External Affairs Officer

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom GamCare Full time

Job Title:
External Affairs Officer

Location:
Office-based (Farringdon, London), with flexible working options

Salary:
£33,497 or £36,444 for those living in London and surrounding counties

Job Type:
Permanent. Full time, 35 hours

Interviews will take place in person - Thursday 22 June 2023

  • 33 days basic annual leave entitlement per annum (prorated for parttime colleagues) including bank holidays which increases with service
  • A generous Pension Scheme we contribute 6% and you contribute 2%.
  • Discretionary company sick pay from day one of service.
  • Employee Assistance Programme 24hour support

Job Introduction


This is an exciting time to join GamCare, and a new opportunity to support the development of our first External Affairs Team.

As External Affairs Officer, you'll work as part of a supportive and dynamic team, building a new centre of excellence to help put GamCare, and gambling-related harm, on the map.


In this role you'll help to connect GamCare, the National Gambling Support Network (NGSN) and our external stakeholders and partners together in a way that forms positive, productive, and lasting relationships of trust.


You'll play a supportive role in our stakeholder research, planning and engagement with national and local policy makers, opinion formers.

You'll also support GamCare and the NGSN to achieve cut-through across our policy and influencing objectives.

Main Responsibilities

  • Support our stakeholder mapping to gather timely intelligence and analysis on target stakeholder' activity and enhance our influencing opportunities and mitigate risks; and maintain a stakeholder register
  • Regularly monitor and report on political activity and policy developments, including using our political monitoring service to identify opportunities to engage
  • Support the delivery of and represent GamCare and the NGSN at national/local parliamentary and other external events and meetings to build and nurture our relationships; and develop associated outputs e.g., letters, minutes, presentations, reports, and internal/external briefings
  • Monitor, identify, and support the development of consultation responses; and support the development of internal and external briefings and presentations, e.g., including for senior staff, parliamentarians, officials, opinion formers, partners, and wider stakeholders
  • Work in partnership with Comms and Digital Comms colleagues to coordinate and raise the profile of our external relationships and influencing work, including drafting blogs, articles and offering external affairs support as required on media and digital campaigns
  • Work closely with the Head of External Affairs and External Affairs Manager to support the commissioning and/or development of engaging research, reports, and publications to shape our thinking and ensure it is supported by evidence (e.g., surveys and polling, evidence reviews, etc.)


You'll have operated in a busy external affairs or public affairs function, and bring with you a strong understanding of the policy environment and routes to influence.

Naturally emotionally intelligent and empathetic, you'll look forward to working with, building and managing credible relationships with diverse stakeholders, both internally and externally.

You'll also enjoy using your excellent written and verbal communication skills to draft clear and concise briefings, reports, and other written materials.

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