Lead Analyst - Gambling Research and Evaluation
| Posting date: | 07 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £52,082 to £67,790 per year |
| Additional salary information: | London £57,234 - £67,790, National £52,082 - £61,084 + benefits. This role will also benefit from a Analyst Allowance of up to £4,200. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 March 2025 |
| Location: | SW1A 2BQ |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 395277/2 |
Summary
The role of S&G Analysis team is to ensure high-quality evidence informs all stages of policy development and delivery through rigorous analysis and building a robust evidence base. More recently, our work has been focussed on Government’s missions, including Health, Growth and Opportunity Mission. You’ll also benefit from being embedded in the policy directorate and therefore work closely with policy officials, esp on the Gambling side, with regular opportunities to engage and present to senior stakeholders and at conferences.
We are an inclusive, welcoming and friendly team comprising around 10 analysts with a diverse range of skills and backgrounds. There is a brilliant, collaborative culture across DCMS policy teams and the wider DCMS analytical community, too. In this role you will be part of both analytical and policy teams, meaning you will get the best of both worlds!
We are looking for a highly-driven and data-confident social researcher / economist (with relevant evaluation experience) to lead on the development, management and delivery of the Gambling Act Review Impact Evaluation, and other Gambling and Lotteries research priorities. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work on DCMS’ high-profile regulatory programme and its evaluation.
The key responsibilities for this role will include:
- Leading on the highly complex evaluation for the Gambling Act Review, which will include process and impact evaluation.
- Working closely with policy, the regulator (Gambling Commission) and industry stakeholders as well as managing the contract with the supplier to deliver on the full range of activities, from early delivery through to final reporting, including proactively managing risks.
- Communicating updates on the evaluation with a range of stakeholders, including senior officials within DCMS and GC.
- Steering agenda and meetings with the Evaluation Advisory and Steering groups.
- Drafting technical reports, advice papers and analytical notes to a high standard for senior stakeholders and clearly communicating complex concepts.
- Working on other projects across the Gambling Analysis team, as required, providing advice on evaluations, research methodologies and consultations.
- Working with other analysts and policy colleagues across Gambling and leading on improving our evidence base to support better data driven policy decisions, either via commissioning research or through internal analysis.
- Being a visible, effective leader in the analytical spoke, DCMS and the wider sector.
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