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HM TREASURY-1 Darlington, County Durham
Dec 09, 2025
Full time
Are you an analyst with outstanding critical thinking and leadership skills to craft strategy? If so, we'd love to hear from you! About the Team The Labour Markets and Distributional Analysis (LMDA) team is a friendly team of outstanding analysts and policy makers. We seek to bring together an understanding of households' living standards and position in the labour market, with key labour market policies, such as the National Living Wage and DWP active labour market programmes. Our part of the team; the Equalities & Living Standards Analysis (ELSA) branch is made up of six analysts. Our branch seeks to improve our understanding of policy impacts on different groups in society. We support the policy development across HMT by leading on poverty, cost-of-living, general living standards-related analysis as well as equalities and disparities analysis. We work jointly with the Distributional Analysis branch, which is made up of around seven analysts, who advise Ministers on how tax and spending decisions impact on households. We also work closely with Macroeconomic Coordination & Strategy in Economics Group on the Cost of Living, and with the Equalities Policy Branch in Public Spending Group on equalities analysis. The post holder would have the privilege of contributing to the Darlington office expansion, working closely with members of the team also based in Darlington, including one of the Directors of the Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions group. About the Job In this role, you will: Expand your team's analytical capability producing HMT's poverty analysis. Brief seniors/ministers on living standards: you will work to provide ministers with the best possible evidence on living standards indicators beyond real household disposable income. Develop the living standards narrative: you will lead HMT Living Standards briefing, communicating evidence on living standards to relevant teams in the department. This will include feeding in the Living Standards analysis and narrative supporting fiscal events as required. Influence policy: you will lead ad-hoc analytical projects on different areas of policy, ensuring that advice on living standards, distributional impacts and equalities considerations are fed into policy development and ministerial advice. Lead external engagement: you will lead on relevant debates, Freedom of Information requests, correspondence and parliamentary questions relating to living standards to answer the public questions on the topic. Build strong relationships: you will build positive relationships across Treasury, other departments and beyond. This will help ensure our evidence and analysis is up-to-date and relevant to policy development. About You A working knowledge of R or a similar software is essential for this role. You will be able to analyse data and communicate analysis with impact. You will motivate and engage others in delivering a shared vision. Proactively lead the analytical planning and vision of your branch and championing team's analysis across the department to maximise impact. Value difference, diversity and inclusion, ensuring fairness and opportunity for all. Communicate complex analysis powerfully to senior, non-technical customers who are interested in our work and build effective partnerships and relationships with a range of customers within the department and beyond to achieve tangible outcomes. 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 28.97% 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 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 .
HM TREASURY-1 Darlington, County Durham
Dec 09, 2025
Full time
About the Team The Labour Markets and Distributional Analysis (LMDA) team is a friendly team of outstanding analysts and policy makers. We seek to bring together an understanding of households' living standards and position in the labour market, with key labour market policies, such as the National Living Wage and DWP active labour market programmes. Our part of the team; the Equalities & Living Standards Analysis (ELSA) branch is made up of seven analysts. Our branch seeks to improve our understanding of policy impacts on different groups in society. We support policy development across HMT by leading on poverty, cost-of-living, general living standards-related analysis as well as equalities and disparities analysis. We work jointly with the Distributional Analysis branch, which is made up of around seven analysts, who advise Ministers on how tax and spending decisions impact on households. We also work closely with Macroeconomic Coordination & Strategy in Economics Group on the Cost of Living, and with the Equalities Policy Branch in Public Spending Group on equalities analysis. The post holder would potentially have the privilege of contributing to the Darlington office expansion, working closely with members of the team also based in Darlington, including one of the Directors of the Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions group. About the Job In this role, you will: Develop and maintain ELSA's poverty model on R Feed into advices where policy poverty impacts are required Lead engagement with relevant HMT policy colleagues and DWP analysts on poverty analysis and impacts of policies considered Support the development an expansion of beyond income Living Standards analysis (ex: Living Standards Index). Lead wider external engagement: you will lead on relevant debates, Freedom of Information requests, correspondence and parliamentary questions relating to poverty and living standards to answer the public questions. Influencing policy: you will lead ad-hoc analytical projects on different policy areas, ensuring that living standards and equalities considerations are fed into policy development and ministerial advice. Building strong relationships: you will build positive relationships across Treasury, other departments and beyond. This will help ensure our evidence and analysis is up-to-date and relevant to policy development. About You The successful candidate will have the ability to analyse data and communicate analysis with impact. You will be able to communicate complex analysis powerfully to senior, non-technical customers who are interested in our work. You'll build effective partnerships and relationships with a range of customers within the department and beyond to achieve tangible outcomes. Lastly you have the ability to deliver products and projects on time and to the highest analytical standards, whilst managing risks and balancing competing priorities. 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 28.97% 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 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 .
