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SalaryAre you looking for an exciting role in a high-profile policy area at the heart of government? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
About the Team
HM Treasury’s Health and Social care team is responsible for oversight of over £170 billion of annual government spending in health and adult social care – accounting for almost a quarter of all public spending! 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.
About the Job
We are recruiting for a Policy Adviser to join the Health Resilience and Growth branch of the Health and Social Care Team. The branch is responsible for oversight of policy and spend relating to the Life Sciences sector, including health R&D, medicines, vaccines, as well as the UK Health Security Agency, Health Resilience and pandemic preparedness, and HM Treasury’s involvement in the COVID-19 public inquiry.
The post-holder will be responsible for leading HM Treasury’s work on Health Resilience and pandemic preparedness policy and spending.
Core 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 Resilience and pandemic preparedness.
- Analysing evidence – scrutinising policy proposals and business cases to reach evidence-based conclusions and ensure value for money in government spending.
- 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 such as Budgets and Spending Reviews.
- Developing policy expertise – understanding the political and policy environment, deepening expertise in specific policy areas, and applying that to everyday work.
About You
Our ideal candidate will be a confident decision maker, able to evaluate differing evidence sources to reach a conclusion. You’ll have great communication skills, to develop and deliver clear and compelling messages to a wide range of stakeholders. And in this fast-paced environment, you’ll need the ability to juggle competing priorities, while delivering longer term objectives.
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
