Digital Communication Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 260836**Salary**:

- £24,820 - £32,240-
**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Range C**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMT - Public Spending**Type of role**:

- Communications / Marketing**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- The post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road) or Darlington (Feethams House)About the job

**Job summary**:
**About HM Treasury**

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives across the country, the Treasury is the department for you We sit at the centre of everything that the Government does and have provided advice on economic policy and decisions that affect the public finances throughout the country’s history. A Treasury career continues to offer an exciting opportunity to be part of the decision making that affects the whole of the UK.

Working at the heart of government, we collaborate with other departments to ensure public money is spent well and to drive strong and sustainable economic growth. Our work ranges from protecting customers through to the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, supporting people across the country through the COVID 19 furlough scheme and Plan for Jobs as well as helping first time buyers buy their first home.
- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, gender, age ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

The Darlington Economic Campus is a pioneering new cross-government hub which will bring people together across departments and public organisations to play an active role in the most important issues of the day.

HM Treasury in Darlington will be joined by the Department for International Trade, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Office for National Statistics, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Department for Education and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

**Job description**:
**About the Group**

**Public Spending 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**

We are a community of over 10,000 people, spread right across the UK, with some overseas, and three-quarters are based outside of London. The function brings together a range of expertise, including technical accountants, business partners, planning and performance leads, risk managers, internal auditors and spending policy teams.

The vision of the GFF central team, which sits within HM Treasury, is to ensure that finance is at the heart of decision making in government - delivering value for money, strengthening public trust. We are at the forefront of the government’s functional agenda, working to break down silos, share the excellent best-practice that exists across government, and establish relationships with cross-government colleagues.

We’re looking to recruit a Digital Communications Officer to work in the Strategy, Engagement and Performance Team, which is a high profile and dynamic team at the centre of the function.

The team focuses on the following areas that are central to delivering the GFF’s vision:

- Setting the strategic direction for the function
- Working with departments to ensure we focus on key challenges to develop solutions that drive better outcomes for government
- Measuring and understanding performance across the function
- Running strategic projects to set standard process and upskill the finance community
- Developing communications to connect with over 10,000 finance employees by building a common identity
- Running events crafted to engage and educate audiences across government

As a small team, we work flexibly and collaboratively to deliver a comprehensive communications strategy for our community. This is a stretching, fast-paced role with unparalleled access to some of the most senior decision makers in government. If you’re creative, organised, hard-wo