Policy Adviser, Health Spending - London, United Kingdom - HM Treasury

HM Treasury

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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- £29,970 - £38,500-
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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
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

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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.

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 - Health & Social Care

We are responsible for Treasury's oversight of over £150 billion of annual government spending in health and adult social care - accounting for almost a quarter of all public spending We work collaboratively with the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) and its Arm's Length Bodies, No10 and the Cabinet Office, and external partners including NHS leaders and Local Authorities.

Not only do we set budgets and monitor performance, we also look to deliver real value to the public and drive forward a long-term vision to make health and care services productive and sustainable into the future.

Given the importance of health and social care to the Government, MPs and the public, this is a high-profile team that offers demanding work: we are constantly in the thick of it and at the core of key Treasury spending decisions and issues.

The team comprises people from a diverse range of backgrounds, including from both within and outside government. We are friendly, buzzy and completely committed to diversity, inclusion and personal development.

Key Accountabilities

We are recruiting a Policy Adviser to join the Health and Social Care Spending Team to work on capital spending.

This includes some of the highest priorities for government on infrastructure:

maintenance and improvement of the NHS estate, the New Hospitals Programme, NHS diagnostics transformation, investment to support social care, Health R&D, in-year health capital financial management, setting long term health capital budgets, and leading on policy for the new Science Hub and other UK Health Security Agency infrastructure.

The core roles and responsibilities will include:

Advising Ministers and senior officials
providing high-quality advice and briefing to Treasury Ministers on key issues relating to government spending on health, social care and Covid-1
Analysing evidence
researching and scrutinising policy proposals and business cases to reach evidence-based conclusions and ensure value for money in government spending.

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Developing core spending control skills - building a knowledge base of the relevant budgets, trends, and context for additional funding requests, and supporting work on fiscal events.
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Working effectively on cross-cutting policy - understanding different pe