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Chief Executive England Squash CANDIDATE BRIEFING PAPER Private and Confidential March 2 0 2 1
Overview
England Squash is the national governing body for Squash and Squash 57 in England and leads the development and
delivery of the sport on a national and local level. It strives to help the sport grow and works collaboratively with
partners and stakeholders to provide engaging opportunities from developing grassroots programmes and resources,
to producing world class athletes.
Over 200,000 people in England play squash each week and England Squash supports more than 600 affiliated clubs
to prosper and create thriving and diverse playing communities. To achieve this and continue to drive the growth of
the sport, working in partnership with County Associations, clubs, coaches, leisure operators, schools, universities,
community groups and players is essential. Through its talent pathway, England Squash identifies and develops the
most talented players to then go on and flourish on the international stage.
England Squash runs a comprehensive calendar of events and competitions for all standards and ages at
international, national, area and county level including the Dunlop British Junior Open and Allam British Open. In
addition, the 2022 Commonwealth Games will provide England Squash with the opportunity to showcase talented
players and attract new audiences to the sport.
The key priorities for England Squash are:
Increasing Participation Engaging with partners to get more people playing more squash in more ways.
Enhancing Diversity Support the squash community to attract new and diverse audiences to the game.
Nurturing Talent Nurture talented players and help them achieve success on the world stage.
To deliver these priorities, core objectives include:
§ Drive increased participation in the game with a strong focus on equality, diversity, and inclusion.
§ Inspire, train and develop a community of world class coaches, referees and volunteers to increase
participation and engagement with the game.
§ Sustain world leading talent pathways and programmes for high performing players.
§ Empower creativity and innovation to engage with new audiences.
§ Enhance the visibility, accessibility, and appeal of squash at a local, national, and international level.
§ Provide leadership for the game nationally and influence internationally.
England Squash receives funding from Sport England with additional revenue generated through membership and
commercial partnerships. Based in Manchester, England Squash currently employs c.16 full/part time employees as
well as relying on significant support from a larger volunteer-based workforce.
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Overview
Role Purpose
Job title: Chief Executive
Reporting to: Chair and the Board
Location: Manchester/Flexible
Direct Reports:
§ Finance Director
§ Director of Sport
§ Director of Membership and
Customer Experience
§ Commercial and Competitions
Strategic Lead
The Chief Executive will be responsible for the delivery and implementation of the strategic plan, through clear and
decisive leadership and sound business judgement to ensure the overall success, governance, growth and business
efficiency of England Squash. The work of England Squash is underpinned by its core values and the Chief Executive
will lead by example and ensure that these continue to be embedded across all areas of the organisation.
• CONNECTING • DRIVING •ADVENTUROUS •TOGETHER
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The Role
Core responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited
to:
§ Develop effective working relationships
§ Full responsibility for the delivery of England Squash’s with international stakeholders including the
strategy, and operational plans, and performance. The European and World Squash Federations.
CEO will be accountable to the Board and all public and § Responsible for the preparation and submission
commercial funding and delivery partners as of applications to secure public funding to
appropriate. support delivery of the England Squash strategy.
§ Through strong leadership and a high level of visibility, § Be a visible ambassador for England Squash, leading
communicate clear strategic goals and inspire the and steering the formulation of a
delivery of first-class performance across all areas. comprehensive communications strategy.
§ Through proactive and visible engagement strategies § Strive to secure additional commercial
across all core stakeholder groups, strive to create a partnership funding and develop close
thriving, diverse and growing squash community. relationships with appointed partners to drive
§ Ensure the delivery of the High-Performance brand awareness and revenue return.
Programme and the associated targets for success on § Ensure the effective governance of England
the international stage. Squash, including appropriate management of
§ Support the continued hosting of world class events to public funding, compliance to legislation, facilitating
build the brand and drive engagement. and sustaining management processes, and
§ Lead on the engagement with Sport England and ensuring best practice.
oversee the wider stakeholder engagement strategy to § To ensure that the core values of England Squash
enhance the contribution of England Squash to the are embedded and used across the workforce and
wider national health and wellness agenda. in all aspects of its work.
§ Embed sustainability in all operations.
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The Person
Essential Desirable
§ Broad based experience of working at § Understanding of digital technology and tools to
management level with a strong track record of drive commercial growth, member engagement,
strategic delivery. affiliation to the sport and overall positioning of
the England Squash brand.
§ Excellent planning and organisation skills, with
experience of driving strategy and achieving § A strong understanding of the governance
outstanding results across all areas. structures within sporting bodies and related
organisations.
§ An engaging personality who can build a high
performing team, balancing a drive for results § A broad appreciation of sport at all levels from
whilst instilling a culture of collaboration, grassroots to elite and an affinity to squash.
innovation, and support.
§ A personal interest in and commitment to
§ Natural influencing skills with the credibility to sustainability.
nurture strong relationships with key internal and
external stakeholders. § Postgraduate qualification.
§ Good commercial acumen, analytical and problem-
solving skills, which support decision making.
§ A passion for personal and development of others,
ensuring foundations for succession planning are in
place across the organisation.
§ Degree qualification or vocational equivalent.
§ Values driven with a commitment to diversity and
inclusion and driving sport for all.
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£70,000
Benefits package
To Apply
Interested candidates should send a covering letter, CV and details of current remuneration to Kit Taylor at:
Kit.taylor@psdgroup.com
Closing Date: 17.00 Friday 16th April 2021
Further information on England Squash can be found on its website www.englandsquash.com
Please note that the role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore an Enhanced Disclosure
and Barring Service check will be required.
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