Cricket Professional
Eastbourne College
East Sussex
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- Salary:
- The successful applicant will be remunerated at a level representing their qualifications, skills, and experience. Specifics of this can be discussed with the Headmaster at interview.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2023 or earlier
- Apply by:
- 30 September 2022
Job overview
We are seeking a high calibre individual with significant experience within cricket as either a player or coach, to lead the coaching and performance element of the Cricket Programme at Eastbourne College. The successful candidate will be passionate about translating their positive experiences within the game to pupils.
The position would suit someone already working in a similar role in the sector, or an experienced professional cricket player or coach wanting to put his or her experience to use in a different context.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate the following:
- Evidence of playing and/or coaching cricket at a credible, representative level
- Evidence of continuous personal and/or professional development
- ECB, or similar, accredited coaching qualification(s)
- An ability to coach and develop talented players to representative level
- Significant experience of cricket as a player and/or coach at a representative level
The role will be to support the provision of cricket at the College in line with the school’s core values of participation and pursuit of excellence. To set an example with regard to top-class coaching and the values in which sport is played in the school. To promote the excellence of College cricket regionally and nationally.
Eastbourne College strives for all pupils to be instilled with a life-long love of sport and the positive values it encapsulates. The College aims to be a centre of sporting excellence in cricket, measured through prominent appearances at county, regional and national level and through creating opportunities for all pupils to enjoy learning and developing in the sport. The College has an advanced cricket programme and provision for players which includes, but is not limited to, one to ones, timetabled training sessions and a strong fixture card. Over the last six years the College has enjoyed some of the most successful seasons in the school’s history; evidence that cricket is genuinely thriving at all levels. Six recent Old Eastbournians in that time are currently playing professional or international cricket for Sussex, Kent, and Zimbabwe. Many of our current boys and girls are involved in county cricket programmes, both at Sussex and Kent. The College boasts a world class cricket facility and coaching equipment, including five indoor cricket lanes.
Eastbourne College aims to be ever-more rooted in the local community and a key part of our sports development programme is to cultivate and reinforce links with our traditional feeder schools, local clubs, and local primary schools. Not only does this play a vital part in promoting the College and recruiting pupils into the school, but it also plays a significant role in ensuring that the College is further embedded as an integral part of the remarkable town in which it is located. The Cricket Professional will work closely with the Director of Cricket in building and fostering these links.
St Andrews Prep is an important tributary school of the College and supporting the development of cricket at the grass roots level at St Andrews will also be a pivotal aspect of the role. It is expected that through working closely with pupils at St. Andrew’s, they will arrive at the College imbued with the passion and skills required to support our on-going sporting success.
Eastbourne College (Incorporated) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, pre-employment medical questionnaire and positive references.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Charity is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Eastbourne College (Incorporated) welcomes applications from all sectors of the community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our pupil intake. We consider the most important factor to be the right skills, abilities and attitude for the job which will ultimately improve the wellbeing and education of the pupils.
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About Eastbourne College
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There are not many top independent schools in Britain where you can take a six-minute stroll and find yourself on the doorstep of a national park, an international tennis venue, a county cricket ground, two challenging golf courses, award-winning beaches, theatres, an award-winning modern art gallery, a shopping centre (with cinema) and a mainline station to London (85 minutes), London Gatwick Airport (55 minutes) and Ashford International (direct trains to Paris).
Today Eastbourne College reaches out like never before, connecting its boarding and day pupils with the raft of opportunities that abound within a few hundred metres of the school; and beyond. The College's learning environment is second to none thanks to a £33 million redevelopment (completed in 2019), an outstanding, supportive house system, and a timetable which optimises educational contact time, provides optional Saturday morning enrichment sessions, and promotes a busy calendar of competitive sport and socials.
The College has got into a tradition of stimulating academic success while developing people of good character; good people that others want to be with.
In 2021, 82 per cent of the grades awarded at A-level were A*-B. 50 per cent of the School’s top achievers were girls with six going on to study at Oxford or Cambridge university.
Pupils leaving the College achieve A-level grades that enable them to access top courses at the leading universities at home or abroad while also enjoying a diverse and successful wider school life.
Healthy learning for the long term and an extra-mile approach to pastoral care are the guiding principles that underpin an Eastbourne College education, which consistently ranks in the top 4 per cent nationally for academic value added. This means that, on average, pupils achieve one whole grade higher than predicted moving from GCSE to A-level.
The reputation of the College’s pre-medical school (spearheaded by a GP) has gained ground in recent years and all pupils benefit from a dedicated Futures Department which facilitates pathways into higher education in the UK and abroad. The College has an excellent record of entry to Oxbridge, Russell Group, USA university scholarship, and myriad specialist higher education establishments.
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