Job Title: Engagement Lead (1 post to cover England, 1 post to cover Scotland)
Location: Home-based, with some nationwide travel to deliver training sessions (once a quarter) and occasional attendance at the London office (once a quarter)
Salary: £26,390 – £29,557 – dependent on experience
Job Type: Full time – Fixed Term Contract until June 2025
Closing date for applications: 9am Thursday 22nd February 2023
Interviews will take place online via video conference – week commencing 06th March 2023
About Us
Founded in 1997, GamCare is the leading provider of information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling harms. We operate the National Gambling Helpline, provide treatment for anyone who is harmed by gambling, create awareness about safer gambling and treatment, and encourage an effective approach to safer gambling within the gambling industry.
The Role
This is a great time to join GamCare as we’re recruiting two Engagement Lead posts, one based in Scotland and one based in England, for our Gambling Awareness and Prevention Programme (GAP), which is an opportunity for someone who is experienced with establishing and building relationships that can embed change at organisational level.
GAP is a new three-year Programme, funded by GambleAware to deliver quality, consistent and relevant gambling engagement and training to organisations working with those at risk of gambling harm across England, Scotland and Wales. The Programme covers seven sectors: debt advisors, housing/homelessness staff, faith/cultural and community leaders, community pharmacists, primary care and social care workers, and occupational health providers.
The Engagement Lead role is a new position designed to establish and maintain relationships in a region, to promote the GAP Training offer. The role will work closely with the GAP Trainers to build capacity within diverse organisations to reduce gambling harm in the people they work with.
About You
As the successful candidate, you and your colleagues will implement the GAP Programme by applying the Programme Engagement Strategy for the seven identified sectors, aiming to build and maintain relationships with diverse organisations and engagement in the GAP Training offer.
As an Engagement Lead, you will have demonstrable experience of identifying key stakeholders and developing relationships with a wide range of audiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Map the stakeholder landscape and identify new opportunities in assigned region
- Develop relationships in your region with organisations and key stakeholders across the seven sectors
- Promote the GAP training programme with organisations
- Support organisational leaders to create new processes for screening for gambling harm in the people they work with
- Collate feedback from organisations to feed into the Programme’s evaluation
Benefits You Can Enjoy
- 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
GamCare are committed to offering the best support to people affected by gambling harms, as such we welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.
To apply, please complete the following application form that will be sent to your email
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Communications Officer, Public Relations, Charity Relations, Engagement Manage, Engagement Coordinator, Comms, Engagement, Administrator, Communications Manager, Communications Controller, Client Communications, Communications Coordinator, Digital Communications, Marketing Assistant, Marketing Administrator, Marketing Officer, Digital Marketing Officer, Online Marketing, Digital Marketing Advisor, Digital Marketing Consultant, Marketing Analyst, Digital Marketing Administrator, Marketing Coordinator, Public Relations Coordinator, PR Coordinator, PR Executive, Press Manager, Marketing Communications and Communications Manager may also be considered for this role.
