Director Of People And Culture – Yorkshire CCC

Yorkshire Country Cricket Club

Headingley Cricket Ground, Yorkshire and the Humber, with travel as required.

Primary Practice Group: Arts, Culture and Sports

Salary & Benefits: A competitive salary and benefits package is on offer, commensurate with the skills and responsibilities of a role of this significance.

Closing Date: 27/06/2022

Formal Interview Date: Tuesday 26th July

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of the most successful clubs in the world and undergoing the most challenging period in its 158-year history. Under new leadership, the Club is committed to learning from the past and recognises the significant change required to make Yorkshire County Cricket Club a place for everyone. This has started with the appointment of a new Coaching team to support and enhance the development of our senior teams and age group players so that they can achieve their potential and provide players for both Yorkshire and England.

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is now looking to appoint a Director of People and Culture who will play a critical role in shaping and implementing a new vision for the Club. Reporting to the CEO and based at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds, the Director will be responsible for delivering and crafting the Club’s people strategies and policies. They will provide strategic leadership to the Human Resources function during a time of significant transformational Working closely with the Board and Senior Management across Yorkshire Cricket Club, the successful candidate will be an experienced human resources professional and leader, seasoned in operating and influencing at senior levels in complex organisations where people are at the heart of success. They will bring a strong track record leading cultural transformation and delivering progressive human resources. They will demonstrate the appropriate style, stature, interpersonal and communications skills, as well as considerable empathy with the challenges and opportunities within the sporting landscape.

The Director will work as a Senior Manager to protect the best interests of the Club, not just as an HR expert but also as a Senior Leader, collaboratively developing the Club’s values, approach to EDI and the supporting behaviours in leaders and managers, as well as in all employees, contractors and volunteers. They will be an inclusive leader adept at motivating, persuading, supporting and influencing change across both internal and external stakeholders with a pragmatic, positive and supportive attitude.

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is committed to recruiting ambitious, talented and diverse individuals who will be vital in enabling the club to set a new bar, making sure that the Club is an inclusive home for aspiring players of the future. We therefore encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We value diversity and acknowledge the under-representation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We particularly encourage applications from women and Black, Asian and minority ethnic people; these are currently under-represented.

To apply, please click the link below. Any initial enquiries should be directed to Grace Fakes on +44 (0)20 7340 6221 or grace.fakes@perrettlaver.com

The deadline for applications is 9am (BST) on Monday 27th June 2022.

Following this, Perrett Laver will meet with the Selection Committee to agree upon a shortlist of candidates. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview with YCCC on Tuesday 26th July at Headingley Cricket Ground.

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Diversity

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is committed to recruiting ambitious, talented and diverse individuals who will be vital in enabling the club to set a new bar, making sure that the Club is an inclusive home for aspiring players of the future. We therefore encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We value diversity and acknowledge the under-representation of people from certain backgrounds, both within our organisation and across the sector. We particularly encourage applications from women and Black, Asian and minority ethnic people; these are currently under-represented.

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Senior Marketing Manager – ECB

About the job

PURPOSE

To lead on the development of marketing strategies, plans and activities to support the professional and recreational game.

This is a senior position within the Marketing team and plays a key role in achieving the team’s primary goal – to deliver growth across the game by driving more people to play, attend and follow cricket. This role is unique in that it sits across both the professional and recreational game, providing strategic opportunities to link these arms of the business and meet consumers and network customers at multiple touchpoints in the cricket ecosystem.

On the professional side, the role is responsible for brand, marketing and ticket sales across men’s and women’s competitions. It leads the creative and media strategies that support the 19 First Class Counties to acquire and retain attendance each season.

On the recreational side, the role will drive behind the ECB’s Participation & Growth marketing strategy, driving people to play, volunteer and engage in cricket. This role will have a specific focus on driving more children, females, and ethnically diverse groups to get involved and enjoy all that cricket has to offer. The role connects the Marketing team, and wider Commercial department into the Participation & Growth department as part of the leadership group supporting the Director of Participation and Growth.

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.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF

  • You can lead the development of consumer and network marketing strategies and plans that respond to the business and wider landscape.
  • You can lead a complex matrix of internal (peers and senior management) and external stakeholders (First Class Counties, County Cricket Boards and Clubs) to secure engagement and support for brilliant delivery, including direct management of others.
  • You bring creativity, innovation and an adaptable mindset to new challenges in a fast-growing area of the business.
  • You can work with data and insight to guide planning and decision making.
  • You enjoy being accountable for results and work in an agile manner to adjust and optimise plans to react to the environment

YOU’LL BE DOING

  • Play a key role in a collaborative relationship with the First Class Counties’ Marketing teams to ensure engagement and delivery of ticket sales across men’s and women’s professional competitions.
  • Being the Marketing (and often Commercial department) Play a key role within the Participation and Growth department as part of the senior operations team.
  • Leading on the overall strategic marketing plan to support the P&G objectives, spanning consumer and network marketing.
  • Developing and selling in insight-driven sales and marketing strategies across the organisation and network
  • Working in partnership with the Digital, Communications, Events and Commercial Partnerships teams where appropriate.
  • Coach and manage Marketing Manager(s) within the team to deliver their best and improve their skills and experience.
  • Lead the engagement with external agencies across data and insights, media, and creative agencies for consumer and recreational marketing campaigns, ensuring excellence from all.
  • Manage allocated marketing budget across owned projects, maximising ROI.

