Senior Policy Adviser - Housing Spending and Policy
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
29/08/2024
Advert End Date:
15/09/2024 23:55
Salary:
£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:
Darlington
Further Information
About the Team
The Housing, Planning and Cities team is a friendly team of about 20 people. We are responsible for over £10 billion of public spending each year, covering a huge range of government priorities including homelessness, housing, planning reform and local economic growth across the UK.
We value different experience, and encourage people from a wide range of backgrounds and with different ideas to join the team. We are dedicated to diversity, belonging, personal development and work-life balance, and also support flexible working patterns.
About the Job
In this role, you will:
- Lead HM Treasury’s (HMT) strategic thinking on the Government’s approach to homelessness for Spending Review. Shaping the government’s long term strategy on homelessness and rough sleeping.
- Collaborate with colleagues across HMT to coordinate efforts to support homeownership, including on potential reforms of the mortgage market. This involves developing excellent policy knowledge of the sector, as well as close and collaborative working with officials to influence policy design and ensure public funding delivers value for money.
- Build excellent relationships and work in partnership with others within HMT and senior leads across government to oversee the design and delivery of key cross-cutting priorities, including on the private rental sector and quality standards.
- Play an active leadership role across the housing team and wider department.
The role is varied and high profile, with strong interest from senior ministers, including the Chief Secretary, Chancellor and Prime Minister. The role will evolve over the coming months to reflect government priorities, however we anticipate that you will primarily lead on Homelessness and Homeownership policy, and reforms to the private rental sector.
About You
You will need to have the ability to consider a wide range of complex financial and non-financial information, assess risk and draw conclusions to provide high quality advice on investment proposals. You will also have the ability to interpret and communicate complex financial information clearly to wide range of partners, in order to support effective and best value decision making. You should also have the ability to actively build and maintain strong working relationships to achieve shared objectives, and challenging assumptions while being willing to compromise if beneficial to progress.
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
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.