HM TREASURY-1 Darlington, County Durham
Dec 09, 2025
Full time
Are you interested in playing an important high profile role in the senior leadership team of HM Treasury? We are seeking a highly motivated leader with an outstanding track record in economic policy, and with excellent leadership, influencing and communication skills. The Director General provides overall leadership of macroeconomic policy within HM Treasury. This includes the primary mission to increase economic growth and fiscal consolidation, in order to deliver sustainable public finances and fiscal policy. The postholder also leads departmental engagement with the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, who set interest rates; the Office for Budget Responsibility, who provide economic and fiscal forecasts; and the Debt Management Office. What you will bring to the team The Director General ('the DG') role reports to the Permanent Secretary and is the principal Treasury adviser to the Chancellor on macroeconomic and fiscal policy. The DG is a member of the Treasury's Executive Management Board (EMB) and part of the collective leadership of the Treasury, a department of c.2,000 staff, as well as the head of the Government Economic Service (GES), providing leadership to economists across government. In addition to engagement with the MPC, OBR and DMO, the DG is also directly responsible for leading two Groups (the Economics Group and the Fiscal Group), each with one Director and totalling around 200 staff. Key Accountabilities for this role include: act as principal adviser to the Chancellor, Prime Minister and Treasury Ministers on the macroeconomy, fiscal policy and growth, as well as the macroeconomic and microeconomic implications of wider policy issues; lead the Treasury's relationships with the monetary and markets side of the Bank of England (including attendance at the Monetary Policy Committee and acting as Accounting Officer for the Reserves), the Office for Budget Responsibility, the Debt Management Office and its relations with the markets, and international institutions including the IMF, the OECD (as they relate to the UK economy) and chair the G20 Framework Working group; provide strong leadership to two Treasury Groups, compromising 200 staff, and collectively to the whole department as a member of EMB, alongside their Director General and Permanent Secretary colleagues; champion economics in government as head of the Government Economic Service (GES), acting as a credible and authentic leader within the economics field, and provide professional leadership for economists and analysts across 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 28.97% 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 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
HM TREASURY-1
Dec 08, 2025
Full time
Board Secretary and Head of Governance Salary: £77,124 - £84,724 (London) / £73,142 - £79,550 (National) Contract Type: Permanent Working Pattern: This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated. Location: We will consider applications from people able to access the following offices: Birmingham, Bootle, Bristol, Croydon, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Swansea. About GIAA The Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is driven by its unparalleled access across government to build better insights, better outcomes for our clients. This role offers a strong platform for career progression within the Agency and the wider civil service, providing opportunities to develop leadership, partner engagement and strategic relationship management skills across government. The Agency's unique access across the public sector exposes you to different risk and control environments, allowing you to gain insights, apply experience, contribute meaningfully, and continue developing professionally. About the Role The Board Secretary and Head of Governance is responsible for leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the Agency's governance, risk and assurance frameworks and practices. In this role, you will ensure that robust systems are in place to support effective decision-making, management of risk, transparency and accountability. You will be required to manage a small team of subject matter experts and collaborate widely across the organisation and wider government to embed a strong governance, risk and assurance culture. You will play a critical role in maintaining the integrity and effectiveness of the Agency's decision-making and risk management processes, ensuring that the Board, its Committees and the Chief Executive are supported to meet their responsibilities. You will be required to use your depth of governance knowledge to provide expert advice to senior leaders and non-executive members on governance matters, oversee the management of governance forums, act as the functional lead for counter fraud, manage the production of the Annual Report and Accounts and drive the Agency's approach to transparency and assurance through the management of the official correspondence system. Role Responsibilities: Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the Agency's governance, risk and assurance frameworks. Advising the Board and Executive team on complex governance issues, providing authoritative guidance on statutory obligations, government requirements and best practice. Serving as Board Secretary, overseeing the cyclical programme of Board and Committee meetings ensuring effective agendas, decision recording and forward planning. Identifying opportunities to improve Board effectiveness and embedding high-quality governance practices. Ensuring the Board operates within the principles of the Corporate governance code for central government departments. Leading on recruitment, training, and ongoing support for non-executive directors. Developing, implementing and continuously improving the Agency's risk management framework and policies. Assessing and prioritising current and emerging risks, providing reports on risk exposures, trends and mitigation across the organisation. Planning and overseeing assurance activities to provide evidence of effective management of risk. This includes the annual self-assessment of compliance with functional standards expectations as well as assurance to the Chief Executive on the effectiveness of the internal