Spending Principal: Levelling Up, Housing and - London, United Kingdom - HM Treasury

HM Treasury

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2 weeks ago

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- £52,960 - £62,190

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:
Grade 7
Range E
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
HMT
Public Services
Type of role:
Policy
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
1Contents

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Location

This post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road) or Darlington (Feethams House).About the job

Job summary:

HM Treasury

If you're interested in making a difference to people's 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.

- 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.

It's central government, made more accessible to you

Job description:

The Group

The Public Services Group is at the heart of Treasury's 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.

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.

You will lead on the setting and management of DLUHC's c. £10bn budget.

A key focus of this role in the next 12 months will be preparing for and delivering the next Spending Review.

This will include exposing the key trade-offs; as well as opportunities and risks to the department's budgets; having a grip on the overall numbers; and developing an approach to negotiations.

In addition, you will oversee DLUHC spending at fiscal events and advise the Chancellor and Chief Secretary on strategic in-year issues.

You will work collaboratively to build networks across HMT as well as develop positive relationships with DLUHC to find common positions and broker agreements.

This is a stretching Range E/Grade 7 role, with a fascinating insight into a broad range of government priorities as well as core government and parliamentary spending functions.

Key responsibilities include:

Autonomously manage DLUHC's £10bn p.a. housing, homelessness, local growth, levelling up and English devolution budgets. Develop a detailed understanding of the department's aggregate financial position across resource, capital and financial transactions to provide highquality advice on risks and tradeoffs. This will involve scrutiny of numerical data but will also require excellent judgement to identify key issues and prioritise effectively.
Lead the Housing, Planning a