire a generation to say ‘cricket is a game for me’. It provides great entertainment. It teaches important skills, both physical and social. It can help inclusion and social cohesion, bringing communities together.

The ECB welcomes applications from all backgrounds to ensure we deliver our Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfil our purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.

OUR VALUES

  • Stronger As One Team – We are stronger together. We allow for individual strengths and beliefs but head in the same direction. We respect, support and really listen to each other along the way.
  • Push New Boundaries – We are bold, brave and curious. We challenge and don’t settle. We forge the future whilst remembering our roots.
  • Be The Best In The Game – On & Off The Pitch – We train hard. We strive to be our best to help the team be the best. We celebrate our victories and learn from our let downs.
  • Passion For Play – We are here to inspire & be inspired. We are serious about what we do, but don’t take ourselves seriously. We enjoy the journey and have fun.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF

  • You have a passion for world class sports events delivery.
  • You have a strong team ethic and can collaborate positively with multiple stakeholders.
  • You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment across multiple sites throughout the cricket season.
  • You enjoy implementing operational plans as well as managing a team to do the same across a complex summer of sport.

YOU’LL BE DOING

  • Leading the event delivery of The Hundred.
  • Working as part of the Events Department leadership team to manage the day to day operations of the team including all its outputs and people as we deliver both our annual portfolio of events but also building towards future global events in collaboration with ICC.
  • Leading venue planning with the x8 host venues of the competition.
  • Working with men’s and women’s teams on all team operations elements of the competition.
  • Managing the ticketing operations, logistics and player workstreams of the competition.
  • Collaborating with the other functions of the Events Department to deliver an integrated operations plan for the competition.
  • Align with planning and strategy teams to create a detailed and robust event plan with clear deadlines.
  • Managing key agencies and suppliers to deliver the competition.
  • Working with event production and venue management workstreams to ensure consistent, world class delivery across the entire competition.
  • Working in collaboration with the Head of Event Planning & Services to develop roles and responsibilities across the team to ensure clear strategy and purpose for each member of the team.
  • Working with other departments in The Hundred, including but not limited to commercial partners, marketing, finance, communications & digital to create the entire product and translate that to operational delivery across multiple venues.
  • Managing appropriate budgets and working with Events and Finance team colleagues on short and long term financial planning.
  • Leading stakeholder engagement for all operational planning elements of the competition.

YOU’LL HAVE

  • Proven leadership of event delivery for events similar in stature and scope to The Hundred.
  • Excellent people skills.
  • An exceptional ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders, internal and external.
  • A strong eye for detail and the ability to compile and present plans.
  • A growth mindset.
  • A proven ability to manage agencies and other third party suppliers and contractors and event budgets.
  • A collaborative working approach and an appetite to deliver world class cricket.

YOU’LL RECEIVE

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days’ holiday
  • Private medical insurance
  • Non-contributory 8% pension
  • Life assurance
  • Free on-site gym
  • Subsidised canteen
  • 30% discount on New Balance items

Tender for provision of apparel for ICC

  1. 1.1  ICC Business Corporation FZ LLC (“IBC“), a wholly owned subsidiary of the International Cricket Council Limited (the “ICC”), is incorporated under the regulations of the Dubai Development Authority in the United Arab Emirates, and is sanctioned by the ICC to organise ICC Events and to exploit all commercial rights pertaining to ICC Events throughout the world.
  2. 1.2  IBC wishes to partner with a world-class and well-established brand to be its Official Apparel Partner and to provide Workforce and Match Officials clothing including, without limitation, the services set out in Appendix C (the “Services”) in connection with the ICC Event(s).
  3. 1.3  Unless otherwise defined elsewhere, capitalised terms used in this ITT have the meanings set out in Appendix A.

