Job Title: Breaking Boundaries & Pathway Lead Coach
Reports to: Secondary Schools & Early Years Development Pathway Manager
Location: 1st Central County Ground, Hove
Hours: Full Time – 37.5 hours per week, with flexible working, with evenings and weekends being seen as core working hours.
Salary: £25,000 per year
Contract: 2 year fixed-term, extension dependent on funding
Role Purpose:
To engage, grow, diversify and improve the quality of cricket within their 'Breaking Boundaries' school/s, aimed at creating and driving a culture for cricket within the school, and helping to sustain is long-term delivery. It also involves supporting the creation of a competition structure between the schools and the delivery of it, as well as helping embed the 'franchise'-type structure, moving forward. This forms part of an exciting project aimed at improving state school cricket across the county.
The role also includes delivery within the U9-U12 Development Pathway programme across all four age groups, including delivery of the Pathway+ programme, state-school programme and summer fixtures. It also involves delivery on the U13 & U15 District programme and supporting the growth and quality of players coming through the early engagement programme and into the County Pathway at U13's.
Key Responsibilities – Breaking Boundaries:
* Development and management of a strategic plan for cricket delivery within their Secondary school.
* Support and work closely with existing school PE staff to upskill and educate their learning in how to deliver cricket sessions.
* Programme management and strategic direction for anticipated growth within the school, across the following key areas;
* Curriculum delivery and staff CPD support within.
* After-school cricket clubs, for both boys and girls, open to all.
* Growth in participation within the school across multiple/all Year groups.
* After-school 'hub' sessions, seen as local 'District' squads for neighbouring schools to join and for the best players from across the area/Community.
* Competition structure for all Breaking Boundaries schools, both boys and girls and working across multiple Year groups.
* Support to schools/clubs in surrounding areas of the hub school.
* Delivery against Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
* Support/awareness around sustaining the consistent school to club migration across the local area.
Responsibilities – Pathway Lead:
* To Lead on the delivery of one area U9-U12 programme, as outlined by the Pathway Manager.
* To deliver on additional Pathway sessions as and when the need demands, as directed by the Pathway Manager.
* To plan and deliver a high-level winter programme, suitable to the needs of the younger age groups, in line with the core principles of the Pathway Talent Framework, against a budget agreed by Community Cricket Director and Pathway Manager.
* Run two age group sides within the U9-U12 pathway over the summer for their fixtures.
* To support and empower a group of assistant coaches within the area, to ensure they are coaching in the 'Sussex Way'.
* Manage and organise a team of coaches through the winter.
* Join the selection process of each age group in conjunction with each Area Lead Coach and the Pathway Manager.
* To identify exceptional players and track their progression throughout the programme (four years) and feed this into U13 assessment selection process and/or District programme.
* Be prepared and willing to deliver on the U13 and/or U15 District programme across both the winter and summer, in addition to the U9-U12 area sessions.
* To work closely with the Pathway Manager to ensure objectives are met.
* Ensure open, transparent, and accessible communication with parents, including feedback and discussion where needed on players.
Other:
* Provide insight for clubs, and where applicable other schools, to allow provision to meet players needs.
* Main point of contact for the Breaking Boundaries school and parents of players within the Pathway area of responsibility.
* Form part of the Secondary School and Pathway Leadership Group.
* Develop positive relationships with other departments and understand their roles.
* Attend meetings, wherever possible as requested by the Pathway Manager and/or U13-U16 Pathway Manager, Community Cricket Director or Director of Pathways & Partnerships.
* Be prepared to undertake any other duties related to the work of these functions as required.
Experience and Qualifications:
* An understanding and experience of working within a youth and school cricket environment.
* An understanding of the Sussex Cricket Junior Pathway and Early Engagement Programme.
* Experience of planning and delivering high-class cricket programmes.
* Experience of working with young cricketers across a range of age groups.
* Experience of engaging partners and a track record of influencing delivery.
* Innovation, creativity and problem solving.
* Leadership, negotiating and influencing skills.
* Experience of driving a culture of continuous improvement.
* Experience working within a volunteer led environment and managing volunteers.
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Ability to travel independently between sites (Full and valid UK driving licence).
Core Hours:
A flexibility around changes to school timetables throughout the school year on a case-by-case basis. But, an expectation that evenings, weekends, school half-terms and bank holidays are front and centre of the core hours.
Closing Date: Monday 15th September 2025
To apply for this role, please send a CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the skills and successful track record required for this role to
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to £25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* On-site parking
Work Location: In person