Roles and Responsibilities:
· To be the lead person with responsibility for setting the standard on safeguarding and embedding a culture of good practice throughout clubs and counties.
· To be the lead person for Leicestershire & Rutland in supporting clubs to achieve the ECB Safeguarding standards.
· To build relationships with key staff to ensure Leicestershire CCC meets its safeguarding responsibilities.
· To support staff/volunteers in clubs to understanding their safeguarding responsibilities, and to create a positive child-centred environment.
· To build and maintain supportive relationships with Club Safeguarding Officers, and act as a first point of contact for them in all safeguarding matters.
General Duties:
· To provide learning outcomes and training for Club Safeguarding Officers on safeguarding and best practice.
· To ensure there is a clear referral pathway for sharing, reporting and recording concerns, in line with ECB policy and guidance; and Club staff know how to access them.
· To act as the first point of contact for clubs in response to safeguarding concerns and referrals, and act as a link between the County and ECB Safeguarding Team.
· To support any safeguarding concerns being managed within the club are investigated swiftly and thoroughly in conjunction with statutory agencies – and with demonstrable outcomes. The ECB safeguarding team will retain oversight of the investigation.
· To ensure compliance with safer recruitment practices, including as the Primary County Wide ‘Safeguarding Recruiter,’ and ID verifier, using the ECB Online system.
· To support clubs and the County in ensuring people in required roles have ECB DBS checks, and requirements around Overseas Players/coaches.
Other Duties:
· You may be required at times to carry out various other duties within your capabilities. If requested to carry out any duty that you feel may be outside your capability you should report this fact to your immediate Line Manager before attempting the task.
· Greet any directors, employees, members, spectators, customers, sponsors and visitors to the Club in a friendly manner and assist them in any way required.
· Ensure that the requirements of all Club members, spectators, customers, sponsors and visitors are exceeded at every level; and
Contribute positively at all times to a pleasant and friendly atmosphere throughout the Club.
Requirements of the Role:
· Specific Qualifications
· An Enhanced ECB DBS check with Children’s Barred List check is required for this role
· Safe Hands workshop attendance
· Safeguarding & Protecting Children certificate
Essential Skills:
· Professional experience of safeguarding gained through relevant undertaking and management of casework e.g. Police, Social work, Education, including an understanding of current relevant legislation, best practice and national framework for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
· Understanding of the ECB’s role and responsibilities to safeguard the welfare of children and young people, including ECB safeguarding children policy documents.
· Understanding of local arrangements for managing safeguarding children and reporting procedures.
· Experience of building relationships with key stakeholders.
· Experience of working to high levels of confidentiality including the storage of confidential documents.
· Enthusiasm and commitment to safeguarding.
· Ability to challenge poor practice and effect change.
· Presentation and training skills.
Desirable Skills:
· Experience of Multi-Agency working.
· Experience of volunteering or working in cricket, other sports or a similar activity.
· Excellent keyboard skills, be computer literate and have a good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (word, excel, outlook etc).
· A flexible approach with the ability to adjust to different requirements as priorities change.
· Excellent communication skills with a good confident telephone manner and the ability to deal with partners, colleagues and members of the public at all levels.
· Previous experience of working in a cricket development environment would be advantageous with the ability to work as part of a small team in a busy office.
· Own transport is desirable.
The post-holder must be willing to travel and work evenings and weekends as the role requires.
This job description is not exhaustive and can be amended at the discretion of the Head of Community Development. Should this happen the post holder will be informed of any such amendments.
Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy Statement
Leicestershire 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 dependents, religion, trade union activity and age.
It is the intention of Leicestershire County Cricket Club that its work force, at all levels, should reflect the composition of the city’s population. To achieve this Leicestershire County Cricket Club will take active and positive steps to eliminate discrimination and to promote equality in employment.
Interviews anticipated to be held Friday 24th September or w/c Monday 27th September dependant on panel availability.
