Policy Adviser X 4 - Business And International Tax

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, HM Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK!

Business and International Tax (BIT) Group works to provide strategic oversight of business, environmental, transport, property, VAT, excise taxes and customs duties that together raise revenue of over £400 billion a year. Our work is vital to fund crucial services and support the Government's wider agenda. Our high-profile portfolio make it a highly multifaceted, flexible and exciting place to work.

About the roles

We are looking for 4 Policy Advisers to join us across three teams in BIT. The roles all sit in fast-paced, high profile policy areas, with significant Ministerial and senior focus. These areas of tax policy are technical but equally prone to draw media interest – from businesses to environmental groups - meaning the work is relatable and extremely interesting.

The Energy and Transport Tax team is right at the heart of balancing HM Treasury’s fiscal, economic and environmental objectives. We coordinate a broad range of high profile, live policy areas that get significant amounts of ministerial attention, such as: carbon and energy taxes levied on suppliers and users of energy, such as the emissions trading scheme.

The Customs Team is at the heart of developing UK policy at the border and working with HMRC to deliver it. Now the UK has left the EU, we are working to put in place new arrangements for the border that enable the UK to meet its global objectives, reduce burdens on traders and support a trade and customs policy that drives private investment.

TheEnterprise and Property Tax (EPT) Teamis a high-profile, diverse, and encouraging team. We are responsible for aspects of the tax system that encourage investment and entrepreneurship in and by business, including the tax-advantaged venture capital and employee share schemes, Capital Gains Tax (CGT), capital allowances and creative sector reliefs, and research and development tax credits.

Key accountabilities

The subject areas and exact responsibilities will vary according to the team in which the roles sit but will include:

• Lead on the maintenance and development of existing policies, including the delivery of government commitments in the policy area.
• Development and delivery of policy projects within the branch. This would include proactively identifying HMT interests for new policy, being responsible for the strategic framing, and providing policy coherence while driving them forward
• Building a strong qualitative and quantitative evidence base across your policy areas, working with experts such as analysts and HMRC colleagues to monitor and assess ongoing trends and key data to inform and advise your policy-making.
• Support policy work across the portfolio, responding to ministerial interest and steers, which could include: tax devolution, incentivising growth, Net Zero commitments, promoting international trade, maintaining tax revenue, longer term reform of the system, tax simplification or multilateral initiatives.

For a full list of accountabilities, please follow the apply link.

About you

We are looking for applicants with strong experience of working on policy development; the ability to pick up sophisticated concepts quickly, develop these into policy recommendations and communicate these effectively to influence policy debates. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

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 role 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