Policy Adviser - Infrastructure Strategy

Contract type: Permanent

Working Pattern: This post is available on a Full Time, Part Time and Job Share basis. (Flexible working hours can be accommodated)

Location: Darlington

Salary: £41,630 - £44,500

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!

About the Team

The Infrastructure, Labour Markets and Migration Team sits within HM Treasury's Enterprise and Growth Unit, which promotes sustainable economic growth and higher efficiency for the UK.

Our friendly team set the government’s overarching strategy for infrastructure by setting spending priorities, supporting more investment, and facilitating improved delivery. We also develop key growth-focused policy areas including the government’s employment and migration policy.

The team encourages a friendly, supportive and collaborative culture, with a strong commitment to wellbeing and professional development.

About the Job

In this role, you will play a central role developing and implementing the UK government's infrastructure strategy. This is a unique opportunity at the heart of government to shape the future of the UK’s infrastructure, influencing major projects and investments that will impact the country for decades to come.

Key accountabilities

1. Support the development of the government’s ten-year infrastructure strategy – advising ministers on the overall shape and priorities in the strategy, and working closely with the National Infrastructure Commission and Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
2. Project management – supervise the credible planning, execution, and delivery of the infrastructure strategy. Regularly report on progress to senior leadership, the Growth Delivery Unit, and the Chancellor.
3. Collaborator Engagement – engage with senior officials, ministers, industry leaders, and external experts to collect input, build consensus, and ensure the strategy reflects a wide range of perspectives.
4. Wider infrastructure strategy – work collaboratively across the team to consider the links to other infrastructure priorities and institutions, such as creation of the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, and reforms to support investment and improve delivery.
5. Work flexibility across the Infrastructure Strategy branch, supporting and leading on broader elements of the branch’s work as the need arises.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to contribute to cross-HM Treasury activities, helping build a more positive, collaborative and inclusive working environment.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be able to work with others on competing objectives in delivering organisational priorities. You will be good at building positive relationships and understanding a variety of perspectives, as well as skilfully managing simultaneous pieces of work to deliver on both long- and short-term goals.

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.

Some of the Benefits our people love! 

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days 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 you to take up to an additional 2 days off each month.
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, compressed hours). 
• Generous parental leave and adoption leave packages. 
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances.
• A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes.
• Access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal allowing you access to a range of discount codes for online shopping.
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity
• Access to a range of allowances if eligibility applies. These include profession related allowances.  

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 HM Treasury recruitment team.