County Safeguarding Advisor

England & Wales Cricket Board; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A national governing body for cricket is seeking a safeguarding professional in the UK. This full-time role involves ensuring high safeguarding standards across cricket organizations, delivering training, and driving cultural change in the sport. Candidates should have a strong background in safeguarding and a passion for making a difference. The position offers a competitive salary and various benefits, including generous leave and health insurance.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Non-contributory pension

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Proven background in a safeguarding role.
• Good understanding of legislation and best practices.
• Ability to travel at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Regular visits to county cricket organizations.
• Delivering education and training to network and colleagues.
• Driving culture change in cricket.

Skills

Safeguarding expertise

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Qualification within the safeguarding sector

Job description

Organisation England & Wales Cricket Board Salary Competitive Location England and Wales - 3 days a week working out in the network or at an ECB office location Contract type Permanent (Full time) Closing date 15 August 2025 Job Description PURPOSE

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.

To provide support and guidance to cricket organisations across England and Wales on safeguarding and assist them with achieving the highest possible standards within the County Partnership Agreement.



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.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF

You are a safeguarding professional

You are highly organised and efficient

Have a passion for safeguarding in sport

You are flexible, hardworking and have a desire to make change

You can build excellent working relationships with people across all levels

Have the desire to learn more and welcome CPD around well-being and mental health first aid

You are an exceptional team player and work well in a team

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Regular visits to county cricket organisations

Driving culture change and creating safer environments for everyone in cricket

Delivering education and training to the network and ECB colleagues

Upskilling staff in the network and supporting with recruitment of safeguarding provision

Report writing, compliance tracking and Low-Level Concerns monitoring



YOU’LL HAVE

A proven background in a safeguarding role

A good understanding of legislation, best practise and KCSIE

A can-do attitude and the ability to travel at short notice

Excellent organisation and time management skills

Qualification within the safeguarding sector



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. How to apply Please apply at the link below: https://app.beapplied.com/apply/0loulxrlhh