2. OBJECTIVES

  1. 2.1  The purpose of this ITT is to invite interested and qualified Applicants to submit Tenders to provide the Services and exploit certain Commercial Rights in relation to apparel at ICC Events, as described in the overview of Services set out in Appendix C and on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this ITT.
  2. 2.2  This ITT invites Tenders from Applicants with:
    1. (a)  extensive proven experience in providing cost-effective services similar to the Services; as set out in Appendix C;
    2. (b)  a strong financial position;
    3. (c)  sufficient resources (in particular staffing) to provide the Services;
    4. (d)  trained personnel. (including in particular, but without limitation, experienced and skilled management personnel); and
    5. (e)  previous experience in apparel partnerships of a similar nature.
  3. 2.3  In submitting a Tender for the right to provide the Services and exploit the Commercial Rights in

respect of the ICC Events each Applicant must:

  1. (a)  Complete, sign and return the Non-Disclosure Agreement set out in Appendix I in order to notify IBC of its intention to submit a Tender;
  2. (b)  complete, sign and return the form as set out in Appendix F, together with its detailed Tender, by the applicable date specified in the Timetable;
  3. (c)  provide adequate and detailed answers and information to meet the requirements of the Criteria (as set out in Appendix D);

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  1. (d)  provide a full, detailed breakdown of costs in relation to creating the full list of deliverables required as part of the Services within the Financial Offer (as detailed in Appendix H); and
  2. (e)  provide all details as specified in Appendix G.
  1. 2.4  In submitting its Tender, each Applicant will have to establish that it satisfies (or will satisfy in a timely fashion) the Criteria and the Requirements. IBC will evaluate the Tenders based on the extent to which they satisfy such conditions and requirements.
  2. 2.5  Each Applicant should provide satisfactory evidence to IBC in its Tender of its financial standing and of its ability to meet the commitments it makes in its Tender. IBC reserves its right to require appropriate bank guarantees and/or parent company performance guarantees.
  3. 2.6  IBC may, in its absolute discretion, waive any of the conditions and/or requirements set out in this ITT in respect of any or all of the Applicants. Each Applicant will be evaluated on the overall merits of its Tender and the Successful Applicant(s) may not have satisfied all conditions and requirements and may not necessarily be the one which offers the most competitive financial terms.

Request for title sponsorship of Women’s IPL

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces the release of Request for Proposal for Title Sponsorship Rights for Women’s Premier League Seasons 2023-2027.

The BCCI invites bids from reputed entities for acquiring the title sponsorship rights for Women’s Premier League Seasons 2023-2027.

The detailed terms and conditions governing the tender process including eligibility requirements, process for submissions of bids, rights and obligations of the title sponsor, etc. are contained in the ‘Request for Proposal’ (“RFP”) which will be made available on receipt of payment of a non-refundable fee of INR 1,00,000 (Indian Rupees One Lakh Only) plus any applicable Goods and Services Tax. The procedure to procure the RFP documents is enlisted in Annexure A to this notice. The RFP will be available for purchase till February 9, 2023.

Interested parties are requested to email the details of payment made for the purchase of the RFP to rfp@bcci.tv, as per the procedure laid down in Annexure A. It is clarified that the RFP documents shall be shared only upon the confirmation of payment of the non-refundable RFP fee.

Any interested party wishing to submit a bid is required to purchase the RFP. However, only those satisfying the eligibility criteria set out in the RFP and subject to the other terms and conditions set out therein, shall be eligible to bid. It is clarified that merely purchasing the RFP does not entitle any person to bid.

BCCI reserves the right to cancel or amend the bidding process at any stage in any manner without providing any reason.

Digital Product Manager – ECB

This important and exciting role will manage the development and implementation of various digital product initiatives across the ECB Digital Portfolio. Working across the entire product suite, you will be focused on helping implement the ECB Inspiring generations strategy across the portfolio with a key focus on increasing our digital cricket audience, and overall levels of fan engagement.

This role will cover our commercial facing propositions, including the Hundred, as well as

Participation properties.

WHO WE ARE

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level – from grassroots to professional.

We believe cricket is a force for good that can have an enduring impact on everyone’s lives and we have an ambitious strategy to inspire a generation to say ‘cricket is a game for me’. It provides great entertainment. It teaches important skills, both physical and social. It can help inclusion and social cohesion, bringing communities together.

The ECB welcomes applications from all backgrounds to ensure we deliver our Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfil our purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.

