We are looking for a (Senior) Research Officer to join the team on a three-year fixed-term contract.

The role involves undertaking research on gambling-related financial harms through delivering timely and insightful research and consultancy support. Working collaboratively with financial services firms to explore ways to reduce gambling-related financial harms.

The ideal candidate will have strong listening skills with the ability to ask probing and curious questions, the ability to think creatively to problem-solve and identify new policy solutions, and excellent qualitative research and analysis skills.

Key tasks in the role will include:

• Developing and maintaining a strong understanding of key developments in the gambling and financial services sectors, including regulatory guidance. Knowing when to seek out greater detail from the Head of the GAL.

• Driving recruitment to the Research Community of people with experience in problem gambling by working alongside the Research and Policy team.

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

• Facilitating Action Learning Set 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, as well as listening, reflecting and asking curious questions.

• Collaborating, brainstorming and analysing to identify potential solutions to address gambling-related financial harms.

• Writing reports on the progress and impact of the Gambling Action Lab for stakeholders.

• Supporting the Head of the Gambling Action Lab 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 (minimum twice a month).  Please note, that salary is inclusive of London weighting, and we do not remove this for remote workers, but remote workers are expected to self-fund transport to the office.

• Hours: This role is offered as both 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: Temporary, fixed term, 3 year

• 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 member of the team has a personal training budget with many internal training opportunities too. 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 4 and 11 March 2024.