Executive Director of Corporate Affairs & Research at The Gambling Commission

Ellwood Atfield; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental regulatory body in Birmingham is seeking an Executive Director of Corporate Affairs and Research. This role involves leading communication strategies to engage with media, parliament, and stakeholders while developing future strategies for the organization. Ideal candidates will have senior-level experience in public affairs, proven people management skills, and a strong ability to navigate complex policy issues.

Qualifications

• Experience working at a senior level in either government or equivalent public affairs communications.
• Experience of people management and leading teams through change.
• Proven ability to develop communications strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead media and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Develop key communications channels and strategies.
• Lead consumer research and participation surveys.

Skills

Senior-level experience in public affairs

People management

Budget management

Communications strategy development

Engagement with complex policy issues

Job description

Overview

The Gambling Commission is the independent regulator of commercial gambling and the National Lottery. It regulates to ensure that gambling is open and fair, crime free and that children and vulnerable people are protected. In addition to its duties to protect consumers, the organisation has secondary duties with the Lottery to maximise returns to good causes which see over £1bn a year supporting sport, heritage and community projects across the United Kingdom. The Gambling Commission remit has expanded significantly, it now regulates around 3,000 licensees with a total Gross Gambling Yield (GGY) of £11.2bn in GB, this includes all online betting. As with many fast moving consumer markets, this sector is seeing rapid change with an increasingly digital dimension to the National Lottery and gambling.

Role

This is a new role for the Commission and you will be joining at an exciting time as it looks to develop a new future strategy to reflect changes in the market, the technology and consumer behaviour.

Reporting directly to our new CEO, Sarah Harrison, the Executive Director of Corporate Affairs and Research will be responsible for :

Responsibilities

• Leading the organisation's thinking in how it engages with the media, parliament, consumers, interest groups, stakeholders and colleagues.
• Taking ownership and development of key communications channels such as the web and social media, as well as strategies and plans to promote the Commission’s role and work now and into the future.
• Leading the organisation’s strategy for, and delivery of, consumer research and participation surveys, as well as industry data and statistics.
• Ensuring evidence and analysis from research helps shape future regulatory, and to an extent public policy on gambling.
• Being a part of a leadership team to support organisational change and shape the Commission’s future strategy and plans.

Qualifications / Experience

• Experience working at a senior level in either government or in an equivalent senior post in the public affairs / communications arena or a large not for profit organisation; who is used to working on high profile / sensitive issues.
• Experience of people management, led a team through change, and are able to evidence having achieved success through developing and engaging their people.
• Experience of managing headcount and budgets.
• Proven experience in taking company vision / objectives and converting them into communications strategies with measurable initiatives; to deliver a high standard of effective creative solutions.
• Experience in engaging with complex policy issues and the ability to contribute as part of the Executive team to developing the strategic policy agenda for the Commission.