Careers

Key Responsibilities of Trustees

• Provide oversight to ensure the Foundation delivers its charitable mission effectively.
• Ensure high standards of governance, integrity and accountability.
• Support and challenge the executive team, acting as a critical friend to the executive.
• Act as visible and trusted ambassadors for the Foundation across Yorkshire and within the wider cricketing and charitable landscape.
• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion in governance, decision-making and delivery.
• Guide the Foundation through its early years, helping to build credibility, clarity of purpose and sustainable impact.

Person Specification

Essential Experience and Attributes

•  Close affinity with Yorkshire, whether personal, professional or cultural.
• Strong interest in cricket and belief in the power of sport to create positive social change.
• Experience of serving a charity, not-for-profit or community organisation in a leadership or governance role.
• Good communication skills and the ability to build trust and credibility with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrable commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and to building an open, welcoming organisation.

Desirable Experience

• Currently active within recreational cricket in Yorkshire as a player, official or administrator.
• Expertise, in a personal or professional capacity, of charitable fundraising.