We are looking for a (Senior) Communications and Partnerships Officer to join the Gambling Action Lab (GAL) team.

The role involves working within the GAL to bring together a handful of representatives from financial services firms to explore ways to reduce gambling-related financial harms. The successful candidate will build and maintain stakeholder relationships and play a key role in facilitating group discussions with financial services representatives.

We are seeking a dynamic individual to drive and promote the work and visibility of the GAL. This exciting new role will also involve working with the wider Money and Mental Health External Affairs team to plan and deliver a programme of events to promote the work of the GAL. 

The ideal candidate will have excellent written communication skills, a strong ability to develop and maintain good stakeholder relationships, the ability to craft compelling narratives to influence others verbally and in writing, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to work as part of a team.

Key tasks in the role will include:

• Driving the visibility of the GAL externally, including attending and speaking at events to promote our work, and networking.

• Developing and strengthening relationships within financial services firms to bring together a handful of representatives to partner with us.

• Facilitating Action Learning Set (ALS) meetings by designing and implementing activities that promote reflective thinking and problem-solving. Managing group dynamics to ensure a structured environment that supports members to participate.

• Planning and delivering a programme of events (mainly online), including liaising with and briefing speakers, promoting events and managing invitee lists 

• Confidently delivering and presenting the work of the GAL to critical stakeholders and at industry events.

• Developing content for the GAL webpage and working closely with colleagues in the External Affairs team to disseminate the GAL’s key messages and findings. 

• Supporting the Head of the GAL with monitoring and measuring the impact of our work, engaging with key stakeholders, and suggesting innovations and new ways to increase our impact. 

Other info:

• Location: Money and Mental Health’s central London office OR suitable for a home worker who is able to travel to London on a regular basis (at least twice a month). Please note that salary is inclusive of London weighting, and we do not remove this for remote workers. However, remote workers are expected to self-fund transport to the office.

• Hours: This role is offered as either full-time (37.5 hours over 5 days) or part-time (minimum 30 hours over 4 days a week). The charity has a flexible working policy, with core hours of 10am—3pm and remaining contracted hours distributed throughout the week flexibly.

• Contract type: Permanent

• Holidays: 28 days per year (including 3 days of annual leave between Christmas and New Year when the office is closed) plus bank holidays

• Pension: Opportunity to be enrolled in the work pension scheme (subject to meeting standard auto-enrollment qualifying criteria). After auto-enrollment, the charity will make a monthly contribution to the scheme equivalent to 5.5% of the monthly gross salary you receive, subject to you making a minimum contribution of 2.5% of the monthly gross salary you receive.

• Other benefits: Every team member has a personal training budget, and there are many internal training opportunities. We offer cycle-to-work and season ticket loan schemes. The charity provides enhanced maternity/paternity/parental leave terms at an equal rate. All employees eligible for Statutory Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental Pay receive 90% of their earnings for up to 12 weeks. 

• Interviews: Weeks commencing 27 May 2024.