Managing Director

JR United Kingdom; Taunton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established charity organization is seeking a dynamic Managing Director to lead impactful programs that use cricket as a vehicle for positive change in Somerset. This role involves strategic leadership, financial management, and community engagement to enhance the Foundation’s governance and diversify income streams. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in fostering relationships with stakeholders and ensuring compliance with safeguarding standards. If you are passionate about making a difference through sport and have a vision for inclusive community development, this is an exciting opportunity to join a team dedicated to transforming lives through cricket.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic leadership within charity or community sport.
• Strong financial literacy and budget management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the charity.
• Drive development of sustainable income generation and impact measurement.

Skills

Strategic Leadership

Financial Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Community Engagement

Safeguarding Knowledge

Education

Degree in Business or Related Field

Job description

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McBride Sport are supporting Somerset Cricket Foundation (SCF) in their search for a new Managing Director. The Managing Director along with a dedicated staff, supported by a board of trustees with expertise in different areas, run a charity the ECB regard as a leading organisation in safeguarding, schools’ delivery, cricket workforce, disability playing offer and facilities operations. Whether children, youth, or adults the breadth and range of programmes facilitated, and delivered is extraordinary and developing. In striving to build sustainable and impactful opportunities, and outcomes, SCF use cricket as a vehicle for improving people’s lives. With a mantra of collaborative working, SCF take pride in their relationships with Somerset County Cricket Club, as well as local delivery partners; the established partnerships of the ECB, Chance to Shine and the Lords Taverners; and an increasing number of local and regional sponsors and donors with whom we develop specific targeted and measurable programmes in the community.

The Managing Director will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring it delivers meaningful and measurable impact through cricket across communities in Somerset. The successful candidate will drive the development of a sustainable, inclusive, and impactful charity that uses cricket to change lives. A key focus of the role is to enhance the Foundation’s governance, diversify income generation, develop new revenue streams, and embed robust impact measurement and performance monitoring practices across all programmes. Key areas of responsibility include:

• Strategic Leadership and Governance
• Organisational Impact and Performance
• Financial and Business Management
• Community Engagement and Programme Development
• People and Culture
• Stakeholder Engagement and Advocacy
• Safeguarding, EDI, and Compliance

Candidates will ideally have strategic leadership experience within the charity or community sport sector along with a track record of developing and diversifying income streams, including grant funding, partnerships, and commercial initiatives. This will be coupled with financial literacy, including budget setting and financial reporting, comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding and its application in community and youth settings and high-level stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. It’s an exciting time to be joining the Foundation for someone who shares their vision of positively impacting the lives of all people in Somerset through cricket; their mission of taking the game to all, making it safe, inspiring, and inclusive whilst building a continuing legacy; and their values of togetherness, nurture, dedication, integrity, and sustainable growth.