Policy Adviser - London, United Kingdom - HM Treasury

HM Treasury
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- £29,970 - £38,500-
Job grade:
  • Higher Executive Officer


  • Senior Executive Officer

  • This is a Range D post. Successful HEO and SEO applicants will transfer on a level basis.

Contract type:


  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • HMT
  • Public Services
  • Education & Skills
    Type of role:
  • Policy
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • The post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road) or 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 across the country, the Treasury is the department for you We sit at the centre of everything that the Government does and have provided advice on economic policy and decisions that affect the public finances throughout the country's history.

A Treasury career continues to offer an exciting opportunity to be part of the decision making that affects the whole of the UK.


Working at the heart of government, we collaborate with other departments to ensure public money is spent well and to drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through to the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, supporting people across the country through the COVID 19 furlough scheme and Plan for Jobs as well as helping first time buyers buy their first home.

- 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. If


The Darlington Economic Campus is a pioneering new cross-government hub which will bring people together across departments and public organisations to play an active role in the most important issues of the day.


HM Treasury in Darlington will be joined by the Department for International Trade, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Office for National Statistics, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Department for Education and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


Job description:


About the group - Public Services Group**The Public Services Group is at the heart of the Treasury's work to secure strong and sustainable public finances. We manage public spending of more than £250 billion across key public services and departments, including health, education, the police, 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 and provide value for money for the taxpayer.


Our roles offer a range of opportunities to work with senior leaders in other government departments, as well as helping to ensure the effective delivery of public services that so many people rely on.


About the team - Education & Skills team


The Education and Skills team is high profile, friendly and supportive team with oversight of a range of areas - ranging from children's social care and childcare through to schools, further education, and higher education.

Our core role as a spending team is to advise Treasury ministers on education spending proposals, help the Department for Education to live within their budget, and work with DfE and other parts of the Treasury to ensure that we have an education and skills system which meets the needs of the future economy.


We are a team of around 20 people who put a strong emphasis on an inclusive and open culture that makes use of everyone's talents We are especially proud of our track record in helping our team members to develop and make the most of the opportunities available whilst being in the team.


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We are recruiting for a policy adviser to join the Adult Skills branch of the team.

This is a particularly interesting time to work on Adult Skills policy at the Treasury.

The Government has committed to significant reforms as part of the Skills for Jobs White Paper, including simplifying how the adult skills system is funded and held accountable for delivering good outcomes.

The government has committed to spend an extra £3.8 billion on skills by the end of this Parliament and the Department for Education is investing in programmes such as skills bootcamps and Multiply, a new government-funded program to help adults improve their numeracy skills.

The job will provide high-profile experience in both scrutinising individual programmes and strategically shaping ongoing reforms to ensure the adult skills system is affordable, represents go
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