Policy Adviser Mutuals

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.

In this role you will own and drive forward the departments policy on mutuals, supporting the governments manifesto commitment to double the size of the co-operative and mutual sector. You will play a leading role in delivering the governments programme to update and strengthen the legislative framework for mutuals, contributing to primary and secondary legislation and providing essential support to ministers in Parliamentary debates. You will be expected to make well-judged decisions on policy direction, risks, and trade-offs, seeking senior steers where appropriate. You will also lead relationships with key stakeholders across HM Treasury, wider government, regulators and industry to drive forward policy designed to support the sectors growth. You will also keep an eye on emerging challenges and opportunities, developing policy with support from your line management chain. Youll also use your strong communication skills to brief both verbally and in writing seniors and Ministers, draft advice, and support core government functions like correspondence. The role offers regular contact with seniors, ministers, and industry experts, and the opportunity to work autonomously and as part of a team.

This is a fantastic role for someone who enjoys working at pace on high-profile issues, thrives in a collaborative environment, and is motivated by opportunities to influence real-world outcomes for SMEs, consumers and communities. You dont need previous experience in financial services we are looking for someone who is curious, proactive, a strong communicator and excited about learning new areas of policy.

Whilst hybrid working will be the normal rhythm for the role, it will require some attendance in, or travel to, the London office for regular in-person stakeholder engagement.

Key Responsibilities

1. Delivering Legislation Support the delivery of primary and secondary legislation, engaging well with Treasury Legal Advisers, providing essential support to Ministers in Parliament, and responding to fast‑moving developments.
2. Policy Development Lead the development and shaping of policy across the mutuals sector, including identifying priorities, gripping technical nature of this portfolio, considering the risks, opportunities, and wider impacts from/on other policy areas across government and regulation, and translating this clearly into advice and reports for ministers.
3. Emerging Issues Lead on emerging issues and opportunities across the portfolio, developing strategic responses, advising seniors on next steps, and supporting HMTs response.
4. Stakeholder Engagement Build and credibly maintain effective relationships with a broad network of stakeholders across HMT, wider HM Government, regulators, and the external financial services landscape to identify opportunities, understand emerging risks, support strategic decision making, and ensure constructive collaboration across your portfolio.
5. Briefing, correspondence and Parliamentary engagement Produce high quality briefings for senior officials and ministers and lead on relevant areas of the teams correspondence and Parliamentary workload.

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.

Wednesday 8th July @ 13:00 - 13:30 Join the meeting here

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date, please contact Edwin Ferguson: [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. Making Effective Decisions: Ability to use a range of credible evidence to develop accurate policy decisions and advice.
2. Communicating and Influencing: Ability to communicate clearly in writing and in person, adapting your style for different audiences, and to build constructive relationships to influence positive outcomes.
3. Delivering at Pace: Ability to progress longer term projects while balancing this with shorter term urgent commissions. Evidence of planning and managing a busy workload, using simple project or programme management tools to track progress and prioritise, and delivering high‑quality outputs to tight or competing deadlines.

The lead criterion is: Making Effective Decisions.

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:
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together