Business Manager – International Finance And Economic Security (Ifes) Director Group

This is a new, busy and varied role which is focussed on supporting the International Finance and Economic Security (IFES) Director Group.

About the Team

Within HM Treasury’s International Group, the International Finance and Economic Security (IFES) Director Group is a friendly group made up of four Deputy Director-led teams, covering International Finance and Development (IFD), Global Institutions and Governance (GIG), Russia, Ukraine and Economic Security (RUES) and China, Projects and Delivery (CPD).

About the Job

In this role you willfocus on delivering the Director’s corporate priorities and overseeing business management within the Directorate (including business planning, Director budgets, workforce and succession planning, performance and talent management, recruitment, including central recruitment bids).

Key Accountabilities will include:

1. Direct line management responsibility for at least three PA staff members working multi-site (London and Darlington), with responsibility for their performance and development creating a high-performing Director Group Support Team.
2. Providing support on budget management and workforce planning to the Director as budget holder. Ensure the effective delivery of Director Group Management Team meeting through working with the relevant PA, making sure actions are tracked and taking action to ensure that these issues are progressed.
3. Through the Directorate Support Team you will have overall responsibility for delivery of business and administrative support to the Director Group including (but not limited to) Business Continuity, correspondence coordination, Induction and other.
4. Setting the forward plan for Director Group’s Management Team meetings working with Directors.
5. Leading on corporate priorities and project for the directorate.

About You

Our successful candidate will have the ability to:

• Work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders or organisations with differing objectives, and build and leverage relationships to deliver outcomes. 
• Be strategic in forward planning, prioritising across a broad portfolio, and anticipating and tackling delivery risks and obstacles to deliver through others.    
• Get to grips with important information or data and draw out key insights and risks, to reach sound judgements, and communicate these to others in a simple, understandable way.
• Deliver a high quality, efficient and cost-effective service including by considering a range of methods for delivery.

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 Treasury, role, salary, benefits, who to contact and how to apply please follow the Apply link.    

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk