Policy Advisor Defence Spending

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

- 369945**Salary**:

- £41,630 - £44,500- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Policy**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
- This post can be based in Darlington (Feethams House).About the job

**Job summary**:
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

**Job description**:
**About the group**

**Public Services Group**

The Public Services Group is at the heart of Treasury’s work to secure sustainable public finances and drive economic growth. We manage public spending of more than £250bn. across key public services and departments, including health, education, the criminal justice system, local government, housing, defence and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

We do this by working with other government departments, ministers, and other Treasury teams to ensure that spending plans support high quality public services, help the economy to grow and provide value for money for the taxpayer.

Our roles offer a range of opportunities to work with senior leaders in other government departments and on the frontline of public services and ensure the effective delivery of public services.

The Group is committed to being an excellent place to work, with a relentless focus on good management, learning and development and continuous improvement in everything we do.

**About the team**:
Defence, Diplomacy and Intelligence (DDI) is a small (c. 18 people) close-knit team working across National Security strategy and spending. We are responsible for a fascinating and exciting area, including working closely across the Ministry of Defence, the Intelligence Agencies, Counter-Terrorism, Cyber security, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

We primarily exist to drive the effective and efficient use of taxpayer's money to deliver the UK's defence, security and diplomatic objectives. We also coordinate and lead on the Chancellor’s and other Treasury ministers’ briefing for National Security Council and COBR meetings. We are the Treasury lead for operational responses to any international or domestic security incidents.

**About the job**:
This is a fascinating time to join the team, as we look ahead to a Spending Review and ongoing Strategic Defence Review in an increasingly challenging geopolitical context. In this post, you will have a significant opportunity to shape and set direction for defence spending, choices, and priorities - where the choices the government makes will set the context for the rest of the Parliament and beyond.

You will be responsible for delivering spending control and oversight on key defence programmes, developing both breadth and depth of knowledge as HMT’s authority on defence land policy. You should feel comfortable working independently and proactively across your portfolio, working closely with other government departments including senior MOD officials and Military Officers.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Run day-to-day spending control, project scrutiny and approvals covering the land warfare environment, Army capabilities and defence digital, as well as other aspects of MOD’s Equipment Plan. You will engage extensively with MOD and HMT colleagues, gathering and developing evidence to build robust recommendations, and you will lead advice to HMT seniors and ministers ahead of key decision points.
- Support HMT’s thinking on the overall balance of defence capabilities within MOD’s Equipment Plan, and wider defence policy issues.
- Build strong working relationships with the MOD, the Army, Strategic Command, Cabinet Office, Infrastructure and Projects