Cricket manager - inner west metro

🏏 Join Cricket Victoria – We’re Hiring a Cricket Manager for our Inner West Metro region!

Are you passionate about community sport, working with volunteers and increasing junior participation?

We are currently seeking to appoint a highly motivated and passionate individual to join our team as our Cricket Manager for the Inner West Metro region. This position will play a critical role in growing sustainable participation, maintaining the delivery of exceptional experiences and supporting the cricket community Associations, Clubs, and school programs in the west of Melbourne. The region covers the following local government areas: Brimbank, Hobsons Bay & Maribyrnong.

💪 What You’ll Be Doing:

•Collaborate with Cricket Victoria staff to deliver the Region Plan.

•Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders like clubs, associations, local councils, and schools.

•Grow participation among key groups, including kids (5–12 years), women and girls, and CALD communities.

•Strengthen club-school connections to help participants move into club cricket.

•Support clubs and indoor centres to deliver quality cricket experiences across all levels.

•Help clubs and associations apply key Australian Cricket policies (e.g. Safeguarding Children, Member Protection, etc.).

•Assist clubs and associations in resolving operational challenges (e.g. competition management, umpire recruitment).

•Integrate and use digital tools like Salesforce and PlayHQ to support operations.

•Identify ways to use the W/BBL’s profile to boost engagement and interest in cricket.

🎯 What You’ll Bring:

•Tertiary qualification in Sports Management, Teaching, Commercial or related field

•Experience working and/or volunteering within a sporting association or club

•Strong stakeholder management, influencing skills and excellent communication skills

•Commitment and willingness to deliver on outcomes and results to achieve increased participation

•Current Victorian Employee Working with Children Check (or arranged on appointment)

•Current Victoria Driver’s License

•Current First Aid & CPR certification (or arranged on appointment)

•Availability to work after hours and on weekends

🏆 Why Join Cricket Victoria?

You’ll be part of a highly motivated and dedicated team with consistent values and goals. A team who strives towards not only growing and maintaining participation across grassroots Victorian cricket, but supporting volunteers across our Associations & Clubs, linking school programs into local clubs and always ensuring all participates and volunteers involved have a positive experience.

🎁The Benefits:

•State of the Art location at our CitiPower Centre, St Kilda

•Great Work life balance through flexible working

•Tickets to a range of sporting events (yes, this includes cricket)

•Free onsite gym access

•Corporate Health Insurance Offers

•Corporate Partner Discounts

•Casual, friendly and inclusive work environment and team culture (our top priority)

📬 Ready to Make a Difference in Cricket?

If you have the credentials, demonstrated experience and qualifications for our vacant Cricket Manager position please apply by clicking on the “Apply Now” button and ensure you include a cover letter and resume.

Applications close Monday 4 August 2025 at 9:00am .

At Cricket Victoria, we embrace diversity in gender, age, ethnicity, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We are committed to providing a safe environment for children across Australian Cricket and we also offer a flexible work environment for all employees.

We measure ourselves on our ideals – “Leading the Game”; our shared ideals have the power to create positive change and deliver excellence for our customers, colleagues, and communities. Our people value integrity, connection, accountability, respect and excellence.

We require all applicants to undergo background checks and screening prior to or during any appointment. Australian Cricket’s Commitment Statement to Safeguarding Children and Young People can be found at