Job Opportunities

G.S.O Administration Assistant, MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is looking for a G.S.O Administration Assistant to work at 'The Home of Cricket'.

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Main Tasks and Accountabilities

To assist with the administration and organisation of MCC Official Events and Receptions, i.e. Spirit of Cricket Lecture and Dinner, Long Room Carol Concert;
Administration relating to Media accreditation;
Assisting the Media Manager with film crew visits;
Captioning and indexing photo library;
Assisting the Head Steward's Office on an as and when basis;
General office duties such as photocopying, filing and answering the telephone;
To have a sound knowledge of all aspects of the Ground Superintendent's Office;
To carry out any other reasonable request as directed by your manager.

Variations of job relating to Major Matches

On duty every major match day
Assisting with general queries from Members in the absence of the Pavilion Manager
Assisting Media Manager with distribution of items from Investec Media Centre
Setting-up Museum for Press Conferences
Providing support for all members of the department

Skills & qualifications, experience, attitudes/competencies

Excellent communication and organisational skills
Able to use Microsoft Word, Outlook, Access and Excel, with good database knowledge
Ability to work without supervision
High standard of personal presentation
High standard of spoken and written English
Flexible approach to working hours
Previous experience of working in a similar environment beneficial
Able to work as part of a small team

Closing date: Friday 12th March 2010

To apply

Download and complete a Vacancy Application Form (38 KB) and send it, together with a handwritten covering letter, to:

Human Resources Department (EB)
MCC, Lord's Cricket Ground
St John's Wood
London NW8 8QN

or by email to: MCC HR Department.

Training and Development Advisor, Endsleigh Insurance

Due to continued growth, Endsleigh Insurance are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated and 'inspirational' Learning and Development Advisor to join their successful team, which would suit a retiring athlete with teaching and coaching skills.

Endsleigh are prepared to train you as long as you are highly driven and motivated to deliver and design training programmes. They are looking for a flair for writing and creating new programmes and the confidence to bring innovation to training delivery. They want someone with the passion and ability to influence L&D strategy as well as bottom line staff performance. This is a demanding and challenging role requiring initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility and it offers a genuine opportunity to use your personality, drive and inspirational qualities to shape the learning and development of the organisation.

For a retiring athlete this is a perfect entry level role to gain a real understanding of the business and become well respected and known across the business for future career growth.
A degree will be preferable but this is a unique opportunity to work for a company who uses performance coaching so high performing athletes will relate well to and suit the environment. It is Cheltenham based with a competitive salary.

Key Responsibilities
This role will require you to have the ability to work to tight deadlines and use your exceptional organisation and planning skills. A persuasive and indeed inspiring style is essential to help you to carry people with you when new directions need to be taken. Experience in coaching would be an advantage although we can help you to develop these skills; however competence in MS Office packages is essential. You will also need the flexibility to occasionally travel to our Regional Offices in Burnley, Lancashire and Belfast. You'll also be responsible for the delivery of soft skills courses with the opportunity to develop this area further. You'll be involved in the development of our e-learning package and the continuous evaluation of all our training methods. The role will also require you to use your communication skills to work effectively with various areas of the organisation to ensure the training strategy continually meets the needs of the business.

To apply for this position please email your CV to russellyeomans@sport2business.com or call him for a confidential chat on 07714844734.

Volunteers, Cricket Without Boundaries

Cricket Without Boundaries is a community development and HIV / Aids awareness charity operating in Africa. Since its establishment in 2005 the charity has coached over 6000 children and trained 600 new ICC coaches across Africa with an additional emphasis on raising Aids awareness.

Based on our success since our Trust was established, we are now looking to recruit volunteers to deliver projects in Rwanda, Kenya and Botswana.

We are looking for general sports enthusiasts, qualified and unqualified, for these projects taking place in October & November 2010. We are specifically looking for Project Leaders, Coaches (all levels), Coach and Umpire Tutors, photographers and general volunteers who have no coaching experience (training will be given to bring non coaches up to Introductory Coach level) who are:

Motivated by helping others
Able to work on own initiative
Good communicators
Able to complete an ECB Criminal Records Bureau Enhanced Check Able to raise funds to support the project
Interested in working in Africa

Each project will require 2 weeks to be spent in Africa and attendance at a training weekend in the UK leading up to departure.
The projects will include working with local schools, delivery of HIV / Aids awareness messages, training local people as coaches, umpires and scorers and acting as a representative of Cricket Without Boundaries within local communities.

Closing date: Friday 19th March, 5pm.
Interviews: Sunday 18th April, The Oval, for all shortlisted volunteers.