Policy Evaluation Manager
Birmingham, West Midlands
Are you passionate about shaping effective policies and understanding their impact? We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Policy Evaluation Manager to join our team on a permanent basis. In this key role within our Policy function, you will collaborate closely with policy leads, our research and statistics team, and our strategy team to plan, deliver, and learn from evaluating the impacts of gambling policy.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive Salary: £43,139 per annum
- Generous Pension: Civil service pension with a 28% employer contribution rate
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible and hybrid working options
- Annual Leave: 26 days' holiday with the option to buy up to five additional days
- Inclusive Environment: We are certified as a Great Place to Work, valuing work-life balance and inclusivity, dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential
Your Role
As Policy Evaluation Manager, you will design, develop, and implement evaluation plans to measure the impact of our policy interventions. A key focus will be evaluating policy changes from the Government's White Paper - High Stakes: Gambling Reform for the Digital Age - and shaping the Gambling Commission's long-term strategy for policy evaluation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Evaluation Processes: Ensure clear and effective articulation and execution of our evaluation processes, retaining and applying learning to inform future policy development.
- Managing Evaluation Projects: Plan, design, procure, and oversee evaluation activities, applying critical thinking to develop creative solutions to complex problems.
- Collaboration: Build strong working relationships internally and externally, working with colleagues in Policy, Research and Statistics, Programme Management Office, Communications, and external stakeholders.
- Communication: Produce high-quality reports, presentations, and other outputs, effectively communicating outcomes to a variety of audiences.
About You
To succeed in this role, you will need:
- Evaluation Expertise: Understanding of various evaluation frameworks and methodologies, with experience in developing and delivering evaluation strategies in complex environments.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Skills in stakeholder mapping and engagement, with a proven track record of managing relationships successfully.
- Organisational Skills: Ability to juggle priorities and deliverables with excellent organisational skills.
- Communication: Experience in producing concise, coherent communications for evaluation outputs.
- Procurement and Contract Management: Experience in procurement and contract management.
- Team Leadership: Capability to mobilise, motivate, guide, and instruct multidisciplinary teams and influence senior colleagues.
Desirable:
- Experience in a policy and/or regulatory environment.
- Familiarity with matrix management.
- Budget management skills.
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 8th September 2024.
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