Policy Adviser Contingency Planning Unit (Non-Banks)

If youre interested in making a difference to peoples lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a cross-government hub bringing people together to tackle key national issues while working closer to the communities we serve.

Key Accountabilities include:

• Contingency planning for distressed non-bank financial firms, such as investment firms, non-bank lenders, payment firms, insurers and central clearing houses.
• Working with the Bank of England, PRA and FCA to understand the impact on financial stability, consumers and any wider implications - updating seniors and ministers on the situation and advising them on how to respond.
• Supporting live crisis management. The team works flexibly to respond to financial stability events as they arise. Your role will help to support colleagues in contingency planning, providing additional capacity and expertise as required.
• As described above, leading project work in line with priorities for the Contingency Planning Unit and wider Resilience and Resolution team.

We're looking for people who have the right set of skills for the role, who have the ability to form effective partnerships and relationships with a range of stakeholders to achieve goals. Someone who is able to evaluate complex information and evidence and communicate a recommendation in an accessible way. Who also has the ability to manage competing priorities to deliver high quality work across short and long-term objectives

Part of your job will be to support a Senior Executive Officer (SEO) to lead on monitoring and addressing risks to non-bank financial firms, providing updates and advice to seniors and ministers as is required.

The role will involve undertaking projects to support the work of the team. The exact nature of the projects will be confirmed once in post - and can be flexed based on the interests and skills of the postholder - but examples may include:

• An ongoing project on the impact of cross-border payments innovation on financial stability and national security.
• Organising crisis simulations to ensure the financial stability group and HMT more broadly is prepared to deal with financial stability events such as bank failures.
• Work to strengthen the operational resilience of the finance sector, such as preparing for a wide range of domestic, international and cyber threats.

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact Sam Kerin: [email protected]

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Application Stage

Application Form

Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and a 250-word statement demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. Your CV and employment history wont be scored. Its used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview.

The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application.

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

1. Working Together: Ability to form effective partnerships and relationships with a range of stakeholders to achieve your goals.
2. Making Effective Decisions: Ability to evaluate complex information and evidence, balancing trade-offs and communicating advice in an accessible way to senior decision makers.
3. Delivering at Pace: Ability to manage competing priorities to deliver high quality work across short- and long-term objectives.

The lead criterion is: Working Together:Ability to form effective partnerships and relationships with a range of stakeholders to achieve your goals.

If we receive a high volume of applications, well first sift using the lead criterion only. Those meeting the minimum score will then be assessed against all remaining criteria.

Interview Stage

If you are successful at the application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Behaviours: Working Together, Making Effective Decisions, Delivering at Pace