YOU’LL HAVE

  • Demonstrable commercial marketing delivery achieving sales targets (e.g. ticket sales).
  • Demonstrable experience of managing creative/advertising and media agencies.
  • Demonstrable experience of brand management and building successful multi-channel campaign plans across owned, earned, shared and paid media.
  • Demonstrable experience using data and insight to inform brand development, campaign planning and delivery.
  • Demonstrable consumer marketing experience, network marketing advantageous.
  • A track record of building effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders, both internally and externally.
  • Confidence in and experience of presenting to diverse groups of stakeholders, including senior leadership.
  • Strong leadership skills and willingness to play an influential role across multiple facets of the business.
  • Experience managing junior team members.

YOU’LL RECEIVE

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days’ holiday
  • Private medical insurance
  • Non-contributory 8% pension
  • Life assurance
  • 30% discount on Castore items

Head Of Data And Insight – Surrey CCC

About the job

Salary and Benefits

Up to £60,000 per annum dependant on experience

5% Club Bonus Scheme

23 days holiday increasing to 28 days based on length of service

Non-Contributory Pension scheme / Private Health Care

Membership for domestic games, Tickets for International Games and loads more

The Position

As Head of the Data & Insight, your responsibility is to inspire the strategies that drive sales and experience for the major revenue streams of the Club. These include: Vitality Blast Tickets, International Test Match and One-Day International Tickets, Membership, Merchandise, Retail, Hospitality, Sponsorship and Conferences and Events (C&E).

The Data & Insight function ensures that our understanding of the commercial activity, behaviours and needs of the customers are analysed and shared to inform decision making throughout the business.

This an exciting opportunity to lead a newly formed team, setting the direction for the use of analysis and data to create insight across the organisation and assist with decision making.

What you’ll do

  • Work collaboratively with senior stakeholders to define objectives, strategies, and tactics to help deliver company goals across commercial, communication and operational departments.
  • Plan and deliver a comprehensive data programme aimed to educate and inspire the organisation whilst ensuring best practices are adhered to.
  • Develop data infrastructure to improve visibility with data being cleansed and easily accessible.
  • Analyse customer behaviours to develop recommendations, levers & tactics that put our customers at the heart of our decision making and strategy.
  • Work closely with the marketing department to deliver campaign tracking, segmentation, focus groups and customer acquisition.
  • Supporting acquisition and retention of club sponsors through the provision of bespoke data analysis of customer data.
  • Be a member of the technology communication group to oversee the Club’s technology infrastructure and ensure best practices are being adhered to.
  • Oversee day-to-day data requests and help departments better understand their data.
  • Work closely with heads of department to deliver bespoke reporting tools that help achieve their overall objectives.
  • Produce pricing models and recommendations for ticketing, membership, merchandise and hospitality products.
  • Manage the Salesforce App whilst setting out a long-term plan to fully utilise the platforms across the organisation.
  • Develop customer experience insight using a variety of tools aimed to better understand our customers and measure the experience we deliver.
  • Keep track of new technology, trends, best practise at other venue’s helping identify new commercial opportunities and ways of improving the customer experience at The Kia Oval.
  • Maintain a healthy relationship with Two Circles to fully utilise their expertise and resources.

The Person

The successful candidate will have the following experience / skills / qualities:

Essential:

  • Excellent communication skills, and able to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders
  • The ability to multi-task and work in fast-paced environments
  • Excellent time management, organisational skills and attention to detail
  • Passion for numbers and identifying trends and stories through data
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Brilliant presentation skills
  • Experience with data visualisation tools
  • Awareness of Data Protection, Privacy and Governance principles, e.g. GDPR
  • Familiarity with Salesforce or other CRM systems

To Apply

Please e-mail your curriculum vitae along with a cover letter outlining why you are suitable for this role and stating current salary to jobs@surreycricket.com

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 21st April 2022.

Surrey County Cricket Club will ensure that all existing and potential employees receive equal consideration and is committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of gender, race, disability, colour, ethnic and national origin, nationality, sexuality, marital status, responsibility for dependants, religion, trade union activity and age.

BCCI Releases Media Rights Tender For 2023-2027

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces release of Invitation to Tender for Media Rights to the Indian Premier League Seasons 2023-2027.

The Governing Council of the IPL invites bids from reputed entities to acquire the Media Rights for the Indian Premier League Seasons 2023-2027, through a tender process.

The detailed terms and conditions governing the tender process including eligibility requirements, process for submissions of bids, proposed media rights packages, and obligations, etc. are contained in the ‘Invitation to Tender’ (“ITT”) which will be made available on receipt of payment of non-refundable fee of INR 25,00,000 (Rupees Twenty-Five Lakhs Only) plus any applicable Goods and Services Tax. The procedure to procure the ITT documents is enlisted in Annexure A to this document. The ITT will be available for purchase till May 10, 2022.

Interested parties are requested to email the details of payment made for the purchase of the ITT to iplmediarights2022@bcci.tv, as per the procedure laid down in Annexure A. It is clarified that the ITT documents shall be shared only receipt of payment of the non-refundable ITT fee.

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

BCCI reserves the right to cancel or amend the bidding process at any stage in any manner at its discretion.