
Volunteer and Placements Manager – Yorkshire CCC
About The Yorkshire County Cricket Club
We are incredibly proud of our 160 years of history and heritage at The Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The extraordinary historical moments we have hosted at Headingley, our decorated County Championship and Northern Diamonds team, as well as producing the most cricketers to represent England has all established us as the most famous cricket club in the world.
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a place for everyone, from all backgrounds. Our broad programme of transformation and improvement is driving the Yorkshire County Cricket Club to a positive future as a beacon of progress and restoring the Club to its rightful place as the beating heart of English cricket again. At the centre of our transformation is our EDI Plan which can be accessed here.
It’s a very exciting time to join Yorkshire Cricket and help create lasting change.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping Yorkshire Cricket’s volunteer, internship and work placement programmes. Using their extensive knowledge of the volunteering sector, the successful candidate will aim to align these programmes with the organisation’s strategic objectives, including Yorkshire Cricket’s strong vision for equity, diversity and inclusion programme. The role will proactively scope out opportunities to support departments through developing, managing and retaining talented and diverse volunteers, interns and work placement students. The successful candidate will also be required to liaise with and work with key stakeholders, such as local universities and community groups, to help contribute to the success of the programme and explore possible partnership opportunities.
For more information, follow the link below for the full job description including selection criteria for the role.
Job Details
Previous experience working with diverse communities and community groups
Extensive knowledge of the volunteering sector including an understanding of the motivation of volunteers and volunteering impact
Demonstrable knowledge and experience of identifying and obtaining private and public sector funding to support volunteer, internship and placement programmes
Demonstratable experience and/or commitment to delivering the values of YCCC’s EDI Plan