Policy Adviser, EU Partnerships

Are you looking for an exciting role that is key in crafting the Government’s approach to the UK’s relationship with the EU in financial services? If so, we’d love to hear from you !  

About the Team

The International Policy and Partnerships is a team of around 20 people that leads on the UK relationship with other countries and jurisdictions where there are well-developed inter-institutional arrangements for cooperation on financial services. This includes the EU, Gibraltar, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Australia and the United States. Our policy portfolio comprises the development and policy related to regulatory tools needed to build these international relationships in financial services.

About the Job

In this role, you will:

·      Take ownership of briefing ministers, senior civil servants in the Treasury and across Whitehall on financial services in the context of the wider UK-EU relationship, to shape the engagement between UK ministers and senior civil servants with their EU counterparts.

·      Support financial services policy teams and senior officials in understanding how UK financial services policy interacts with the UK-EU relationship. This will include engaging regularly with teams across the Treasury, as well as financial services firms and trade bodies, and UK regulatory authorities, including the Bank of England, Prudential Regulatory Authority, and the Financial Conduct Authority

·      Build your own network of official-level counterparts in EU embassies and EU ministries of finance, developing understanding of EU financial services policies and facilitating senior engagement, and become the first point of contact for Whitehall Departments, particularly Cabinet Office and the FCDO, on the UK-EU relationship in financial services.

·      Use your network to build an understanding of developments in EU financial services policy, and prepare briefings to inform Treasury ministers, senior officials, and policy colleagues on the implications of EU policymaking for UK financial services policy development.

·      Support the preparations for formal ministerial-level and senior official dialogues and forums between the UK and EU, including drafting briefings, coordinating across Whitehall, working with private offices to ensure location and logistics are in place.

The role will expose the successful candidate to high profile stakeholders domestically and overseas, ranging from ministers, senior officials in the Treasury and other Departments, to officials in EU embassies and in EU ministries of finance.

About You

You will be able to engage comfortably with complex policy areas, legislation and regulatory information, while still being able to take a step back to explain it in simple and compelling terms to others in writing and in person. You will produce a high volume of briefing materials for senior stakeholders, including ministers, with a strong sense of prioritisation and being able to coordinate inputs from others in a timely fashion to tight deadlines. You will also and build relationships and work effectively with a wide range of people, persuading others of the merits of your suggested approach.  

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%

·      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.