Health Spending Principal
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
26/04/2024
Advert End Date:
12/05/2024 23:55
Salary:
London: £55,960 - £62,190 / National: £52,960 - £59,190
Hours per week:
This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated.
Job Category:
Policy/ Research
Employment Location:
London or Darlington
Further Information
Are you looking for a stretching and high-profile role at the heart of Government decision-making on the NHS and wider health and care policy? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
About the Team
We are looking to recruit a Health Spending Principal which sits within the Public Services Group of the Health and Social Care Team. The Public Services Group is at the heart of Treasury’s work to secure sustainable public finances and drive economic growth. We manage public spending of more than £250 billion across key public services and departments, including health, education, the criminal justice system, local government, housing, defence and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. We do this by working with other government departments, ministers, and other Treasury teams to ensure that spending plans support high quality public services, help the economy to grow and provide value for money for the taxpayer.
The Health and Social Care Team are responsible for Treasury’s oversight of over £190 billion of government spending in health and adult social care – accounting for over a quarter of all day-to-day public spending! We work collaboratively with the Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) and its Arm’s Length Bodies, No10 and the Cabinet Office, and external partners including NHS leaders and Local Authorities. Not only do we set budgets and monitor performance, we also look to deliver real value to the public and drive forward a long-term vision to make health and care services productive and sustainable into the future.
About the Job
In this role, you will:
- Lead on overall strategy and negotiations for DHSC’s resource budgets at the upcoming Spending Review.
- Lead day-to-day monitoring and oversight of DHSC’s £180bn resource budget.
- Scrutinise policy and spending proposals from DHSC, and providing advice to Ministers on them.
- Coordinate policy and analysis across the wider team, particularly in the lead up to biannual Fiscal Events.
- Line manage an SEO, and occasional matrix management of other SEOs and HEOs across the team subject to business need.
- Engage with senior leaders across Government, the NHS, and wider health and care partners.
As the lead for HM Treasury on the Department of Health and Social Care’s £180bn annual resource budget, you will play a key role in the upcoming Spending Review, as well as in day-to-day decision-making on the Government’s health priorities and their funding. You will need strong policy, analytical, and communication skills to manage effectively across a broad and fast-moving portfolio.
About You
The successful candidate will have the ability to lead in a complex area of government policy, with strong analytical, numerical and policy skills alongside excellent judgement. You will be able to lead and motivate a team, allocating responsibilities effectively and giving colleagues the opportunities and support they need to flourish. You’ll have strong influencing skills, in particular building relationships with a variety of partners including seniors to deliver successful outcomes.
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 regardless of disability, ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.
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 27%
- 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 (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network)
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 recruitment team at hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk