Policy Adviser

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

- 366499**Salary**:

- £39,500 - £48,720-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMT - Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

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

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- These 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, 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**

**Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions**

We work to build a tax and welfare system that supports the government’s goals of fiscal sustainability, economic growth, and fairness. We look after high-profile areas including personal taxes, labour markets, welfare, tax administration, pensions, tax avoidance, and savings. We also coordinate spending controls for HM Revenue & Customs, Department for Work and Pensions. The Group is responsible for over £400bn in tax receipts and £300bn in welfare spending, impacting the lives of millions of citizens across the UK.

Our work means that we are often at the centre of ministers’ decision making, and we play a significant part in the Budget and the Spending Review. We work closely with HMRC, DWP and Number 10, and with a wide variety of external stakeholders.

PTWP is a friendly, diverse, and inclusive Group, with a wide range of backgrounds and specialisms. We have an active ‘Wellbeing Plan’ focussed on learning and belonging.

**About the Team**

**The Tax Administration, Spending and Reform (TASR) team**

TASR is an outstanding, friendly, and diverse team of around 20 people based across the London and Darlington offices. We are the HM Treasury team responsible for supporting HMRC to play its critical role in delivering Government priorities - including raising revenue to fund public services and reducing tax avoidance and evasion.

**About the Job**

We are recruiting for two stretching and exciting SEO posts within TASR, one leading on **tackling the tax gap **and the other on **modernisation and reform of the tax system**. **Both post holders will play critical roles in delivering on priority tax commitments for the Chancellor and other Ministers.**

**Closing the tax gap**: The post holder will advise Ministers on how to achieve the government’s commitment to reduce the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax legally due to HMRC and the amount HMRC actually receive. This will involve building relationships with policy, delivery and central coordination teams across HM Treasury and HMRC to influence and shape a range of policies into an ambitious package that raises substantial revenue.

**Modernising and reforming the tax administration system**: The post holder will drive forward policy and advise Ministers on how to modernise the tax administration system. This will involve close collaboration with a range of HMRC teams to support detailed strategic policymaking in key areas: championing digitisation; making the tax system simpler and easier to use; and ensuring taxpayers are protected from the consequences of bad tax advice.

Exact distribution of responsibilities will be agreed on appointment but will include:

- ** Lead on developing and delivering a package of policy and investment measures to raise significant tax revenue from closing the tax gap**. Advise Ministers on potential measures they could announce at the Budget and at future fiscal events. Ensure proposals align with wider government priorities by collaborating closely with Ministerial offices, Special Advisers, press office and the central Strategy, Planning and Budget group. Coordinate the delivery of these measures at fisca