Project Delivery Manager - Data and Evidence

Gambling Commission

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Reference number

367346

Salary

£40,000

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Job grade

Other

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

GC - Digital Data and Technology

Type of role

Digital

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

Birmingham

About the job

Job summary

We are expanding the way we use data as a core part of our evidence base. This supports the way we work to help make gambling safe, fair and free from crime. This role, as a member of our Research and Statistics Team, will help to ensure delivery of diverse range of data-related projects and help us use and share the insights they provide with colleagues. 

As part of our Research and Statistics Team, making progress in this area of work is a key to the Commission’s Corporate Strategy objective to ‘use data and analytics to make gambling regulation more effective.

Job description

You will: 

•    Oversee the project management of a diverse portfolio of research and analytical projects. 

•    Identify the priority actions needed to deliver projects at pace.

•    Build strong working relationships, communicate and coordinate with colleagues across the Commission to drive delivery, remove blockages, expedite actions, escalate issues, report progress and assure delivery is being achieved.

•    Be proactive to ensure tasks are allocated, deadlines achieved, and results communicated. 

•    Play a key role coordinating the Commission’s data governance processes and clearly communicate with members of our internal Data Governance Council. 

Key Responsibilities

It’s about Delivery. 

It is important that we make progress to delivery our project work and build strong foundations for accessing and analysing the data we need. 

You will oversee delivery of a range of projects – all of which will contribute to making gambling safe, fair and free from crime. This will include some large-scale, industry-facing projects, as well as many smaller, more agile projects. You will help ensure these projects deliver their intended benefits. 

You will proactively anticipate risks and manage their potential impact. You will deal with issues promptly, be confident to make decisions within your responsibility or ensure timely escalation. 

It’s about excellent communication. 

You will report progress and escalate issues to the Head of Data Innovation Hub to ensure the overall project plans remains on schedule. You will coordinate delivery across the projects to ensure the right information is communicated to those that need it. You will be able to provide clear messages on projects which are sometimes complex. 

It’s about people and teamwork. 

You will help create a great place to work by supporting colleagues to achieve results, deliver effective advice and work effectively as a team. You will help people to understand how we can use data to give them the evidence they need to support their work.

It’s about improvement. 

You will contribute to the improvement of the Research and Statistics Team and Commission’s programme and project management maturity to ensure the right things gets done in the right way. 

It’s about keeping the public safe.

You will be part of a a programme of work which is looking to drive the Commission’s data strategy forward – to be able to make more of the data available to us, increase the depth of our understanding and the effectiveness of the actions we take.

The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of duties. The post holder may be required to perform any reasonable tasks commensurate with the level of responsibility at the request of their Manager. 

Person specification

You don’t have to be a data specialist – although some experience of this area of work is desirable. The priority is to be able to take responsibility for overseeing a wide portfolio of projects, ensure delivery is on track, and build great interpersonal relationships with colleagues to help you overcome and remove barriers to deliver. 

Essential:

•    Strong organisational skills
• Direct experience of driving project delivery:
o removing blockages, anticipating and solving challenges
o monitoring performance and reporting progress
o providing delivery assurance to stakeholders.
• Experience of managing external agencies to deliver project work.
• Confidence and experience in communicating with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to manage interactions with colleagues who are members of the Data Governance Council – to allow us to manage risks in relation to data governance and information management.
• Ensuring programme risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies are being accurately recorded and tracked against the baseline plan.
•    Strong knowledge of programme and project management using recognised approaches and methodologies.

Desirable:

•    Experience supporting data development projects
• Project management qualifications (e.g. Prince 2, MSP, Agile).
•    Knowledge of the gambling industry

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.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £40,000, Gambling Commission contributes £10,800 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

- Salary of circa £40,000
- Civil service pension, with an employer contribution rate of 27%
- Flexible working
- Hybrid working, specific guidelines are to be agreed with line manager
- 26 days’ holiday, rising to 29 days after two years’ service, with the option to buy up to five days extra annual leave

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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.

PLEASE NOTE: ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying. We are unable to provide sponsorship for visas currently.

Incomplete applications will be discounted from shortlisting. Please ensure your application is fully completed and submitted before logging out of your account.

We reserve the right to change the closing date depending on the number of responses received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.