Main Duties:
The Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach will demonstrate high level coaching skill, providing
technical and applied knowledge that ensures match readiness and drives the athletic
development of contracted and high potential Essex Women cricketers.
- Lead the design of all areas of physical preparation and athletic development for Essex
Women 1st Team, Academy and Emerging Player programmes. - Deliver high quality athletic development coaching to players at Essex Women 1st
Team level, and where relevant across Academy & Emerging Player Programmes. - Design and implement education programmes that support athlete development and
wellbeing across the Essex Women’s pathway, including nutrition and performance
lifestyle management. - Complete regular player profiling in line with ECB and local protocols to inform
programme design and player development. - Manage the collection, analysis and interpretation of monitoring and workload data,
and share as appropriate with players and coaches. - Work collaboratively with other science and medicine departments to deliver injury
prevention and rehabilitation programmes for Essex Women’s cricketers. - Work with the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team to support player performance and meet
associated performance development goals. - Supervise Strength & Conditioning coaches delivering across Essex Women’s
performance pathway. - Implement an effective player management system for representative and externally
contracted players moving in/out of Essex Women and other performance
pathways/franchise cricket. - Actively participate in the ECB Women’s Science and Medicine Review process.
- Guide and champion local and ECB led clinical/performance/research projects.
- Within the rules of professional confidentiality liaise effectively with players, parents,
coaches, delivery staff, Team Director and Performance Director. - Undertake appropriate professional development to keep abreast of world’s best
practice and current evidence-based research. - Facilitate and participate in promotional or commercial activities with sponsors as
required by Essex Cricket and partners. - Support Essex Cricket’s partnerships and collaborations by sharing knowledge,
developing best practice and promoting the ambitions of the club. - Strive to achieve the best possible performance results considering their job
description and associated responsibilities. - Set a good example to all in conjunction with the Staff Handbook.
- Develop their knowledge and attend relevant training to maintain their understanding
of EDI and Safeguarding on an organisational and programme level. - Actively pursue a professional development programme as agreed annually with the
Performance Director. - At times there may be other commitments that fall outside the stated Job Description
that may be asked of by the Performance Director, Team Director, Head of Athletic
Development and other colleagues.
Personal Attributes
The successful candidate will need to be a highly credible, determined, clear thinking and
articulate individual with:
- High standards of personal and professional integrity.
- Huge levels of passion, energy and enthusiasm.
- Honesty, tact and a strong will to succeed.
- An appetite to constantly seek improvement in all aspects of their work.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and influencing skills.
- Resilience and energy to operate in a challenging and high-profile working environment
Due to the nature of this role and the likely travel requirements for the region, a full, clean driving
licence is essential. The successful applicant will also appreciate the varied working hours for this
post which will include some evenings and weekends in line with fixtures and coaching
requirements.
Essex Cricket is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we
work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of
criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures
in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.
Essex Cricket 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 age, gender,
gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability, race, colour, ethnic or national
origin, religion/belief or sexual orientation.
This role profile is not exhaustive; it will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to
meet the changing needs of the business. The post holder will be expected to participate in this
process, and we would aim to reach agreement to the changes.
If you are interested in this position and would like to apply, please complete this form and email it