Policy Adviser - Industrial Strategy

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The UKs Modern Industrial Strategy is a core part of the Governments growth mission. It provides a ten-year framework to support investment, productivity and better jobs. The Strategy focuses on eight priority sectors and tackles barriers to growth across the economy. While the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade leads day-to-day delivery, HM Treasury plays a central role in embedding the Strategy across the Governments wider growth agenda. Looking ahead, the Strategy will also provide an important framework for delivering the Prime Ministers reindustrialisation agenda.

This is a varied and high-profile role at the heart of one of the Governments top priorities. You will help ensure the Industrial Strategy remains focused on delivery while contributing to work on reindustrialisation, place-based growth and economic resilience across a wide range of sectors and policy areas. You will work closely with colleagues across HM Treasury, the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and other government departments to support the Governments growth ambitions.

The role combines strategic oversight, cross-government coordination and policy development. It offers a unique opportunity to shape work at the centre of government by advising and supporting ministers and senior officials on issues critical to the UK's long-term economic success.

Alongside core Industrial Strategy responsibilities, you will contribute to the teams wider programme of work on growth, industrial policy and economic resilience. This could include supporting emerging ministerial priorities and taking ownership of new areas of work as the branch's portfolio evolves. The successful candidate will be comfortable working across a broad range of issues and adapting quickly as priorities evolve.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, building relationships and solving complex problems.

Key Accountabilities

• Support HM Treasury's contribution to the Government's emerging reindustrialisation agenda, including leading discrete policy projects and workstreams that support growth and ministerial priorities.
• Build strong relationships across Whitehall and ensure Treasury priorities are reflected in the development and delivery of policies that support growth, productivity and place-based economic development, including industrial clusters where relevant.
• Provide high-quality advice, briefings and submissions to ministers and senior officials.
• Lead HM Treasurys Industrial Strategy governance, coordinating input and ensuring ministers and senior officials have clear oversight of delivery progress, risks and emerging issues.
• Lead HM Treasury's sponsorship of the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council (ISAC), working closely with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade to shape the Council's forward work programme, oversee commissioned projects and contribute to decisions on Council membership and governance.
• Maintain a strong forward look across the Governments growth agenda, identifying risks, opportunities and emerging priorities.

We work in a fast-moving part of HMT and sometimes we need to work outside our core responsibilities to support policy development and implementation across a range of growth policy issues. Our branches work closely together and flexibly, so the successful candidate can expect the opportunity to be involved in other policy projects across the team.

Candidate Drop-In Session

The hiring manager will be running a candidate drop-in session to give you greater insight about the role and HM Treasury, and ask any questions you might have. If you would like to join us, use the link below to join the call at the right time.

Microsoft Teams meeting Tuesday 13th October 10:00-10:30

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/362543636914200?p=MBwYnvfpTnnKLlgXc7

Meeting ID: 362 543 636 914 200

Passcode: 9QD2sr9M

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact Georgina Beattie, [email protected].

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

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. Seeing the Big Picture: Ability to understand how individual policy issues contribute to wider strategic objectives and use this understanding to support effective decision-making.
2. Working Together: Ability to build effective and collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders and work across organisational boundaries to achieve shared objectives.
3. Communicating and Influencing: Ability to communicate complex issues clearly, build effective relationships and influence senior stakeholders to support delivery of shared objectives.
4. Making Effective Decisions: The ability to weigh up incomplete and/or conflicting evidence, and strategic considerations, to reach sound judgements on complex often competing issues.

The lead criterion is: Seeing the Big Picture

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:

• Strengths
• Behaviours:
  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Working Together
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Making Effective Decisions

Interview Task / Presentation

Prior to your interview, we will contact you about a task / presentation that the panel would like you to deliver as part of the assessment. Further details will be communicated to you nearer the time.