Evaluation and Monitoring Project Manager

Package Description

Salary:  £40,301, UK (£43,734 with London weighting)

Work from home with occasional travel to the London office (approx. once a month)

Interviews will take place online via video conference – week commencing 5th June 2023

• 33 days basic annual leave entitlement per annum (pro-rated for part-time 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 – 24-hour support

Job Introduction

This new 9-month fixed term role will support the monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) processes of GamCare’s safer gambling services. The Safer Gambling Team work closely with gambling operators to improve their approach to safer gambling e.g., through certification, training and consultancy services. The role will also deliver on the final stages of GamCare’s good practice gambling industry codes project, ensuring key deliverables are achieved.

Main Responsibilities

• Leading the evaluation of GamCare’s good practice gambling industry codes project, ensuring there is a clear plan to gather/analyse data, draft final reports, and communicate results to stakeholders.
• Managing the industry codes project ensuring key deliverables are achieved. Making recommendations for closing / handing over the project, supported by findings from the evaluation.
• Working closely with stakeholders to develop an updated version of GamCare’s good practice codes for the gambling industry, ensuring that a clear benchmark is set for the display of safer gambling information in gambling venues and online.
• Collaborating with other GamCare teams and external evaluation partners to develop a MEL framework for the organisation.
• Helping upskill colleagues to ensure appropriate data is captured for projects, products and services offered by the Safer Gambling Team.
• Sitting on working groups and attending team meetings across the organisation to advise staff on how to embed MEL into individual projects and ensure that tools and frameworks are used consistently.
• Contributing MEL plans to proposals for new work, collaborating with staff and prospective clients to make sure plans are effective and capture the necessary data.

The Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have a strong background in MEL and be able to use this knowledge to upskill and support existing staff and establish / embed newer more effective processes to demonstrate the impact of our work.

They will require strong communication, stakeholder and project management skills, as they will also lead the evaluation of GamCare’s good practice codes project, working with internal and external stakeholders to gather data, undertake qualitative research, interpret findings and prepare the final evaluation report. Excellent report writing skills and proven ability in synthesising, interpreting and reporting findings that enable effective decision making, will be key to the role.

About The Company

GamCare are committed to offering the best support to people affected by gambling harms, as such we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.

Gamcare is an equal opportunities employer and don’t discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, gender identification, or physical ability. We are only able to facilitate visa sponsorship in very limited circumstances, so candidates outside of the UK or who don’t have the right to work in the UK need not apply.

For any further information on the role or if you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application or recruitment process, please contact recruitment@gamcare.org.uk and the team will be happy to help.