OUR VALUES

  • Stronger As One Team – We are stronger together. We allow for individual strengths and beliefs but head in the same direction. We respect, support and really listen to each other along the way.
  • Push New Boundaries – We are bold, brave and curious. We challenge and don’t settle. We forge the future whilst remembering our roots.
  • Be The Best In The Game – On & Off The Pitch – We train hard. We strive to be our best to help the team be the best. We celebrate our victories and learn from our let downs.
  • Passion For Play – We are here to inspire & be inspired. We are serious about what we do, but don’t take ourselves seriously. We enjoy the journey and have fun.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF

  • You have a strong knowledge in product management best practice, from roadmap iteration to feature to delivery.
  • You have the ability to work in a multi-skilled team environment
  • You have a strong passion for agile methodologies and are excited by process improvement
  • You are comfortable managing and building out product roadmaps, and delivering multiple projects against various timelines at the same time.
  • You’re a clear and articulate communicator who can manage numerous stakeholders, most notably Marketing, IT, Commercial, and Participation teams.

YOU’LL BE DOING

  • Delivering the implementation of existing product enhancements and iterations across the commercial suite. You will also build a view of potential future product extensions across the portfolio and will be audience led when developing the product roadmap.
  • Responsible for evolution and continuous improvement of the digital product used to support ECB’s customer engagement platform, and our identity solution across our core commercial and Hundred properties, as well as our key recreational platform.
  • Working alongside Head of Digital Product and product manager peer group to manage budgets, resource, agencies, and product prioritisation, to ensure ECB receives continuous value for money across its products.
  • Working with the wider product and digital team to help set and manage key KPIs and metrics across the suite – ensuring the team drives decision making based on data and analytics.
  • Provide industry best practice advice to key stakeholder groups on digital design, website, mobile and app development advances.
  • Liaise with key stakeholders across the business to understand and translate customer needs into the right product development initiatives.
  • Working to implement some of the key fan strategies that have achieved success in the commercial space into the Participation and Growth product suite.
  • Working closely with the Digital Content & Product team to ensure alignment across campaigns and projects
  • Working closely with IT and data team to ensure the product roadmap is aligned to other key data initiatives – and supporting the IT team to deliver those priorities.

YOU’LL HAVE

  • At least five years working in a digital product management environment, managing
  • considerable budgets ideally in a B2C environment.
  • Demonstrable management of delivering complex website design and build projects.
  • Considerable experience of managing multiple external agency resources of varied sizes,
  • across overlapping website and app development projects against competing timescales and priorities.
  • Adept at making decisions based on data – be proficient and champion measuring the
  • success of all initiatives/products that are delivered.
  • A sound knowledge of, and passion, for product management best practice, including the ability to work in an agile manner within a wider delivery timeline, and promoting others to do the same.

YOU’LL RECEIVE

  • Holiday – 25 days a year
  • Volunteering – 2 days a year
  • Pension – Non-contributory 8% pension
  • Private medical insurance
  • Employee health cash-back plan
  • Long-term sickness insurance
  • Life assurance – four times your annual basic salary
  • Enhanced family friendly leave
  • Unmind – free and confidential access to a wellbeing app to help you manage your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
  • OpenBlend – an innovative coaching and performance management tool
  • People Academy – a range of programmes and initiatives to help you develop and reach your
  • Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential access to expert services including counselling, wellbeing, and independent legal and financial advice
  • Free online fitness classes
  • 30% Castore discount
  • Cycle 2 Work Scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Preferential access to tickets to England and The Hundred games

Partnerships Lead – Cricket Australia

Working for Cricket Australia means that you become a part of Australia’s proud history and help us look toward the future as we seek to drive bold, transformative change in digital experiences, grow junior participation, re-imagine the W/BBL, build player connection through storytelling and play our part in developing the game globally.

Our purpose is clear; to unite and inspire everyone to love and play cricket. Cricket is so much more than just a game; it brings people together and binds us all through our shared experiences.

This is your opportunity to join a purpose led organisation that truly makes a difference to Australians.

About the role

We’re looking for a driven Partnerships Lead to join our Commercial team. This role participates in the Partnerships Team’s efforts to deliver exceptional value to all partners via their association with cricket.

