Senior Manager - Industry Engagement
Birmingham - Hybrid

Are you passionate about engaging with trade bodies as well as building and maintaining collaborative working relationships? Working for Compliance means translating regulation into action and making sure the industry understands and adheres to the legislation set out to protect the public’s interests through positive and proactive engagement.

Why Join Us?

As part of our compliance team, you’ll work with the largest Gambling Operators, driving compliance at the earliest opportunity, leading our engagement activity across the compliance function and working to ensure consumer’s interests are at the heart of everything we do.

You will be part of a new and exciting programme that:

- Leads through stakeholder landscape and the intricacies at work effectively; leading on integrated communications, engagement and involvement activity.
- Maintains positive relationships with critical stakeholders both internal and external and collaborates with industry supporting on education and engagement projects.
- Ensures policy is implemented effectively and the industry is complying with legislation; continually reviewing and improving the ways in which we engage to meet the challenges of the changing industry landscape.
- Develops operator relationship strategies to organise and lead communications with Operators and GC colleagues, gather and share key insights, lead thematic projects and third party engagement.
- Forges trusted relationships and has valuable interactions based on two way education, discussion and sharing of best practise/trends.

The Extras on offer

- FTE salary of £52,000
- Generous Pension: Market leading Civil Service pension with a 28.97% employer contribution rate
- Prime Location: Our central Birmingham city centre office is just a stone’s throw from New Street train station, with convenient hybrid working arrangements
- Holidays: 26 days, increasing to 29 days after 2 years, with an option to buy up to 5 additional days
- Work Environment: Join a certified Great Place to Work, committed to inclusivity, respect, and helping you achieve your full potential. Make sure to help yourself to the free tea and coffee!

About You:

We’re looking for a proactive, passionate leader who can lead our engagement activity across the compliance function.

Essential:

- Proven experience of leading a team that drives industry engagement.
- Experience of leading and delivering a successful account management strategy.
- Experience of influencing senior stakeholders to uphold the high professional standards while driving change.
- Expertise in managing competing priorities across a diverse programme of activities within tight deadlines to deliver results.
- Broad skills and experience of successfully delivering engagement strategy with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to plan and direct industry engagement and associated engagement events that includes travel.

Desirable:

- An understanding of the gambling industry.
- Ability to interpret legislation, regulations and legislative changes and understand how this will impact our work.

Our Ways of Working

Outcome-focused: We put consumers at the heart of everything we do. We take responsibility for an issue and moving it forward. We deliver results through working collaboratively.

Reaching for ways to improve: We encourage feedback and ideas. We are committed to continuous improvement and are open to trying different ways of working. We celebrate successes and take responsibility when things go wrong.

Respectful: We recognise every colleague’s contribution. We give each other timely constructive feedback. We all encourage challenge.

Communicate well: We are clear and concise. We listen and check our understanding. We explain the reasons for decisions.

Making this a great place to work: We all help to make the Commission a great place to work. We value and support each other. We demonstrate a positive attitude.

About Us:

Set up under the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission is committed to safeguarding the public against any detrimental impact brought about by gambling. We do this by keeping crime out, protecting children and vulnerable people and ensuring the commercial gambling industry is run fairly and openly. We work with the legal system, the public health system, community groups and the industry itself to understand how we can protect the interests of as many people as possible, as effectively as possible.

The closing date for this role is 12th January 2025.

PLEASE NOTE: Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying. We are unable to provide sponsorship for visas currently.

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We reserve the right to change the closing date depending on the number of responses received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process.

As the regulator of the National Lottery, there are some roles within the Commission that are prohibited from playing the National Lottery. This does not affect your family playing. We will let you know at interview if the role you have applied for is on the Prohibited List.

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