Partnerships Manager

Job Title:            Partnership Manager (Inclusive Cricket)

Reports to:     Middlesex in the Community Director

Location:            Across Middlesex, with 2 days per week at Middlesex Indoor Cricket School, N3 2TA

Date Effective:   1st September 2025

Contract Term:   One-year fixed term contract

Salary:                £30,000 - 32,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

Purpose of the Role:

Middlesex in the Community, in partnership with the Lord’s Taverners wish to appoint a Partnership Manager to deliver and grow Lord’s Taverners disability programmes (SEND programme and Super 1s) across Middlesex. Through Super 1s, the candidate will provide community-based cricketing opportunities, both competitive and coaching, for young people with disabilities. The Partnership Manager will use the power of cricket as a tool for change, increasing confidence, communication, leadership, and independence in the participants. The role will also oversee other disability initiatives including SEND delivery (table cricket & soft ball), Champion clubs and the disability pathway which directly contribute to the disability strategy of the ECB / Lord’s Taverners partnership, as well as managing the Inclusive Cricket Assistant Partnership Manager.

This new and exciting role seeks an energetic and enthusiastic individual who has a passion for supporting and developing young people, working with multiple partners and organizations.

Main duties:

The focus of this role is to deliver the aims and outcomes of the Lord’s Taverners Super 1s and SEND programmes across Middlesex.

[Super 1s]

• To promote and develop disability cricket in community hubs and offer both participation and competitive opportunities
• Develop initiatives that increase confidence, communication, leadership and independence. Ensure participants personal growth can develop beyond cricket

[SEND programme]

• extend the reach of cricket to new SEND settings
• ensure more young people with SEND have the opportunity to engage in the most appropriate form of cricket (primarily using table cricket and soft-ball cricket where appropriate)
• continue to work within SEND settings already engaged in table cricket and embed sustainability through teacher training
• transition more young people with a disability to community settings such as Super 1s, Disability Champion Clubs and other appropriate community offers
• Deliver a county-wide table cricket competition that feeds into the national competition structure

Responsibilities

[Super 1s]

• Plan, setup and deliver Super 1s community hubs that:
• Deliver a year-round Super 1s programme that is diverse, inclusive and is open to young people aged 12-25 with a disability from the community
• Create a programme centred on delivering positive social outcomes for young people with a disability, developing participant’s personal skills and future prospects through cricket
• Develop competitive opportunities that engages all Super 1s hubs in a minimum of 3 competition days annually
• Create a sustainable disability pathway for players of a higher ability, feeding into county disability programmes

[SEND programme]

• Engage new SEND settings through cricket, ensuring the continued development of table cricket and soft-ball where appropriate
• Ensure continued engagement of existing and active SEND settings
• Train and upskill teachers & group leads to deliver Table Cricket sessions within their school or group (alongside participant delivery)
• Run a county-wide Table Cricket competition that feeds into Lord’s Taverners regional structure. County competitions must provide a competitive opportunity for active schools and target participants that have limited access to mainstream competitive opportunities
• Recruit and train Young Leaders across both Super 1s and table cricket to support disability cricket activity
• Ensure the SEND programme connects with the Super 1s programme and other community offers by providing a pathway for engaged participants

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential

• High levels of energy and enthusiasm and the desire to succeed
• Excellent understanding of delivering positive social outcomes for young people through sport
• Experience of working within sports for development with recreational sports clubs
• Experience and insight in disability
• Experience of partnership working and the ability to create strong and sustainable links
• Experience of working in both school and community settings
• Good project management skills and ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• Knowledge and understanding of working and engaging volunteers
• Effective communicator and the ability to engage with people of all levels
• Excellent leadership skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent administrative skills and ability to capture and record programme data
• Computer literate and effective user of Word, Excel, Outlook and other Microsoft programmes
• Child protection trained or, commitment to achieving this within a short period of time (assistance available)
• First Aid trained or, a commitment to achieving this within a short period of time (assistance available)
• ECB DBS checked (assistance available)
• Ability to travel independently between sites
• Willingness to work ‘unsocial’ hours, including evenings and weekends

Desirable

• Experience or high-level understanding of youth mentoring
• High-level understanding of data to evidence social outcomes and personal development of participants through sport
• Understanding and experience of a variety of sports for development programmes
• Cricket Foundation 1 or multi-sports qualification (it is not essential for the successful candidate to be a qualified cricket coach)
• Understanding of table cricket and Lord’s Taverners programmes
• Experience of working with inactive people in recreational sport and/or physical activity sessions
• Experience of working with people with disabilities
• Experience of mentoring, supporting and encouraging volunteers
• Experience of teaching/coaching children of all ages

Supervision and Work Planning

The employee’s normal working days will be Monday-Friday and will normally be expected to complete at least 35 hours in a week. Due to the nature of the work involved in this position, the employee may also be required to work some evenings and possibly weekends. The post holder will be required to carry out their duties at such times and on such days that are the most effective to perform the responsibilities of the position.

Why Join Us?

At Middlesex in the Community, we are committed to creating a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We value different perspectives and experiences and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented communities in sport and leadership.

We expect all accepted applicants to adhere to our values and culture around safeguarding and EDI as described below:

Safeguarding

• Demonstrate, at all times, a commitment to safeguarding children and adults
• Implement safeguarding policies and procedures within Middlesex Cricket, remaining up to date with relevant training needs 
• Report any safeguarding concerns in accordance with MITC’s Safeguarding Reporting Procedure

EDI

• Assist in fostering a culture of inclusivity, respect and equal opportunities for all
• Actively challenge discrimination and harassment of any kind
• Help the organisations EDI goals by taking a proactive stance in creating an inclusive environment

Please note that you will be required to complete and return a Safer Recruitment Application Form if you are shortlisted and invited to interview.

The closing date for applications is Midnight on Thursday 31st July 2025. Interviews will be held in August 2025 either at Lord’s Cricket Ground or the Middlesex Indoor Cricket School, Finchley.

Please note that due to the volume of applications the Club receives, we are unable to provide specific feedback on unsuccessful applications. All applicants must have Right to Work in the UK, sponsorship for overseas employees cannot be provided for this role.

Middlesex in the Community (MITC) is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and adults at risk that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a process of vetting, including the disclosure of criminal records and the seeking of references. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.

MITC are equal opportunity employers and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. MITC 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 the Equality Act 2010.

MITC aim for its work force, at all levels, to reflect the composition of the City’s population. To achieve this, MITC will take active and positive steps to eliminate discrimination, reduce the effects of past discrimination and to promote equality in employment.

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