Reporting to the Senior Partnerships Manager, you will lead the management of a portfolio of Partners, ensuring their contractual obligations are delivered successfully through deep relationships and service delivery excellence, maximising commercial returns for all stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Planning, developing and executing the successful year-round management and delivery of a portfolio of key Partner agreements.
  • Delivering excellence in customer service, stakeholder engagement and maximising outcomes through close collaboration and strong contractual management.
  • Connecting the partnerships to the insights; distil the priorities and focus for the team to move forward with their partners on a tactical level that assists in the development and delivery of sponsor marketing plans.
  • Building, nurturing and maintaining strong and effective relations with each Partner, providing excellence in partner servicing and delivery.
  • Collaborating with the broader Commercial team with regards to value creation to retain existing business, ensuring partners needs are met or exceeded.
  • Ensuring partner requirements are aligned to current and future needs leading to advocacy, revenue growth and renewal.

About you

You’ll have:

  • 5+ years’ experience in commercial partnerships role on either rights holder, client, or agency.
  • Superior customer relationship and communication skills.
  • A strong commercial mindset that can look around corners.
  • Strong negotiation, interpersonal and relationship management skills.
  • Highly motivated and self-driven towards delivering exceptional client service.
  • Highly organised, excellent attention to detail and be a strategic commercial and analytical thinker.
  • Proven stakeholder and account management skills.
  • Experience creating and delivering strategic marketing/sponsorship campaigns.
  • Willingness to travel interstate from time to time.

What’s in it for you?

At Cricket Australia we work hard to deliver the season, but we play hard too – Our employees at Cricket are gifted an additional week leave at the end of season! As a CA employee, you will also have to other benefits including:

  • Tickets to the Cricket for you to take your friends and family and experience Australia’s favourite game!
  • A flexible working environment, meaning we strike the balance of what you need and what works for the business (this isn’t limited to remotely working)
  • Discounts from our partners and salary packaging options
  • A multitude of leave types including paid parental leave and volunteer leave

About Cricket

The work we do across Australian Cricket stretches across the sporting and entertainment industries – which means there are all kinds of opportunities for bright-minded, passionate and friendly people.

Cricket’s a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that. To deliver the best services and to achieve our vision of being a sport for all Australians, we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and LGBTIQ+ people.

Australian Cricket, including Cricket Australia, is committed to being a child safe organisation and requires all team members to hold a valid Working with Children Check.

Your application

If you want to learn more about how we play then apply now – we are looking forward to meeting you!

Please submit your resume & cover letter outlining your experience meeting the key criteria by 5pm, Friday 3 February 2023.

England Men, Cricket Operations Director – ECB

Reporting into the Managing Director, England Men the role holder will play a significant role leading the delivery of the England Men’s element of the ICC Future Tours Programme and the management of the England Men’s Player contracting and payment system. The role holder will play a critical role liaising internally and externally with stakeholders across the game at home and abroad.

WHO WE ARE

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level – from grassroots to professional.

We believe cricket is a force for good that can have an enduring impact on everyone’s lives and we have an ambitious strategy to inspire a generation to say ‘cricket is a game for me’. It provides great entertainment. It teaches important skills, both physical and social. It can help inclusion and social cohesion, bringing communities together.

The ECB welcomes applications from all backgrounds to ensure we deliver our Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfil our purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.

OUR VALUES

  • Stronger As One Team – We are stronger together. We allow for individual strengths and beliefs but head in the same direction. We respect, support and really listen to each other along the way.
  • Push New Boundaries – We are bold, brave and curious. We challenge and don’t settle. We forge the future whilst remembering our roots.
  • Be The Best In The Game – On & Off The Pitch – We train hard. We strive to be our best to help the team be the best. We celebrate our victories and learn from our let downs.
  • Passion For Play – We are here to inspire & be inspired. We are serious about what we do, but don’t take ourselves seriously. We enjoy the journey and have fun.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF

  • You thrive in situations where you can manage change positively under pressure.
  • You enjoy utilising your strong communication skills (both written and oral) to foster and manage important stakeholder relationships at home and abroad, and to play a key role in ensuring co-ordinated effort within ECB in delivering the men’s international match programme.
  • You have very good attention to detail, and would take pleasure in personally ensuring that contract, payment and budget matters are dealt with thoroughly and accurately.
  • You enjoy working independently, setting priorities, anticipating and solving problems, and are happy to undertake some out of hours working.

