Senior Strategy and Policy Adviser x4 Freelance

HM TREASURY-1

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, HM Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK.

Strategy, Planning and Budget operates at the heart of the Treasury to develop the Department’s overall strategy and business plan, assess performance and risk, and help deliver its objectives with a large, flexible project team who work on ministerial priorities across the whole range of the department’s policy responsibilities.

About the team

Our Strategic Projects unit is comprised of colleagues who work on short projects (typically 3 to 4 months) covering any area of the Treasury’s work before moving to take on a different challenge. In each of these projects you might be responsible for developing new and innovative thinking to address emerging challenges, preparing advice to ministers on achieving the government’s top priorities, or helping to craft how the department responds to a complex issue.

We are passionate about helping our people thrive, by building an encouraging and friendly team. We champion diversity and many team members work flexible working patterns.

Both branches of the team are home to staff based in each of our Darlington and London offices and work together to provide a supportive and inclusive home in each location.

About the roles

Key Accountabilities

We are looking for 4 Senior Strategy and Policy Advisers to join the team. These are exciting and varied roles suitable for somebody who is able to learn new content quickly and use their skills to deliver priority outcomes for the department. There are four positions available in total across the two job adverts; all can be done from either a Darlington or London location.

• To scope, plan and deliver short-term pieces of work when ‘allocated’ to a team within the Treasury. Each project will involve building the relationships and contextual awareness necessary to embed quickly into a new team environment, and deliver results. You can expect to rotate to a new project approximately four times a year.
• To actively build knowledge and understanding of the department’s main policy areas, developing a bank of transferrable skills that supports effective project-working.
• Role model supportive, inclusive and effective management skills as part of matrix and traditional line management structures, demonstrating flexibility in approaches, as required by the specifics of a project.
• You will also be expected to contribute positively to the culture of the Strategy, Planning and Projects team, and Strategy, Planning and Budget Group, helping to make it an inclusive, friendly place to work and ensuring the team delivers on its corporate objectives.

About you

Our successful candidates will be skilled at bringing together a diverse range of considerations and priorities; developing a clear set of objections through balanced assessments. You will be able to build trust and a sense of shared mission with others, working through difference through influencing skills and with flexibility in your approach. Lastly, you’ll be able to optimally prioritise tasks and actively manage your resources, ensuring a clarity on what you can deliver and when. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

About us

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 a stronger organisation, better at developing policy that is reflective of the communities we serve. We embrace different views and experiences and value the fresh 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, ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 27% Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• 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)

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.