Policy Advisers X2

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

- 291668**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**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- The posts 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 Resilience and Resolution (R&R) team works with the Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority, Financial Conduct Authority and other Government Departments to identify risks to the financial sector, develop policies and plans to mitigate and respond to those risks, and leads the Treasury’s response to financial sector crises and operational disruption. We are a fast-paced, exciting team with significant exposure to ministers and senior officials.

Within the R&R team, the Contingency Planning Unit works with the Bank of England and the regulators to coordinate the cross-authority response to failing financial services firms. The Unit works with other teams in the Group and across HMT to plan for market-wide stresses to individual firms.

We are a friendly and inclusive team. Wellbeing is a top priority for us, and we will support you to deliver your objectives while maintaining a good work/life balance.

**Key accountabilities**

Do you want to help protect financial stability in the UK? We are looking for two people to work as Policy Advisers in the International Banks branch of the Contingency Planning Unit

The UK is a global hub for financial services and there is strong international presence in our banking system. The postholders will work on HMT’s planning for the failure of international banks operating in the UK, collaborating with a wide range of partners and advising ministers to deliver this shared priority.

This is a vital area of work for HMT. Both current postholders led on the recent resolution of Silicon Valley Bank UK and the UK’