England Women U19 Assistant Coach

**ECB**:

- Employment Type Contract
- Location Hybrid - Loughborough, UK Camps based at NCPC in Loughborough
- Salary Competitive
- Team England Women
- Seniority Mid-level, Senior
- **Closing**: 5:00pm, 5th Oct 2025 BST

**Perks and benefits**:

- Healthcare
- Life Insurance
- Wellness programs
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Additional parental leave
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Paid volunteer days
- Cycle to work scheme

**PURPOSE**

An exciting opportunity exists to join the England Women’s coaching team for the tour to Australia in 2026.

The roles will provide support to the EW U19 Performance Lead in affecting and implementing the learning environment across the preparation and the performance phases for an U19 squad that will tour Australia, competing in a triangular series with Australia and Sri Lanka U19 teams.

The assistant coach will provide support to the EW U19 Performance Lead (Head Coach) in delivering a balanced learning and performance environment across both preparation and performance phases of the programme, ensuring a world leading talent development environment is provided for individuals and the selected squad. They will also be instrumental in providing regular feedback and alignment to the County programmes that the players are connected to.

The England Women U19 tour to Australia will provide opportunities in an inspirational development environment with competitive exposure at an International level for players deemed with the highest potential to play for England Women in the future, as well as players highlighting key potential to further their career within the domestic game.

**YOU'LL LOVE THIS JOB IS**

We are seeking individual(s) with a proven track record in developing high potential cricketers with an in-depth knowledge of women’s cricket at domestic and international level. You have an ability to positively impact those around you and have either led or assisted with the creation of an inspirational, innovative and forward thinking environments for players and staff.

**YOU'LL BE DOING**
- Assist with the design and delivery of an outstanding holistic training and competition programme for the players perceived to have the highest potential to be England Women cricketers of the future that adds real value to a player’s journey towards being a successful International cricketer
- Provide coaching direction and support, both directly and in partnership with Counties, to the identified players selected into the England Women U19 programme, inclusive of coaching players within residential training camps and on tour (this coaching support is likely to require a steer towards a particular skill discipline that complements the overall coaching team for the squad)
- Provide support in the process of consultation, collaboration and engagement with County Head coaches, Academy Leads and county skill-set coaches around player development to ensure the most talented young players are supported both on-programme and at their Counties
- Develop and share knowledge and support with Counties teams to ensure that player development for International cricket represents best practice
- Working with the Performance Analyst provide players with a review template to assess performance against.
- Collaborate and contribute to short and medium-term Player Development Plans for identified players with Counties
- Liaise with the EW U19 Performance Lead (Head Coach), other assistant coaches and the multi-disciplinary support team, providing appropriate challenge and support with the development of players for International cricket
- Work with all England Women Pathway staff to help assist with effective programming, integrated Science & Medicine support, players development and operational support for the EW U19 World Cup programme
- Provide support to the Head Coach with monitoring of the impact and effectiveness of the U19 programme and any assistance the Head Coach requires when submitting regular reports to the Head of Performance Pathways
- Assist the Head Coach in working with the National Talent Manager and Head of Performance Pathways to ensure the County Talent Pathway supports the development of players with the foundations for County and International cricket
- Contribute to a robust review process of the EW U19 programme following the completion of the Australia Tour in order to capture best practice and key learnings for all players and staff; this will involve a strong feedback process to players and Counties collaboratively

**YOU'LL HAVE**
- Have a passion for working with players and staff to help develop an environment that drives learning through a sustainable person-focused culture
- Experience of programme design (both individual and team), implementation, management and evaluation for high potential female athletes
- Demonstrable experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams in high performance sport
- Excellent knowledge of women’s cricket at both