YOU’LL BE DOING

  • Liaising as appropriate with the England Men’s Team MD, Performance Director, Head Coach and Operations Manager to plan itineraries for the England Men’s Teams’ overseas tours, and for the incoming international men’s tours. Once these plans have been developed play the lead role in finalising itineraries with the overseas Boards and overseeing the completion of the relevant Tour MOUs.
  • Maintaining strong relationships with the ICC and Full and Associate Member Boards.
  • Managing and implementing the contracting system for England Men’s players including liaising with relevant ECB personnel including Legal Dept and Team England Player Partnership (TEPP) to update and finalise the England Players’ Conditions of Employment on an annual basis. 
  • Managing England Men’s player payments providing the ECB Finance Department with the relevant monthly player payroll information and TEPP with relevant Team bonus / player appearance information.
  • Managing the missed match payment system for first-class Counties who have players missing County matches as a result of international duty and facilitating the system of performance related fee payments for Counties who have developed men’s players representing England Teams.
  • Managing the Men’s International Cricket Operations team, this role is responsible for monitoring the England Men’s operations budget and working closely with internal ECB departments to ensure finance, travel, logistics and safety and security for England Men’s Programme at home and abroad and incoming international touring teams run efficiently and smoothly.
  • Serve as the ECB point of contact for IPL / BCCI with regard to ECB player participation in IPL also liaising with Counties, PCA and the Board regarding ECB policy in this area.

YOU’LL HAVE

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent knowledge and understanding of ICC and domestic and international cricket
  • Experience in and understanding of high-performance sport
  • Strong planning skills and experience of operations and contract management
  • Strong numeracy and experience of financial / budget planning and management 
  • Excellent knowledge and understanding of working with international sports teams and individual performers
  • Good computer/IT literacy
  • A full driving licence

YOU’LL RECEIVE

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days’ holiday
  • Private medical insurance
  • Non-contributory 8% pension
  • Life assurance

Senior Commercial Sales Manager – Cricket Australia

  • Permanent, FT role in a leading sporting organisation
  • Leadership role within Cricket Australia’s Commercial team
  • Melbourne Location

Here’s the deal…

Are you an experienced and driven commercial sales professional, looking to showcase your leaderships skills?

Reporting to the Head of Commercial you’ll be responsible for contributing to the success of Cricket Australia’s Commercial team by generating revenue through the retention and acquisition of new business across International Cricket, BBL & WBBL, Licensing Program, Travel Program and National Signage Program.

This is an amazing opportunity to join a purpose driven organisation.

About the role

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Lead and manage the Commercial Sales Team’s efforts to execute the Commercial strategy, achieve budgeted revenue targets and to sell all available assets across the Commercial program
  • Plan, manage and execute an annual process of sponsorship renewals with existing partners
  • Creation of commercial proposals for existing CA partners to retain sponsorship agreements
  • Lead the Commercial Sales function
  • Work closely with the Head of Commercial and other members of the Commercial and Partnerships leadership team to build and develop a high performing Commercial team
  • Work closely with the Head of Commercial and other members of the Commercial team to continually evolve, innovate and grow key commercial programs, maximizing revenue while delivering excellence to our customers and fans.

About you

You’ll have:

  • 10+ years of sponsorship and new business sales experience (from lead to close)
  • Experience in solution sales to answer a customer’s brief
  • Commercial sales experience (business to business)
  • Demonstrated negotiation experience
  • High degree of commercial and digital nous

  • Strong focus on attention to detail and accuracy
  • Proven team management and development
  • Team player and excellent communicator
  • Experience in the sports industry is desirable

Sound like you? Let’s do this!

The work we do across Australian Cricket stretches across the sporting and entertainment industries – which means there are all kinds of opportunities for bright-minded, passionate and friendly people.

Cricket’s a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that. To deliver the best services and to achieve our vision of being a sport for all Australians, we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and LGBTIQ+ people.

Vaccinations for our workers provide a key contribution to enabling our summers of cricket, and keeping our players, workers and fans safe. In order to support this, Cricket Australia is mandating vaccinations for all of their employees and will be asking about vaccination status as part of our employment process.

At Cricket we are committed to providing a safe environment for everyone involved in our sport including children.

Perks!

We work flexibly and offer extensive employee benefits including a range of discounts from fashion and travel to groceries and electronics! Salary packaging options and discounts with our corporate partners. We also have 5 extra days off a year!

If you want to learn more then apply now – we are looking forward to meeting you!

Please submit your resume & cover letter outlining your experience meeting the key criteria by 5pm Friday 6th January 2023.