INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF DURHAM CRICKET
Durham County Cricket Club (DCCC) was established as an amateur Minor County in May 1882
and went onto become cricket’s most successful Minor County and the first to beat a First
Class County when defeating Yorkshire in 1973. Durham was awarded first class professional
status in December 1991 – the only new First-Class County in over 70 years – and played in
the professional structure from 1992.
Since 2007 DCCC has had significant success winning the County Championship three times
and being runners up once, and also won the Fifty Over Competition twice in Lord’s finals and
appeared twice in T20 Finals Day.
Since becoming a first-class county, DCCC has established English cricket’s most successful
academy, regularly producing international stars for England, including Steve Harmison, Paul
Collingwood, Mark Wood and Ben Stokes.
Durham CCC created the first new English Test Match stadium in over 100 years securing a
long-term stadium naming rights sponsorship with Emirates Airways that ended in 2021. The
venue has a 14,000 permanent seating capacity and the Club has staged international cricket
every year since 1999, including the successful Ashes Test held in 2013 and three games in
the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019. The Club has been awarded a further package of
international matches to 2024.
A successful rebrand in 2018 created a new Durham Cricket identity. Durham Cricket is now
the umbrella organisation encompassing all elements of cricket provision in the county
covering the professional and recreational game and all activities impacting on the wider
community of the county and beyond. Four separate organisations sit under the Durham
Cricket umbrella and these are briefly described below.
Durham Cricket Community Interest Company (CIC) – Durham Cricket CIC operates the
professional cricket side of the business.
Durham Cricket Foundation – the Foundation is the recreational body in Durham responsible
for all non-first class cricket related activities in the County. Primarily responsible for driving
the growth in participation and ensuring the cricket clubs in the county are organised in a way
to provide safe, welcoming environments to allow people to enjoy a lifelong involvement in
cricket. It is also the charitable arm of Durham Cricket and delivers initiatives aimed at
providing opportunities and improving the lives of the local community.
VISION, PURPOSE AND VALUES OF DURHAM CRICKET
BUSINESS DIRECTION, VISION AND VALUES
Durham Cricket has an essential role as the strategic delivery arm of the ECB in north east
England. Durham Cricket also has the opportunity to mark out a very distinctive position in
the world of cricket through the development and communication of an inspiring common
purpose and strong individual identity (the Durham Cricket brand).
Our vision aligns the organisation from Changing Room to Boardroom, bringing together
cricketing and commercial goals and resonates with our community (customers).
An effective Durham Cricket brand demands focus, ambition and a consistent approach to
everything we do. There is an expectation that all our people will follow the vision, live and
breathe the values and adhere to a set of consistent of behaviours. These are all set out
below.
VISION
The vision of Durham Cricket has two key elements. Firstly, there is an internal vision which
is designed to guide how the staff go about delivering on the organisation’s values and
objectives. Secondly there is an external vision which shows how Durham Cricket are going
to deliver on its cricketing objectives and assist the ECB in meeting their strategies.
Internal Vision:
Durham Cricket will be recognised for having a winning culture both on and off the field
achieved by highly engaged people who enjoy working together with pride and passion.
External Vision:
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£2 million invested into recreational and community programmes
No debt
Winning two trophies
Producing four new England players
PURPOSE
UNLEASHING POTENTIAL THROUGH CRICKET IN THE NORTH
VALUES
PROUDLY NORTHERN
We stand for something. We are family. Genuine, welcoming with a resilient spirit and a
sense of fun.
PASSIONATE ABOUT DURHAM
We care about our club, our business and our brand. The passion and emotion unites us
and drives us forward to create opportunities for the north on a national and global stage.
PURSUING EXCELLENCE
We strive to be the best we can be. Continuously improving and pushing ourselves to set
higher standards.
UNIQUELY CRICKET
Cricket is at our heart and heritage. It makes us unique and its principles guide everything
we do.
BEHAVIOURS
The following are a series of behaviors that we expect all of our people to adhere to:
- We are ambitious in the goals we set
- We actively seek and encourage feedback in pursuit of excellence
- We focus on continuous improvement
- We are accountable for our actions
- We catch people doing things right
- We are adaptable and flexible
- We are equitable and inclusive in the way we operate
- We care for our staff and look out for them at all times
- We stay true to our vision
Job Summary:
The objective of Durham Cricket Female Pathway programme is to identify, select and
develop the next generation of Durham players. The program’s objective is to supply home
grown talent that is capable of succeeding for Durham Cricket and ultimately England.
The Performance Coach will provide high-level coaching support to the Female Pathway
programme, including coaching and managing County Age Group team(s). The successful
candidate will also assist the Female Academy & Pathway Director with talent identification
and recruitment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide a high level of coaching support to the Durham Female Pathway programme
on an individual and group basis - To be the lead coach of a County Age Group team(s) for the winter and summer
programme - Support the Female Academy and Pathway Director on talent identification and
recruitment to ensure the strategic aims of producing home-grown Durham Cricket
and England players. - Assist in implementing Durham ethos across the pathway, including its technical
aspects as well as our desired values and behaviours. - Assist in communicating and promoting the Durham ethos across our Pathway and
the ECB regional programme - To attend and contribute at player management and strategy group meetings and
support Durham’s culture and direction.
OTHER CONDITIONS
The post holder will be based at The Riverside as part of the High-Performance Cricket
department. Due to the nature of the work, the post holder will carry out his/her duties at
such times/days which are most effective to perform the tasks required. This will involve some
out-of-hours work – evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays, as necessary.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN EMPLOYMENT POLICY STATEMENT
It is the policy of Durham Cricket to treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally
regardless of age, disability, gender, reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy
and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Furthermore, Durham Cricket
will ensure that no requirement or condition will be imposed without justification which could
disadvantage individuals purely on any of the above situations.
We recognize and value the difference and individual contribution that people make to the
organisation. We strive to ensure that diversity as well as equality is embedded in all our policies, procedures and practices, responding to employees’ needs and encouraging
employee development to increase their contribution to effective service delivery.
SAFER RECRUITMENT POLICY
Durham 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.