control environment. Being the functional lead for counter fraud for the Agency with responsibility for developing and implementing the Counter Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Strategy and maintaining the corporate policy and response plan. Leading the annual production of the Annual Report and Accounts to ensure it is laid before Parliament in a timely manner and compliant with the Financial Reporting Manual. Building and maintaining influential relationships with senior stakeholders in the Agency, particularly with the Executive team and the Board. Developing a culture of continuous improvement and initiatives within governance processes, and leading by example in adopting new, innovative and technological practices. About You: Substantial experience leading corporate governance functions in a government or public sector setting, including working with Boards, and senior executives on complex governance matters. Sound judgement and highly developed diplomacy skills with experience of working with sensitive and confidential information. Strong people leadership experience, able to foster a culture with a well-rounded knowledge of employee relations, resourcing, learning and development, policies and procedures and diversity and inclusion. An excellent communicator both in writing and in person who can calibrate style depending on the audience. Able to deliver at pace and manage several competing priorities. Highly collaborative with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence, persuade and communicate with senior stakeholders. We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and we welcome applications from candidates who wish to work flexibly, for example, part-time, term time or job share. GIAA has an expectation for all colleagues to attend their local workplace regularly and to attend Agency sites for key meetings. This role will also involve frequent travel to London to attend meetings. Benefits of working for us Competitive salaries and in-year rewards Flexible working A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% Discount on big brands Volunteering days Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Schemes Free eyesight tests Family-friendly HR policies 25 days' annual leave increasing by one day per year of service to 30 days after 5 years' service. For more information about the GIAA, 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
HM TREASURY-1 Darlington, County Durham
Dec 08, 2025
Full time
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop an administrative career in government, working at the heart of Government, whilst also providing you with the opportunity to work alongside senior leaders. If you are organised, efficient and people focused, then we would love to hear from you! About the Team This is an exciting opportunity to join the Group Management Support (GMS) Team to provide personal assistance and corporate support. The role is wide-ranging and fast-paced at the heart of the Group. The GMS is made up of 2 experienced PA's, a Private Secretary and a Business Manager based across the Darlington and London offices. Their aim is to provide a professional PA and Business Support service to keep the work of the Group running smoothly, enable it to deliver its objectives, and operate in line with the Treasury's policies and procedures. This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate and will be a great introduction to a career in the Civil Service. We offer tailored training to PAs, dedicated networks for professions and interests and offer other development opportunities. About the Job Key Accountabilities for this role include: Diary management - proactively plan and manage the diary using your professional judgement to line up meetings in a well-organised way. Resolve conflicts, negotiate and allocate time to Deputy Directors (DDs) priorities. Support DDs priorities - you will support by anticipating problems, risks, issues and corporate tasks that they will have to deal with and proactively make suggestions about the best way to take them forward. Coordinating Logistics - ensure the DDs are clear on their schedules for the day and prepare diary and meeting folders in preferred format. Coordinate all logistics of virtual and in-person, internal and external meetings including organising international travel, hotels, taxis, visas, rooms, conference phone lines etc. Correspondence management - Manage and coordinate official correspondence including Ministerial responses, Parliamentary Questions, Freedom of Information requests, and Treat Official communications, ensuring timely and accurate handling in line with departmental standards. Team support - Provide cover for the other PAs in the Group Management Services Team (GMS) during absences by monitoring the inboxes and diaries of the Deputy Directors they support when needed. Building Relationships - take the initiative to develop and lead relationships with key external and internal partners and colleagues to effectively do the job. Admin/Secretariat Support The successful applicant will undertake a Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship with Paragon as part of this role, and therefore you will need to be eligible for this to be considered for the post. Full details for the apprenticeship standard can be found in the link. You will need to meet the eligibility requirements for apprenticeship funding, more information is available here , and pass an assessment of prior learning from the apprenticeship provider to ensure funding is being used to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours. As part of this, you will be required to evidence the below existing qualifications: Equivalent of Level 2 Maths and English (GCSE Grade C/4 or above). About You The successful candidate will: Deliver service objectives with professional excellence, expertise and efficiency, taking account of diverse customer needs. Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work with colleagues at all levels be able to express information and ideas clearly. Work independently and manage a busy workload to deliver changing deadlines and priorities. 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 28.97% 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 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