Second Permanent Secretary

This Second Permanent Secretary will be part of Treasury’s focus on growth policy formation and delivery; cover corporate and private finance and the institutions tasked with increasing investment; engage on major private and infrastructure projects across the Treasury’s portfolio; and be part of our engagement with business and other departments.
They will work with the Treasury Ministers and officials to:
1. engage with the business sectors by developing and maintaining relationships in order to understand their priorities and work in partnership with business to deliver the growth mission and wider Government priorities;
2. engage with departments on their policy and delivery agendas, especially on large investment and infrastructure projects across Government;
3. assist the building of further corporate finance capability inside the Treasury, and the formation and engagement with the National Wealth Fund and National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, and help the Treasury to develop and consider alternative financing models for infrastructure projects;
4. work with the Minister for Investment in attracting and delivering sustained investment to the UK and how Government can leverage private investment into its priority areas, notably around its industrial strategy; and,
5. help engage the private sectors on the Government’s approach to regulation, trade and international engagement.
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Alongside your salary of £153,000, HM Treasury contributes £44,324 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
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+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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