Private Secretary to The Directors

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

- 373891**Salary**:

- £33,450 - £42,000-
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Administration / Corporate Support
Business Management and Improvement
Secretarial**Working pattern**:

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

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- This post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road) or Darlington (Feethams House).About the job

**Job summary**:
**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**:
**The Group**

**Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions**

We work to create a tax and welfare system which supports the government’s goals of deficit reduction, economic growth and fairness. In doing so, we look after high profile areas including personal taxes, labour markets, welfare, tax administration, pensions, and savings. We also coordinate spending controls for both HM Revenue & Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions. The Group also has a wider role to assess the overall impact of changes made to taxes and benefit on households across the UK.

Our work means that we are often at the centre of ministers’ decision making, and we play an important part in the Budget and the Spending Review. Our group works closely with colleagues at HMRC, DWP and the Prime Minister’s office, and with a wide variety of external stakeholders.

**The Team**

The Group Management Services (GMS) team in PTWP is a friendly, flexible and collaborative team, supporting the wider group. We provide personal assistance and business support to the Group Management (the senior civil servants who run the teams in the PTWP) and provide a range of administrative support and business planning services to the 110 or so colleagues within PTWP.

**The Job**

This is a central role in a core part of the Treasury. We are looking for a highly organised and proactive individual to provide support to the most senior officials in the group.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about a department at the centre of government policy-making, and to be at the forefront of decision-making in the Group.

The post holder’s key objective will be to support the Group’s two directors in their day to day decision making and stakeholder engagement across the Treasury and other government departments. The person will play a crucial role in ensuring the directors have the briefing and advice they need, and are aware of all their upcoming priorities.

**Key accountabilities are**:

- **Ensure PTWP’s directors - the two officials jointly responsible for running the PTWP group of c110 people - receive timely and high quality briefing and advice from across their teams, **including establishing clear processes and deadlines for policy leads, and supporting the Directors in preparing for ministerial, internal, and external meetings and events.
- ** Keep track of the Directors’ priorities,** including maintaining a strategic overview of their diaries, working closely with and supporting their Diary Manager in prioritising meetings, and ensuring the Directors are aware of and are well prepared for the most important upcoming meetings. Develop strong relationships with Deputy Directors and use these to maintain a comprehensive forward look of key issues for the directors.
- ** **Provide flexible support to the rest of the GMS team as needed,** including helping to manage diaries during periods of leave and supporting the GMS manager with the broader leadership of the team.
- ** Champion wider corporate life across the Treasury, including contributing to initiatives that make it a great place to work **(receiving and giving significant peer support a