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HM Treasury

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s 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 pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you!

About the Group

The Public Spending Group has a high-profile role in Government, setting the Government’s overall spending plans and ensuring they deliver value for money for the taxpayer. We are responsible for reporting to Parliament and the public on how taxpayers’ money is spent. We drive forward improved outcomes and efficiency in public services and enhance the value for money of decision-making through better evaluation, data and analysis.

We advise on overall government policy on public sector pay and pensions, the biggest single driver of public spending. We collaborate with and directly support departments to deliver the Government Finance Function strategy, building finance capability across government and developing the management information, tools and frameworks to better understand and ensure value for money.

About the Team

The Government Finance Function (GFF) - Government Finance Function - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The GFF ensures that finance is at the heart of decision making in Government - driving the agenda, not just keeping score. The function is led by Tara Smith (Co-Head of Government Finance Function and Chief Operating Officer, DBT) and Conrad Smewing (Co-Head of Government Finance Function and Director General Public Spending, HMT). The Finance Function comprises of over 9,000 FTE spread across over 40 Government organisations.

The new GFF strategy 2030 sets a bold direction for the future, ensuring we remain at the heart of government, supporting the delivery of high-quality public services and value for money. By prioritising developing our Skilled and Talented people, embracing data, innovation, and collaboration, we will continue to support our customers and stakeholders in making informed, strategic choices in an increasingly complex financial landscape.

The GFF People and Capability Team is one of the central Government Finance Function (GFF) teams working across government out of HMT. This team of 20 people, made up of Finance, HR and L&D professionals works across a complex cross-government landscape, setting standards, helping to attract, develop and retain excellent finance professionals, developing skills for now and the future.

People and Capability is a key priority for the Government Finance Function. The team and therefore the postholder as Senior HR Business Partner in this role are responsible for delivery of the Skilled and Talented objective within the GFF Strategy 2030.

The objective of the team is to build and support a capable, diverse and robust workforce across the GFF through delivery of eight agreed priorities:

• Learning and development - the Government Finance Academy
• Finance Career Framework
• Senior resourcing and centralised recruitment
• Early careers
• Attraction
• Talent management
• Diversity, inclusion and well-being

Building excellent links with networks across Government to utilise expert services and embed our initiatives in departments, sharing knowledge, best practice and resource.

About the Role

This is an exciting time to join a growing team so that we can deliver even more for finance teams across government. Our purpose is to recruit great people, into the right roles, with the right skills for today and for the future. You will join a diverse team of dedicated People and Capability professionals to help realise this purpose.

As a key member of an encouraging and collaborative team you will partner senior finance leaders across government, ensuring they and their teams are equipped with skills for today and for the future, through talent interventions.

Working as part of the senior leadership team within People and Capability, you will contribute to setting the wider strategic direction, fostering collaboration, building capacity and ensuring collective delivery against shared strategic priorities. We are looking for a People professional who is forward-looking, who anticipates future workforce trends, and who collaborates closely with stakeholders across the team, and across other Functions and government organisations, to ensure the Function is prepared for emerging challenges and opportunities.

This role provides an outstanding opportunity to gain cross-government exposure and to drive strategic change in one of the Civil Service’s most influential functions.

Key Accountabilities

• Team Leadership: Lead, inspire and empower a high-performing team of HR professionals (9FTE), leading on Talent, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing, Attraction, Early Careers, Senior Resourcing, Reward and Transformation, setting clear priorities, coaching individuals, and fostering a culture of high performance and professional growth.
• Strategic Leadership: Provide leadership for the GFF People Strategy, shaping direction, ensuring alignment with the GFF Functional Strategy 2030, and driving a future-focused People agenda, focused on outcome-driven plans, ensuring a strong, diverse and sustainable talent pipeline into the Function.
• Business Partnering Senior Stakeholders: Act as a trusted and credible adviser to senior leaders across the Finance Function, including Heads of Function, Directors General, Directors and Deputy Directors, providing expert HR insight, and career advice, ensuring the Function meets its people commitments, set out in the Strategy.
• Governance and Committee Leadership: Work with the Head of Capability and Learning Delivery to lead the GFF People Committee (Finance Director resourced Committee), Deputy Director Talent Forum (Finance Director resourced Committee), and Heads of Finance Professionalism meetings, ensuring alignment with governance structures and ensuring value and delivery for stakeholders and government organisations is progressed against strategic priorities.
• Cross-government Collaboration: Build strong relationships with Government People Group expert HR services and organisational HR teams to share best practice, and to ensure the Finance Function remains aligned with wider Civil Service strategy and functional objectives.
• Collective Leadership of the People & Capability Team: Contribute to the broader leadership of the People and Capability Team, ensuring a visible, cohesive and impactful Functional offer for Finance professionals across government.

Candidate Drop-In Session

We will be running a candidate drop-in session for this role to give you greater insight about the role as well as the chance to learn more about HM Treasury and the recruitment process. If you would like to join us, then use the appropriate link below to join the call at the right time.

Tuesday 6th January 9:30-10:30 Click the link to Join

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date for applications to find out more about the job, please contact Ria Bush, ria.bush@hmtreasury.gov.uk

We are looking for the below skills, experience and behaviours and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application form. Please review the Candidate FAQ document that is attached to the advert for guidance on how to complete your application form.

• Leadership: An inspiring and empowering leader with rounded HR expertise and the ability to set direction, coach, develop and engage individuals and diverse teams to achieve high performance.
• Experience: Experience of leading a high-performing HR team, delivering a range of talent and resourcing activities and interventions, that drive organisational performance and strategic outcomes.
• Communicating and Influencing: Able to articulate a compelling vision and people strategy, using strong influencing and relationship-building skills to secure commitment, alignment and engagement across an organisational context, and at senior levels.
• Working Together: Demonstrated ability to build trusted, collaborative partnerships, working effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, across all levels of seniority, to deliver shared objectives and enable collective success.

The lead criterion is: Leadership

If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criterion only.

Required Qualifications:

• This post requires a CIPD qualification.

At interview stage, you will be assessed on the below criteria:

• Experience
• Strengths
• Behaviours:
  • Leadership
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together
  • Changing and Improving

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

• 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)
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave package.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 28%
• Onsite restaurant and coffee bar. The London office also offers a gym, showers and prayer room
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme, season ticket advances and payroll giving
• Access to a retail discounts and cashback site
• A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests and diversity

Flexible Working Arrangements

HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they can enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; part-time, compressed hours and job sharing. Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees the flexibility to adjust their working patterns throughout the week which is subject to operational needs and line management approval.

At HM Treasury we have an incredibly broad remit; our work touches every citizen of the country. So, it’s important our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds, bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. We are committed to ensuring that all staff can realise their potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites - Darlington, London, and Norwich, and along with the rest of the Civil Service, has an expectation of a minimum of 60% attendance in the office, along with working remotely. This blended working approach allows you to work collaboratively, meet stakeholders face to face, support others and promotes a healthy work life balance (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. All our offices have been recently modernised and designed to collaborate and connect with colleagues as well as desk and quiet space to allow a range of ways to work.

The office working expectation is linked to the location of the role. If you apply to a post in a single location, then you will not be able to meet this expectation at any of our other sites or move your role to another location.

Job contact :

• Name : Ria Bush
• Email : ria.bush@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk