Operations Assistant (Cricket Regulator)

Be Applied Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Team social events

Cycle to work scheme

Pension Scheme

Private medical insurance

Employee health cash-back plan

Long-term sickness insurance

Life assurance

Job summary

The Cricket Regulator is seeking an Operations Assistant to provide central administrative and operations support. You will manage diaries, travel bookings, meetings, and take minutes, ensuring smooth daily workflows across the team.

The role requires excellent organisational skills, discretion with sensitive information, and proficiency with Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, Smartsheet and Adobe. It is a hybrid UK position with one in-office day at Edgbaston.

Qualifications

• Experience in diary management and administrative support.
• Ability to manage multiple calendars and travel arrangements efficiently.
• Proven discretion with confidential information and sensitive materials.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Deliver precise, prompt administrative support to the Cricket Regulator.
• Manage Executive Team inboxes and shared mailboxes.
• Book travel and accommodation for staff and meetings.
• Organise team meetings, venues, group accommodation and minutes.
• Support planning and delivery of Cricket Regulator events.
• Assist with finance processes including purchase orders and invoices.
• Coordinate logistics for independent hearings and share confidential case files.
• Assist with logistics for safeguarding and discipline hearings as required.
• Occasional evening work for panel hearings.
• Perform other reasonable tasks as requested by line manager and MD.

Skills

Diary management

Administration

Attention to detail

IT systems proficiency

Communication skills

Discretion with sensitive information

Education

Secretarial/administrative background

Tools

Outlook

Excel

SharePoint

Smartsheet

Adobe

Job description

Operations Assistant (Cricket Regulator)

Cricket Regulator

Employment Type Full time We consider part-time applications as well (minimum 21 hours per week working across 4 or 5 days).

Location Remote ·United Kingdom(multiple locations) England · Wales With the requirement to be in the office at Edgbaston one day a week

Team Strategy, Performance and Operations, Cricket Regulator

Seniority Junior

• Closing:10:00pm, 20th Sep 2026 BST

Perks and benefits

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Team social events

Cycle to work scheme

Candidate happiness

8.40 (13686)

Job Description

WHO WE ARE

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 involve 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 purpose of the role is to deliver a centralised administrative and operations support service for the Cricket Regulator.

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.

INTEGRITY - We will be honest and consistent, upholding the highest ethical and professional standards. We will act with openness and truthfulness, ensuring our independence and trust.

COURAGE - We will act with courage, showing the moral strength to confront malpractice, discrimination and corruption wherever it manifests, and will persevere where it is right to do so, even when faced with opposition and resistance.

FAIRNESS - We will treat people equitably and with respect, acting in a way that is right and reasonable. We will be proportionate and considerate in all our actions.

SUPPORTIVE - We will be approachable and offer support to people, clubs and organisations to embed the highest standards. Where those standards have not been upheld, we will offer support and guidance to those who have suffered harm.

REFLECTIVE - We will continually seek to improve our service, learning from stakeholders, individuals and through independent assessment of our work.

YOU'LL LOVE THIS JOB IF

You have a passion for administration and enjoy managing people’s diaries and travel

You have an excellent attention to detail and have confidence handling confidential and sensitive materials

You can confidently use a variety of IT systems and software packages and can confidently implement new processes and procedures when needed.

You thrive in a busy and challenging environment and value a varied workload. You are a team player

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Delivering precise, prompt, and diverse administrative support to the Cricket Regulator

Managing inboxes for Executive Team and also shared mailboxes

Booking travel and accommodation

Organising various team meetings to include booking venues, group accommodation and taking minutes

Support the planning and delivery of Cricket Regulator events

Supporting the finance process including raising purchase orders and processing invoices

Managing the required logistics for the independent Recreational Discipline Panel hearings (to include planning meeting dates and venues, liaising with individuals subject to investigation and panel members, sharing sensitive case files and decision letters)

Assisting with all the required logistics for the independent Cricket Safeguarding and Cricket Discipline Panel hearings as required

Occasional evening work to support Panel hearings

Any other reasonable tasks as requested by the line manager and Managing Director of the Cricket Regulator

YOU’LL HAVE

The right to work in the UK

A relevant background in a secretarial or administrative role

Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail

Experience of diary management

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Proven experience in handling sensitive information with discretion and professionalism

Experience in quickly learning and applying new processes and procedures.

Ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines.

Experience, and proficiency using IT software such as Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, Smartsheet and Adobe.

Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team

A flexibility and desire to undertake a diverse range of responsibilities

YOU’LL RECEIVE

Holiday - 25 days a year

Volunteering – 2 days a year

Pension Scheme

Private medical insurance

Employee health cash-back plan

Long-term sickness insurance

Life assurance - a multiple of your annual basic salary

Enhanced family leave and pay

OpenBlend - an innovative coaching and performance management tool

Learning and Development - a range of programmes and initiatives to help you develop and reach your potential

Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential access to expert services including counselling, wellbeing, and independent legal and financial advice

Cycle 2 Work Scheme

Season ticket loan

Preferential access to tickets to England games

Opportunities to be a part of and be involved in our Employee Resource groups: Women in Cricket Employee Network, Race in Cricket Employee Network, Social Equality in Cricket Employee Network, Cricketability Employee Network (formerly called the Disability in Cricket Employee Network) and LGBTQ+ Community in Cricket Employee Network