Posted: 2 May 2025Link to Apply:https://www.durhamcricket.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Dressing-Room-Attendant-Job-pack.pdfINTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF DURHAM CRICKETDurham 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 FirstClass 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’sfinals 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. Three separate organisations sit under the Durham Cricket umbrella and these are briefly described below.In 2024 Durham Cricket were successful in being awarded a professional team in Tier 1 of Women’s Cricket. Durham Women’s team will start competing from 2025 and this is a major moment in the Club’s history with professional men’s and women’s teams operating from Seat Unique Riverside in parallel for the first time.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 clubsin 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.Durham Cricket Events –Durham Cricket Events runs the meetings and events, hospitality and catering operations at the Riverside.VISION, PURPOSE AND VALUES OF DURHAM CRICKETBUSINESS DIRECTION, VISION AND VALUESDurham 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.VISIONThe 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:2 £2 million invested into recreational and community programmes0 No debt2 Winning two trophies4 Producing four new England playersPURPOSEUNLEASHING POTENTIAL THROUGH CRICKET IN THE NORTHVALUESPROUDLY NORTHERNWe stand for something. We are family. Genuine, welcoming with a resilient spirit and a sense of fun.PASSIONATE ABOUT DURHAMWe 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 EXCELLENCEWe strive to be the best we can be. Continuously improving and pushing ourselves to set higher standards.UNIQUELY CRICKETCricket is at our heart and heritage. It makes us unique and its principles guide everything we do.BEHAVIOURSThe following are a series of behaviours 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 ROLE: DRESSING ROOM ATTENDANTDurham Cricket is seeking to appoint Dressing Room Attendants to assist with the increasing number of match days at the Banks Homes Riverside. Due to the nature of the role we are ideally looking to recruit male and female attendants.JOB DESCRIPTIONJob Title:Dressing Room AttendantDepartment:High Performance CricketBased at:Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-StreetPosition reports to:Cricket Operations ManagerKey working relationships:Head of Event Safety Coaches and playersRemuneration:£12.21 per hourJob purposeThe main purpose of the role will be to be an attendant for the dressing rooms on matchdays and deal with a variety of tasks on behalf of the players and coaches. The ideal candidate will be one who is proactive and always looking for tasks to complete, and who is a real team player.Key Duties and Responsibilities
* Set up the changing rooms on each day ahead of the players arriving.
* Laundry of towels and any other kit that is required.
* Ensuring the changing rooms are kept tidy throughout the matchday.
* Deal with ticket enquiries from players and any other reasonable requests form players and coaches.
* Liaise with catering staff to ensure all catering needs of the team are met and delivered on schedule
* Work with others in the High Performance team to ensure all supplies are available e.g. ice for Physiotherapists.
OTHER CONDITIONSThe post holder will be based at The Riverside as part of the Cricket High Performance department. Due to the nature of the work the post holder will carry out his/her duties as such times/days which are most effective to perform the tasksrequired. This will involve some out of hours work – evenings, weekends, Bank Holidays, as necessary.EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN EMPLOYMENT POLICY STATEMENTIt 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 orsexual 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 POLICYDurham 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.HOURSCasual worker – hours will predominantly be on match days at the ground and therefore will vary and be seasonal.SALARY£12.21 per hourHOLIDAYS28 days per annum (pro rata) which includes the 8 statutory Bank Holidays in England & Wales.PENSION SCHEMEAutomatic Enrolment into the Royal London Group Personal Pension Plan. Matched employee contributions up to a maximum contribution of 5% of Basic Salary.WORKPLACEDurham Cricket, The Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3QRTO APPLYTo apply for the role please send a covering letter detailing your suitability for the role and a current CV torecruitment@durhamcricket.co.ukThe applications will remain open until we have the required amount of suitable staff. We are very keen to get new staff as soon as possible. #J-18808-Ljbffr