Senior Policy Adviser - Darlington, United Kingdom - HM Treasury

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3 weeks ago

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- £52,960 - £59,190
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Grade 7
  • Range E
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • HMT
  • Enterprise and Growth
    Type of role:
  • Policy
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • This post can is based in Darlington (Feethams House).About the job

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About 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


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About the Group
The
Enterprise and Growth Unit (EGU) promotes sustainable economic growth and higher productivity for the UK. We provide analysis and advice on enterprise, innovation, private sector investment and a cost-effective transition to a low-carbon economy.

The Enterprise and Growth Unit has a varied and exciting agenda and we work closely with a wide variety of other teams across the Treasury.

We also work alongside other departments and government organisations to ensure that we are thinking creatively, spending wisely, and acting boldly to deliver these goals


These organisations are:
- the Department for Business and Trade,
- the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero,
- the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs,
- the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology,
- the Department for Transport,
- the Department for Culture, Media & Sport,
- the Competition and Markets Authority,

  • HM Land Registry, and
  • UK Export Finance

About the Team
The
Business, Trade and Culture Team (BTC) is a friendly team with a varied and high-profile remit, responsible for:

  • Spending and strategy for the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA),
  • Supporting growth in the Creative Industries and culture, media and sport sectors,
  • Supporting growth in Advanced Manufacturing,
  • Trade and inward investment policy,
  • Competition and regulation policy
  • Business engagement, strategy and business support for the whole EGU group.


The DCMS Spending and Strategy Team leads work in HM Treasury in relation to a broad range of important sectors, including the creative industries, culture and heritage, broadcasting and media, sport and gambling and the visitor economy.

We hold a dual role to promote the contribution of these sectors to balanced economic growth across the UK and make sure taxpayer money is spent wisely, through spending control and budget setting.


About the Job
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Policy development. You will be expected to build a comprehensive understanding of culture, media and youth policy and use this to advise ministers and shape and improve policy development. This is a broad and politically important portfolio including a combination of economic sectors (e.g. the creative industries, see bullet 2. below), unique public body reform (e.g. BBC licence fee funding review, Channel 4 reform), capital programmes (e.g. Youth Investment Fund) and public services (e.g. museums, galleries and libraries).
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Economic growth and levelling up. You will be HM Treasury's thought leader on the economics of the culture, media and youth sectors and help DCMS realise the opportunities and mitigate the risks. You will lead on economically important sectors including one of the Chancellor's top 5 priority growth sectors, the Creative Industries (£108 billion in GVA), as well as the Visitor Economy (£74 billion in GVA). This will mean working across HMT with wider Enterprise and Growth Unit, Tax and Public Service teams to join up and en
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