Safeguarding Development Advisor

CRICKET REGULATOR

Established in December 2023, the Cricket Regulator was set up to be the ring-fenced executive team responsible for ensuring effective education programmes are in place; to operate best practice monitoring, intelligence, and compliance programmes; to investigate alleged breaches, and to prosecute cases where considered appropriate.

The Cricket Regulator focuses on Anti-Corruption, Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Doping, Safeguarding, General Misconduct, and Agency activity in the professional game, as well as other designated levels of organised cricket. Safeguarding and Anti-Discrimination also involves working with other organisations across the recreational game. The Cricket Regulator also ensures cricket in England and Wales meets the regulatory requirements of the International Cricket Council, and also playing a lead role in combatting global threats.

The roles and responsibilities of the Cricket Regulator were previously carried out by an ECB team, which has largely transitioned across to the new structure. An objective in the creation of the Cricket Regulator was to create greater assurance around the separation between regulatory functions and the remainder of the ECB activities.

THE ECB

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level, covering the recreational and professional games. The goal of the ECB is for cricket to be the most inclusive team sport, through delivering the Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfilling the ECB purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.

The ECB Board has the power to set standards in relation to on and off field activity and does so through regulations.  The ECB General Counsel has executive responsibility for the ECB regulations, reporting to the ECB Chief Executive. All proposed regulation must be scrutinised by the Regulatory Board, who advise the ECB Board.

PURPOSE

For us to truly embrace the desire to be the most inclusive team sport, we need to fully support our volunteers, paid staff, and delivery partners to mitigate against risk.

This role supports the delivery of creating safer cultures, safer environments and supporting the game in delivering the input required to foster the right behaviours.

This role will focus on delivering our inspiring generations commitments around cross sport campaigns and embedding safeguarding in our business planning process.

This role looks at how we can deliver safeguarding by design which seeks opportunities to embed risk mitigation and safeguarding considerations across the work which the organisation delivers. In this role you will support staff in delivering their personal and organisational responsibilities by providing expertise and training across the ECB.

In this role you will be planning and providing the operational delivery of the ECB Safeguarding Strategy particularly around supporting the talent environment and supporting ECB colleagues to deliver their safeguarding responsibilities

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Support the delivery of the Safeguarding Operational delivery plan in line with the safeguarding strategy.

• Provide guidance and support across Internal ECB and Cricket Regulator departments on safeguarding considerations for their role. 

• Work alongside England Women’s Safeguarding Manager implementing the safeguarding standards across the Talent Pathway environment.

• Attendance at National Camps for England U15's, U17's and U19's

• Advise internal partners on the delivery of their safeguarding standards across the game.

• Lead the campaign’s component of our Safeguarding Strategy, ensuring we provide a package of resources which looks to raise the profile of safeguarding across identified groups.

• Support the delivery of voice focused work across the game, ensuring we incorporate the views of participants across our work

• Support the Safeguarding Team in embedding safeguards across the ECB’s digital platforms.

• Using your attention to detail, communication, and organisational skills to build trust and maintain effective working relationships across the organisation

• To maintain and develop knowledge and skills relevant for the position of Safeguarding Development Advisor through regular training and professional development. 

• Undertaking other tasks as may be required to ensure the effective running of the CR Safeguarding Team.

YOU’LL HAVE

• A relevant professional background in safeguarding

• Experience of supporting teams in embedding a preventative safeguarding approach.

• The ability to effectively deliver safeguarding children and Safeguarding Adults training/presentations to a diverse range of audiences. 

• The ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals from a variety of internal and external stakeholders and establish close working relationships. 

• The ability to undertake audit and needs assessment to identify and effectively address areas of development.

• Experience of collaborative, cross-function team working and establishing business planning processes  

• The ability to support teams to solve problems and develop confidence to work independently with safeguarding issues

• Time, IT and project management skills

• Knowledge and experience of implementing data protection legislation and guidance in relation to highly confidential material.

YOU’LL RECEIVE

• Competitive salary

• Holiday - 25 days a year; and Volunteering - 2 days a year

• Pension - Non-contributory pension

• Private medical insurance and long-term sickness insurance

• Employee health cash-back plan

• Life assurance - four times your annual basic salary

• Enhanced family leave and pay

• Other competitive benefits, and access to support and development programmes

• We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds.