Assistant Private Secretary – Special Adviser’s Office
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
22/07/2024
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 11/08/2024 23:55
Salary:
£42,500 - £48,720 / National: £39,500 - £45,720
Allowances:
Private Office Allowance
Hours per week:
This post is available on a full time.
Job Category:
Policy/ Research
Employment Location:
London or Darlington
Further Information
Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity to provide support to the Chancellor’s Special Advisers, helping them work on a range of crucial policy areas at the heart of the Treasury’s priorities? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
About the Team
We are looking to recruit an Assistant Private Secretary into the Special Adviser’s Office, which sits within the Ministerial and Communications Group. The Ministerial and Communications Group sits at the heart of the Treasury. We are a friendly and inclusive Group working on some of the most exciting issues of the day, bringing together work from across the rest of the department and engaging closely with partners across Whitehall and beyond.
The Chancellor’s Special Advisers (SpAds) add a political dimension to the advice provided to the Chancellor, supporting the Chancellor where the work of Government and the work of the Governing Party overlap. This office is the key link between the SpAds and the Department. We provide the team of Special Advisers with policy, strategy and administrative support, across the entire range of Treasury policy.
About the Job
In this role the key accountabilities are:
- Facilitating SpAds’ policy work on behalf of the Chancellor, providing first-class support to the SpAds’ across their responsibilities in your policy areas, ensuring that they receive consistently high quality, clear and timely advice, and ensure they are appraised of emerging risks and advised appropriately on their handling.
- Acting as an interface between SpAds and the department, communicating effectively about SpAds’ priorities and ensuring their steers are acted on and delivered. In turn, supporting the department to effectively work with and advise the SpAds.
- Delivering top-quality administrative and logistical support, making sure that the SpAds have diary and IT support; taking responsibility for getting them in the right place, at the right time, with the right papers; as well as integrating pragmatically and efficiently with the processes of the Chancellor’s Office.
- Building strong, effective and collaborative working relationships with internal and external partners, helping to broker agreements and make progress on issues in the face of a range of competing views and priorities.
The ideal candidate will be someone who is fascinated and motivated by working at the intersection of policy, communications and politics; can bring enthusiasm and positivity to bear on whatever needs to be done to support SpAds and ultimately the Chancellor; thrives in a busy and demanding environment; and is a proactive, independent person who will take ownership for even the most mundane tasks.
We recognise the value a diverse workforce brings to our work and encourage applicants from all backgrounds.
About You
The successful candidate will have the ability to understand and shape work across the department to encourage long-term strategic thinking to support SpAds’ and Ministers’ objectives. You will work independently and manage a very busy workload to deliver deadlines and priorities. You’ll have the ability to communicate clearly and influence effectively, confidently dealing with senior partners to build trusting relationships, and working collaboratively within a team. And lastly, you’ll have experience of working closely with multiple senior partners, managing a busy workload, switching quickly between areas of focus and thinking creatively when it comes to problem solving.
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
Please note
This job is closed for applications.