Project Consultant

PURPOSE

An exciting and world leading 2023 is witnessing the ECB initiate a phased and targeted role out of mobile ball tracking (iHawk) across the domestic Men’s and Women’s games. 2024 and beyond will see the technology deployed across all domestic men’s and women’s games, alongside deployment within the domestic and international pathways.

The aim of the iHawk project is to provide quantifiable and automated ball tracking data for the domestic game. Domestic ball tracking data will replace the subjective KPI’s currently captured manually in a lapsed time fashion, providing comprehensive novel objective data across the game, which will;

• Enhance player identification via provision of more comprehensive, objective, and pertinent data from the domestic game;
• This in turn will contribute towards player development, helping England and Domestic coaches to identify areas for development and improvement, whilst providing previously unavailable real-time feedback
• The data available will help ECB to identify the player’s most likely to be able to perform at the International level at an earlier stage

WHO WE ARE

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the national governing body for all cricket in England and Wales, supporting the game at every level – from grassroots to professional.

We believe cricket is a force for good that can have an enduring impact on everyone’s lives and we have an ambitious strategy to inspire a generation to say ‘cricket is a game for me’. It provides great entertainment. It teaches important skills, both physical and social. It can help inclusion and social cohesion, bringing communities together.

The ECB welcomes applications from all backgrounds to ensure we deliver our Inspiring Generations strategy and fulfil our purpose to connect communities and improve lives through cricket.

OUR VALUES

• Stronger As One Team – We are stronger together. We allow for individual strengths and beliefs but head in the same direction. We respect, support and really listen to each other along the way.

• Push New Boundaries – We are bold, brave and curious. We challenge and don’t settle. We forge the future whilst remembering our roots.

• Be The Best In The Game – On & Off The Pitch – We train hard. We strive to be our best to help the team be the best. We celebrate our victories and learn from our let downs.

• Passion For Play – We are here to inspire & be inspired. We are serious about what we do, but don’t take ourselves seriously. We enjoy the journey and have fun.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF

• You have an inquisitive and innovative mind that is always looking for improvement

• You have a passion for high performance and cricket

• You want to be part of a world-leading and fun data insights team

• You love collecting, analysing and sharing data that impacts performance and changes behaviours

YOU’LL BE DOING

Working in conjunction with Analysis lead and alongside lead pathway analyst you will be:

• Training and educating relevant stakeholders in the processes and benefits of the iHawk project.

• Applying appropriate data science techniques, to the extensive and growing iHawk data set, to find patterns, insights and knowledge to share with multiple decision-making stakeholders.

• Visualise, embed with current systems and exploit/share the data in a way that amplifies and enhances the impact of the project across the international and domestic game

PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF WORK (July 2023 – July 2025)

July – December 2023:

• Assist in the phased and targeted roll out across the domestic game,

• Lead on the quality control (reliability and validity of soft and hardware development) and visualisation of the data set at key times across the season

• Initiate formal annual review (stakeholder feedback) of first years roll out (data, tech and implementation learnings)

• Create road map and implement changes from review (software and hardware)

January – June 2024:

• Implement findings from 2023 stakeholders feedback

• Work with stakeholders to create data flow that answers need for stakeholders and decision makers

July – December 2024:

• Lead on the full roll out across the domestic game,

• Continue to lead on the quality control (reliability and validity of soft and hardware development) and visualisation of the data set at key times across the season

• Initiate formal annual review (stakeholder feedback) of second years roll out (data, tech and implementation learnings)

• Create road map and implement changes from review (software and hardware)

January – June 2025:

• Implement findings from 2024 stakeholders feedback

• Work with stakeholders to create data flow that answers need for stakeholders and decision makers

• Produce recommendations for next stage of iHawk project

YOU’LL HAVE

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Expert-level analytics skills and experience in techniques such as: statistical modelling, predictive analyses, etc

• Strong programming and data visualisation skills (SQL, R, Python, Tableau, Power BI, etc)

• Demonstrated ability to take raw data and turn it into actionable insights and work plans aligned to performance outcomes

• Demonstrated professional experience or study in relevant area e.g. performance analysis, computer science, mathematics etc.

• Demonstrated comfort-level with ambiguity and working with large streams of data across different formats and entry points

NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Collaborate effectively on team projects and work autonomously on individual work as appropriate

• Focused, pro-active and embraces responsibility across multiple workstreams

• Ability to communicate findings to relevant stakeholders