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Are you an ambitious, dynamic, and talented candidate looking for a high-profile role working on a stretching portfolio ? If so, please read on ! 

About the Team

Strategy, Planning & Change (SPC) is a small team of 6 officials which supports HM Treasury’s Executive Management Board (EMB) and Ministers on departmental strategy, performance, resourcing and risk. We designed and developed the Treasury’s current vision and strategy, are coordinating work on HMT’s spending review settlement, and oversee the department’s Performance & Delivery Framework. We play a leading role in shaping how the department ensures its resources, structures and processes are optimised to deliver for Ministers and the public, and lead on the department’s medium-term policy challenges, including through the establishment of a new strategic analysis and insight function.

We work exceptionally closely with other teams in the SPB Group - in particular the Budget & Finance Bill team, the Growth Delivery Unit, and the Strategic Projects team - to support strategic coherence across the Treasury and ensure that resource is devoted to the highest priority areas of work.

About the Job

Key accountabilities for this role include;

·        Leading our work on the department’s objectives, how these align with the Plan for Change and the government’s Missions and using this to articulate the department’s priorities and strategy – internally and externally – through quality products and engagement. This is critical in a Spending Review (SR) year, with the SR setting the overall performance framework and priorities for government, and this role leading on implementing them internally in HMT. This cuts across every aspect of the Treasury’s work and provides an opportunity to work with senior officials and Ministers to influence the shape and direction of the department going forward.

·        Developing our thinking on horizon scanning, long-term risks, and future challenges, and how we apply strategy and foresight tools to improve how the Treasury delivers for Ministers and the public.

·        Leading SPC’s approach to performance and delivery, overseeing a proportionate framework for monitoring delivery of the department’s priorities and supporting EMB and Ministers to take decisions where things are off track.

·        Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with the network of people, across all Treasury Groups/business areas, on which our work on performance, delivery and risk depends. We want to build a stronger sense of team between us and this important network, doing more to support their development and training, and better recognising their efforts.

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About You

We’re looking for someone who wants to develop their career, learn new skills, and test themselves in a fast-paced and influential team. You’ll need to be proactive, committed, and creative, contributing to a happy team environment that enables and encourages consistently positive outcomes.

To do this, you’ll be an excellent communicator with strong strategic instincts, able to spot new opportunities while keeping plates spinning. You will have a proven track record of independently leading and successfully delivering strategy projects, and you will be comfortable working closely with senior colleagues to pragmatically shape and deliver their priorities. Ideally, you will be passionate about public service and the opportunity to improve the way the Treasury works, delivering better outcomes for the country and its citizens.

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.

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