Oudtshoorn, Bloemfontein, Potchefstroom and Gauteng
About summary
CricViz has established itself as the market leader in the collection, analysis and dissemination of data across the world’s leading cricket competitions. CricViz’s future growth strategy is based around the development of a new suite of market leading products to support its clients across the Broadcast and Media, Professional Teams and Betting Segments.
Job description
CricViz have been selected to provide Cricket South Africa (CSA) with official scoring and performance data for the upcoming season. We are looking to add people to join this exciting project at the following locations: Oudtshoorn, Bloemfontein and Gauteng.
Responsibilities
● Arrive in good time for the toss or start of play
● Collect ball by ball data during play covering basic scoring (runs, wickets, extras) and performance data (batting, bowling and fielding)
● Corroborate with scoring partners and verify the data after the match
Requirements
● A love of cricket and in-depth knowledge of the teams and players in domestic men’s and women’s cricket
● Full knowledge and understanding of the laws of the game
● Good IT and mouse skills
● Ability to concentrate for long periods and excellent attention to detail
● Reliability and punctuality
● Ability to travel to provincial cricket venues on match days
Desirable
● To be considered you must live within easy traveling distance of the venues and have your own reliable laptop
● Over the course of the 2024 /25 season you will be expected to be available for matches played at the venues to which you apply
● This will normally amount to around 20 days per year
● Full training will be provided
Equality & diversity
CricViz is committed to building an open and inclusive culture that supports personal development and learning. Ellipse believes in the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment, training, development and promotion despite any differences based on individual grounds of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability or gender reassignment.
Benefits
• Competitive Salary
• Sports Events
About Ellipse
CricViz is part of Ellipse. Ellipse is a leading sports data and analytics company comprising CricViz, FootballViz, Horse Racing, RugbyViz (Oval and Stuart Farmer Media Services) and TennisViz. Working with the world’s biggest broadcasters, professional teams and rights holders, we simplify complex data to engage a broad and diverse audience and tell better stories about the sports we love.
To apply, please send your CV to careers@ellipsedata.com with the subject “Collection Analyst – Oudtshoorn or Bloemfontein or Potchefstroom or Gauteng”. We are looking forward to receiving your application!
We cannot promise to respond to all applicants due to the volume we receive.