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Administration Assistant
England and Wales Cricket Board (The ECB)
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level - from grassroots to professional.
Job Posted- 14 Sep 2025
Status- Part Time
Location- England
Closing date- 23 Sep 2025
PURPOSE
To support the administrative service of the Cricket Regulator, including directly support the Executive Team with diary management and the booking of hotel and travel arrangements.
WHO WE ARE
Established in December 2023, the Cricket Regulator was set up to be the ring-fenced executive team responsible for ensuring effective education programmes are in place; to operate best practice monitoring, intelligence, and compliance programmes; to investigate alleged breaches, and to prosecute cases where considered appropriate.
The Cricket Regulator focuses on Anti-Corruption, Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Doping, Safeguarding, General Misconduct, and Agency activity in the professional game, as well as other designated levels of organised cricket. Safeguarding and Anti-Discrimination also involves working with other organisations across the recreational game. The Cricket Regulator also ensures cricket in England and Wales meets the regulatory requirements of the International Cricket Council, and also playing a lead role in combatting global threats.
The roles and responsibilities of the Cricket Regulator were previously carried out by an ECB team. An objective in the creation of the Cricket Regulator was to create greater assurance around the separation between regulatory functions and the remainder of the ECB activities.
THE ECB
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level, covering the recreational and professional games. The goal of the ECB is for cricket to be the most inclusive team sport, through delivering the Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfilling the ECB purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.
The ECB Board has the power to set standards in relation to on and off field activity and does so through regulations. The ECB General Counsel has executive responsibility for the ECB regulations, reporting to the ECB Chief Executive. All proposed regulation must be scrutinised by the Regulatory Board, who advise the ECB Board.
YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF
- You have a passion for administration and enjoy managing people’s dairies and travel
- You have an excellent attention to detail and have confidence handling confidential and sensitive materials
- You can confidently use a variety of IT systems and software packages
- You thrive in a busy and challenging environment and value a varied workload.
- You are a team player
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
- Delivering precise, prompt, and diverse administrative support to the Cricket Regulator
- Managing inboxes for Executive Team and also shared mailboxes
- Managing diaries
- Booking travel and accommodation
- Organising various team meetings to include booking venues, group accommodation and taking minutes
- Support the planning and delivery of Cricket Regulator events
- Supporting the finance process including raising purchase orders and processing invoices
- Any other reasonable tasks as requested by the line manager and Managing Director of the Cricket Regulator
YOU’LL HAVE
- The right to work in the UK
- A relevant background in a secretarial or administrative role
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Experience of diary management
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Proven experience in handling sensitive information with discretion and professionalism
- Experience, and proficiency using IT software such as Outlook, Excel, SharePoint
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
- A flexibility and desire to undertake a diverse range of responsibilities
YOU’LL RECEIVE
- Competitive salary
- Holiday - 25 days a year; and Volunteering - 2 days a year* Pro Rata
- Private medical insurance and long-term sickness insurance
- Employee health cash-back plan
- Life assurance - four times your annual basic salary
- Enhanced family leave and pay
- Other competitive benefits, and access to support and development programmes
We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
How to Apply
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