Policy Adviser

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

- 265143**Salary**:

- £29,970 - £38,500-
**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer
- Senior Executive Officer- This is a Range D post. Successful HEO and SEO applicants will transfer on a level basis**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMT - Financial Stability**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
- 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**

**Financial Stability Group**

The Financial Stability Group advises government on ensuring the stability of the UK financial system and through that the stability of the UK economy. We monitor new and existing risks to the financial stability of the UK and the global financial system, taking action to mitigate risks and combat these when needed.

We intervene directly to manage any public support for the financial services sector - including stewardship of (and exit from) the government’s interests in NatWest Bank.

We’re also responsible for ensuring that the financial authorities have the appropriate legal powers and resources to deal with future failures in the financial sector, as well as planning for future stability events.

The Group works with the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, the intelligence agencies and international partners, to develop and maintain systems to monitor assess and deal with financial stability risks.

**About the Team**

The **Banking Assets and Resolution Strategy Team** is a friendly and inclusive team of around 15 people, with a varied and interesting range of work within the Financial Stability Group. It is responsible for policy for exiting the government’s shareholding in NatWest Group and for handling the government's exposures to Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley. It is also responsible for developing the UK’s resolution regime which handles the failure of financial sector firms. The team has significant exposure to ministers and senior officials.

Within the team, the Resolution Policy Unit ensures the UK authorities have the legal powers and tools they need to manage the failure of financial sector firms, in a way that protects the wider economy and public funds. We do this by working with our colleagues in the Bank of England, Prudential Regulatory Authority, Financial Conduct Authority, industry, and Parliament to deliver vital legal powers and tools. We also work with our international counterparts to craft international standards for resolution regimes.

**About the Role**

This key role is for a policy adviser within the Resolution Policy Unit. It is expected that the postholder will help drive the team’s work covering resolution policy for banking institutions. The postholder would have the opportunity to develop expertise and knowledge of the existing policy framework, and drive forward progress on policies to further develop the regime and ensure it remains fit for purpose. The postholder may also be expected to take on other responsibilities de