Executive Assistant to Director General

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

- 344759**Salary**:

- £26,770 - £31,180- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer- Range C**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMT - Ministerial and Communications**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support**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 is based in 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.
- 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.

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**

The **Ministerial and Communications Group **sits at the heart of the Treasury. If you are interested in the inner workings of the Government, meeting Ministers, Senior Officials and liaising with the Press then this could be the place for you We are a friendly and inclusive Group working on some of the most exciting issues of the day, bringing together work from across the rest of the department and engaging closely with partners across Whitehall and beyond.

We provide support to Ministers, through Ministerial offices. We act as Treasury's external face, through the Press Office and Communications team. We are responsible for managing the department, through our support for the Permanent Secretary, the Second Permanent Secretaries, the Treasury Board, and the Executive Management Board (EMB), and our ownership of Treasury governance structures. The Group is led by the Permanent Secretary.

**About the Team**

The **Director General for Tax & Welfare’s office** sits within the wider Permanent Secretary’s team, which comprises of eight other Director General’s offices, the three Permanent Secretary’s offices, and the Public Appointments and Corporate Governance team.

The Director General’s office comprises of one Private Secretary, the Executive Assistant and the Director General. The Director General is responsible for three Treasury groups, Business and International Tax, Personal Tax, Welfare & Pensions and Strategy, Planning and Budget group. He plays a critical role in overseeing the UK’s tax system, including tax strategy, as well as overseeing our Welfare Strategy. The Director General also has oversight and co-ordination of the Budget, Finance Bill and the departments Covid-19 inquiry response.

The team works flexibly and collaboratively across the department and with DWP and HMRC to provide the Director General with the level of support needed for him to support the Chancellor and other Treasury ministers with their priorities, as well as the department’s internal priorities and policies.

**About the Job**

This role offers a high degree of variety and exposure to high level government decision making. We are looking for someone who is confident when communicating key issues and with members of staff with varying levels of seniority.

If you have ambition to drive forward top priority work in a fast paced environment, then we encourage you to apply.

Key Accountabilities
- Sole responsibility for managing a busy diary, including managing high profile government and ministerial meetings that move with little warning, as well as prioritising and managing appointments, making room bookings and preparing papers for meetings
- Picking up meeting requests and dealing with them proactively from the Director General’s inbox
- Building an active network of executive assistants and private secretaries inside and outside of Whitehall to ensure the Director General has the most up to date information and acting as the point of contact for all diary issues
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