Private Secretary
Birmingham, West Midlands (with hybrid working)

We are looking for two motivated individuals to act as Private Secretaries to our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO). This is an exciting time to join the Gambling Commission’s journey, from implementing the Gambling Act Review to transitioning to the 4th National Lottery Licence, as well as continuing our momentum in enabling a culture of compliance at the earliest opportunity with over 2,000 licensed operators.

The Benefits

• Salary of c£55,000 per annum
• 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 2 years’ service, with the option to buy up to five days extra annual leave

Joining us means joining an organisation that is certified as a Great Place to Work, respects work-life balance, is inclusive, and is completely dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential. Whether that’s through flexible working, really understanding how you work best or exposing you to real opportunities to challenge yourself, if you’re passionate about making your mark on the industry and on society, then we will help you do that.

Your Role

As a Private Secretary, you will provide direct support to the CEO or DCEO to help maximise their time to enable them to input into our top priorities.

Your role will also involve:

• Ensuring the office and relevant teams are run efficiently, operate strategically and are able to react effectively to internal and external challenges.
• Anticipating and reacting to evolving issues and making sound decisions, using political judgement when needed.
• Acting as a source of advice for the DCEO on a range of issues, including managing inboxes, assessing work priorities, assigning actions and leading stakeholder engagement activities.
• Being perceptive and providing great attention to detail. You will oversee the provision of accurate and timely advice and briefings to the Deputy and/or Chief Executive and will follow up progress where necessary.
• Working with colleagues from across the Commission to ensure we have the structures in place to support a smooth and efficient delivery of priorities.

This is a hybrid role, therefore there will be a requirement to attend our Birmingham Office.

About You

• Ability to see the ‘big picture’ and adopt a Commission-wide perspective to ensure alignment of activities.
• Experience of planning and organisation skills, with the ability to react quickly and adapt to changing circumstances and manage competing priorities.
• Ability to think strategically, see, understand and communicate priorities with a wider understanding of the Commission’s operating environment, including the political context.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to understand complex and broad issues quickly, rapidly process data and information and use judgement to distil key points and to escalate risks and issues appropriately.
• Experience in delivering work from start-to-finish, working closely with colleagues to deliver excellent results and to create a supportive environment where people feel it is encouraged to take responsibility.
• Ability to learn quickly in a hands-on role and/or strong analytical skills with the ability to use your judgement to distil key points and to escalate risks and issues appropriately.

Knowledge of working within a regulator/Arm’s Length Body/Non-Departmental Public Body, or experience of working in government relations, politics or public affairs and stakeholder engagement would be desirable.

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 30 August.

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

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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.

As the regulator of the National Lottery, there are some roles within the Commission that are prohibited from playing the National Lottery. This does not affect your family playing. We will let you know at interview if the role you have applied for is on the Prohibited List.

Other organisations may call this role EA, PA, Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant, Secretary, Receptionist, Senior Administrator, or Team Secretary.

Webrecruit and the Gambling Commission are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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