Senior Business Engagement Adviser

Do you have experience of, and/or an interest in, external engagement, public relations and stakeholder management? If so, read on !

About the Team

The Business, Trade & Culture team is a flexible and friendly team of around 20 staff that sits across HM Treasury's economics ministry functions (promoting sustainable economic growth) and its finance ministry functions (spending control for government departments). It manages the department's relationships with business and ensures that public money is spent wisely and in support of the government's objectives.

The team is responsible for:

• HMT's business engagement strategy and partnership work
• Spending and strategy for the Department for Business and Trade and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Supporting growth across the advanced manufacturing sector and for small businesses
• Inward investment policy

HMT values business engagement and partnership work as an integral part of policy development. As such, the Enterprise and Growth Unit has a team of 6 FTE dedicated to its support and facilitation.

The business engagement team provides a front door for business into the Treasury. We maintain strong relationships with industry representatives and are focused on building meaningful partnerships to tackle economic and societal challenges and drive the growth mission.

We support the Chancellor and her wider ministerial team with their engagement; as well as advise on the business engagement process around fiscal and growth events. We also work closely with cross-Whitehall teams to ensure a joined-up approach.

About the Job

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing and executing business engagement for HMT Ministers, SpAds and Senior officials: ensuring meaningful engagement between business and HMT.
• Managing and building personal relationships with businesses, business representative groups and trade unions.
• Coordinating business briefings, advice and correspondence for Ministers and SpAds.
• Feeding private sector insight into policy development.
• Quickly developing and maintaining positive relationships with key partners, being aware of their perspectives and issues to support the delivery of our objectives. Establishing networks across the Treasury, other departments, and the private sector.
• Producing high quality written work including summaries of business perspectives, advice for Ministers, and briefing for Ministers and Senior Civil Servants.

About You

You will be developed relationship builder with strong interpersonal and influencing skills; politically and commercially astute with a good understanding of growth policy and private sector views. You will be a clear and effective communicator who can represent the department to external stakeholders and be interested in the work of HM Treasury and the wider UK Government's growth mission.

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.

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