Vacancy: Batting Lead and Assistant Coach
Job Title: Batting Lead and Assistant Coach
Accountable to: Western Storm Head Coach
Location: Bristol with regional travel when necessary
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 Jan 2025
Hours: Minimum 40 hours per week to include weekends, evenings and bank holidays as required
Salary: £30-35,000 per annum
Closing Date: March 17th 2023
Who We Are
Western Storm is the professional women’s cricket team that represents the South West & Wales region to identify and develop the most exciting female cricketing prospects from a rich talent pool comprising of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Wales.
Western Storm competes in the Charlotte Edwards Cup (T20) and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy (50 overs). Operating below the senior programme is the Western Storm Academy and the newly launched Western Storm Emerging Players Programme. We are an ambitious organisation and this brand new appointment represents an exciting opportunity to help shape the women’s professional cricket landscape at a time of rapid evolution and investment.
The Role
Are you a specialist batting coach, qualified to a minimum of UKCC Level 3 or international equivalent? Have you got demonstrable experience working with professional and academy players? Do you have a genuine desire to improve player performance? Are you innovative, forward-thinking and passionate about the game?
If the answer to these questions is yes, we would love to hear from you.
As a Specialist Batting and Assistant Coach, you’ll be providing batting support to a range of Senior and Academy players, ensuring Western Storm’s philosophy is delivered across all levels of the performance pathway so they can perform consistently. Alongside this, you’ll be providing general coaching assistance as required by the Western Storm Head Coach.
Amongst other things, you’ll be leading, managing and providing suitable development opportunities that ensure an appropriate depth of batters are ready to compete in regional cricket, ensuring the batters next in line to be selected at 1st XI level are capable of delivering from ball one. You’ll mentor players to develop game awareness strategies whilst working collaboratively with the Performance Coach to develop and implement holistic individual player programmes to maximise their ability, resilience, and robustness. You’ll support the Senior Regional Talent Manager in developing and implementing a long-term strategy to deliver a constant stream of batters able to transition into regional cricket and support Western Storm pathway coaches to provide high-quality batting coaching to Academy & EPP players.
You’ll bring extensive coaching experience and proven expertise of working with and developing elite cricketers, alongside a track record of developing talented young players into elite senior cricketers. You have excellent skill-specific knowledge of batting and experience of performance and technical analysis systems. You have strong awareness of how to create a safe and effective environment in which to coach adolescent learners, with thorough understanding and support of the principles of safeguarding. You’ll have a minimum of UKCC Level 3 coaching or international equivalent and be an ECB Coaches Association member.
Our ideal person is knowledgeable, motivated and committed to making a difference, is approachable with fantastic communication skills, has a strong work ethic, will be professionally diligent and demonstrably enthused at the prospect of shaping the landscape in women’s professional sport. Travel both regionally and nationally will be a feature of this role at times and working out of different locations when required.
To apply
We use anonymous and safer recruitment methods, to apply for this role please download and complete the application pack.
We select candidates for the next stage based on their meeting the essential criteria to carry out the role, it’s important you complete the application pack fully, with accurate details. If details are missing without explanation, we reserve the right to reject the application.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply for this or any other roles, please let us know by emailing us on the below address or telephoning 01823 425301.
Application Pack
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Please send completed application packs to recruitment@westernstorm.co.uk or post to Jaie Goddard, SCCC, The Cooper Associates County Ground, St James Street, Taunton, TA1 1JT by the closing date.
Please note having a right to work in the UK is a requirement of the job.
Next Steps
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a face to face interview on Wednesday 29 March 2023 at Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol.
Equal Opportunities and Inclusivity Statement
Western Storm endorses the principles of equality and equity and strives to ensure everyone involved with the Club has a genuine and equal opportunity to participate to the full extent of their own ambitions and abilities, to give of their best and be assured of an environment in which their rights, dignity and individual worth are respected. Everyone is responsible for creating an inclusive working environment and we expect all colleagues, partners customers and suppliers to abide by our equality, diversity and inclusion policies and procedures.
The Club ensures all existing and potential employees receive equal consideration during the recruitment process and beyond, and is committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination of any kind and in particular on the grounds of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, gender reassignment, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, and age.
Safeguarding Statement
Western Storm is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
As part of our safer recruitment process all relevant roles are subject to an enhanced or standard DBS check as appropriate, and two satisfactory references. We also require every staff member to undergo safeguarding training appropriate to their role.
We encourage an open, welcoming environment where everyone should feel safe to express any concerns. We have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across all that we do.
