Policy Adviser – Mutuals

About the role

This post will be based in Darlington (Feethams House). This role cannot be worked from any other HM Treasury office.

Job Description

Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth. Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more. We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a cross-government hub bringing people together to tackle key national issues while working closer to the communities we serve.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivering Legislation – Support the delivery of primary and secondary legislation, engaging well with Treasury Legal Advisers, providing essential support to Ministers in Parliament, and responding to fast-moving developments.
• Policy Development – Lead the development and shaping of policy across the mutuals sector, including identifying priorities, gripping the technical nature of this portfolio, considering the risks, opportunities, and wider impacts from/on other policy areas across government and regulation, and translating this clearly into advice and reports for ministers.
• Emerging Issues – Lead on emerging issues and opportunities across the portfolio, developing strategic responses, advising seniors on next steps, and supporting HM Treasury’s response.
• Stakeholder Engagement – Build and credibly maintain effective relationships with a broad network of stakeholders across HM Treasury, wider HM Government, regulators, and the external financial services landscape to identify opportunities, understand emerging risks, support strategic decision making, and ensure constructive collaboration across your portfolio.
• Briefing, correspondence and Parliamentary engagement – Produce high-quality briefings for senior officials and ministers and lead on relevant areas of the team’s correspondence and Parliamentary workload.

Person specification

Application Stage Application Form Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and a 250-word statement demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. Your CV and employment history won’t be scored. It’s used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview. The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application. Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

• Making Effective Decisions: Ability to use a range of credible evidence to develop accurate policy decisions and advice.
• Communicating and Influencing: Ability to communicate clearly in writing and in person, adapting your style for different audiences, and to build constructive relationships to influence positive outcomes.
• Delivering at Pace: Ability to progress longer-term projects while balancing this with shorter-term urgent commissions. Evidence of planning and managing a busy workload, using simple project or programme management tools to track progress and prioritise, and delivering high-quality outputs to tight or competing deadlines.

Interview Stage

• Strengths Behaviours: Making Effective Decisions, Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Working Together.

Benefits

• Generous Annual Leave - 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the King's birthday.
• Outstanding Pension Scheme - Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28.97%.
• Parental Leave Packages - Including 6 months' occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options.
• Flexible & Hybrid Working - Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working (where business needs allow).
• Advance Schemes & Discounts - Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, SmartTech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasury's benefits portal for a wide range of discount codes.