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About HM Treasury
If youre interested in making a difference to peoples lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.
Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.
HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all. We know that having a range of experiences, ways of working and thinking makes us stronger and better at developing policy that reflects the needs of every community. We embrace different views and experiences and value the new perspective that people from a variety of circumstances bring to the work we do. We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, gender, age ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.
We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. Its central government, made more accessible to you!
Job description
About the Group
The Public Services Group is at the heart of Treasurys work to secure sustainable public finances and drive economic growth. We manage public spending of more than £250bn. across key public services and departments, including health, education, the criminal justice system, local government, housing, defence and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
We do this by working with other government departments, ministers, and other Treasury teams to ensure that spending plans support high quality public services, help the economy to grow and provide value for money for the taxpayer.
Our roles offer a range of opportunities to work with senior leaders in other government departments and on the frontline of public services and ensure the effective delivery of public services.
The Group is committed to being an excellent place to work, with a relentless focus on good management, learning and development and continuous improvement in everything we do.
About the Team
The Housing, Planning and Cities team are responsible for managing the spending for DLUHC. This involves working with DLUHC on policies to accelerate housing building, make housing more affordable, and levelling up (reducing inequalities between different places in the UK). As well as DLUHC, we work closely with many other teams in HMT, no10 and other Departments. We are responsible for over £10 billion of public spending each year, including housing, homelessness, planning reform, local economic growth and levelling up opportunity across the UK.
We are a friendly and inclusive team of around 25, we welcome people from all backgrounds and support flexible working patterns. This role is to head up one of our four E2-led (Grade 6) branches. Come join us!
About the Job
This is a high-profile role with strong interest from senior ministers, including the Chief Secretary, Chancellor and Prime Minister. You will lead on managing all DLUHC spending (c£10bn per annum) supporting and challenging the Department to live within budgets and deliver on high-profile commitments on building safety (cladding), levelling up and housing and homelessness.
Given the balance of managing both spending branch and leading on DLUHC strategy, this role offers an excellent opportunity to work across a breadth of policy and spending issues.
Your key accountabilities will include:
- Setting and articulating HM Treasurys strategy for DLUHC spend, so we can be clear with Ministers on priorities. You will look across all DLUHC issues and be responsible for balancing fiscal, economic and social objectives, to ensure that DLUHC spend is value for money and delivers real improvements for the public. This will involve developing and delivering a strategy, including how to approach negotiations, for the next Spending Review.
- Overall responsibility for c£10bn of spending; leading engagement with DLUHC on all aspects of their budget to ensure taxpayers money is spent appropriately, efficiently and delivers value for money. DLUHC spending is varied, ranging from building safety to regenerating high-streets to supporting Ukrainian refugees the role is responsible for setting direction on spending issues, overseeing the teams input into fiscal events such as the Budget, and ensuring that in-year spending control is in line with HM Treasury priorities.
- Provide strategic policy and spending leadership on a variety of complex policy issues, including Building Safety and Afghan resettlement. This requires strong strategic thinking skills to balance spending and policy considerations, as well as close collaborative working with cross-Whitehall and other HMT teams.
- Fostering excellent relationships with senior partners in DLUHC; No 10; external housing and local growth specialists; local government; think tanks and private sector investors. We are an outward looking team and part of this will involve supporting the branch in developing wider links with external stakeholders in order to provide the best advice possible to HM Treasury Ministers.
- Strong and inclusive leadership and line management of a branch of 6 with one policy Range E, one spending principal Range E, three range Ds and one policy apprentice, maintaining a professional, supportive environment. This is a priority for us, and you will be flexible enough to adapt your style to meet the needs of individuals in the branch, and regularly prioritise and act on feedback to build an outstanding team.
Candidate Drop In Session
We will look at holding a drop-in session to outline the role in further detail and provide prospective candidates with an opportunity to ask questions on 7 November.
If you would like to join us, please contact zoe.michael@hmtreasury.gov.uk or the hiring manager faith.quigley@hmtreasury.gov.uk
Person specification
We are looking for the below skills, experience and behaviours and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application form. Please review the Candidate FAQ document that is attached to the advert for guidance on how to complete your application form.
- Seeing the Big Picture – Ability to lead on a wide, high-profile, fast-moving portfolio using strong analytical and policy skills, excellent judgement, and strategic thinking
- Leadership – Strong leadership and management skills, with a clear commitment to inclusion, development and support, and motivating a team that works on a diverse range of issues, and in a changing external environment.
- Working Together – Ability to build constructive relationships and work confidently with a wide range of senior and external partners, deploying strong personal influencing and negotiating skills.
The lead criterion is Seeing the Big Picture. If we receive a large number of applications, applications will be assessed against this criteria alone first. They will then be assessed against the other criteria if they have met the minimum score on the lead criteria.
Candidate Guidance Support Session
We will be running an overview of Success Profiles and the STAR approach; top tips for the application and interview process and an opportunity to ask general questions around our recruitment practices. If you would like to join us, then use the appropriate link below to join the call at the right time.
Monday 30th October at 17:00: Click here to join the meeting
Thursday 9th November at 12:30: Click here to join the meeting
Monday 20th November at 17:30: Click here to join the meeting
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the Kings birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing you to take up to an additional 2 days off each month.
- Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, compressed hours).
- Generous parental leave and adoption leave packages.
- A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%
- Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances.
- A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes.
- Access to HM Treasurys benefits portal allowing you access to a range of discount codes for online shopping.
- A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network).
- Access to a range of allowances if eligibility applies. These include profession related allowances.
Flexible Working Arrangements
HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they are able to enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; working from home, compressed hours and job sharing.
HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites – Darlington, London, and Norwich, with the expectation of achieving 50% attendance in the office as a minimum requirement, along with the flexibility of working remotely. This blended working approach allows you to work collaboratively, meet stakeholders face to face, support others and promotes a healthy work life balance (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyones circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. All our offices have been recently modernised and designed to collaborate and connect with colleagues as well as desk and quiet space to allow a range of ways to work.
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Selection process details
Recruitment Timeline
Closing date: 26th November
Shortlisting: w/c 27th November
Interviews: w/c 4th December
This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline.
If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs Profile.
Eligibility Statement
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Checks will be performed as part of pre-employment checks in line with this. Please refer to the Candidate FAQ document attached to the advert for more information.
Individuals appointed to the Treasury Group will be subject to National Security Vetting. To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out applicants will normally need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. A lack of UK residency in itself is not always a bar to security clearance but the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case by case basis using all information that can be obtained following a successful application.
Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks.
For many roles, security clearance is also required. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements of the role before they can be appointed. The level of security clearance required for this role is Counter Terrorist Check (CTC)
Please read the Vetting Charter for information on what to expect during the vetting process and what will be expected from you.
Many areas of your life may be explored during your vetting journey, and it is important that every individual, regardless of their background and experiences, should feel comfortable going through this personal process, whilst having confidence that it is fair, proportionate, and inclusive.
These short videos address common concerns and preconceptions which applicants may have about national security vetting.
If you have questions relating to security clearances, please contact HMTSecurityVetting@hmtreasury.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Job contact :
- Name : Faith Quigley
- Email : faith.quigley@hmtreasury.gov.uk
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- Email : hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk
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