Senior Policy Adviser

If you're interested in making a difference to people’s lives, HM Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK! About the Team HM Treasury's Prudential and Sustainability Team develop policy on prudential banking and sustainable finance. This role sits in the Prudential side of the Team. We have taken forward significant amounts of legislation in the last few years and advised the Chancellor on high profile announcements on reforms brought in following the financial crisis. We are also delivering significant work to amend legislation which was inherited from the UK’s membership of the EU. Our team is responsible for policy contained in the Capital Requirements Regulation and Securitisation Regulations. Following the 2008 financial crisis, these regulations aimed to protect households and investors by ensuring that banks hold enough capital to protect against the risk of loss and by introducing new safeguards for securitisation products being bought and sold in the market. About the Role As a Senior Policy Advisor, you'll be working in a stretching role, supported by a friendly and high-performing team. We are offering significant autonomy to deliver meaningful legislation and build a wide network across HM Treasury and other organisations. You will need to adapt to changes in our policy environment but your key responsibilities will include: Preparing legislation to transfer bank capital and liquidity regulation to regulator rulebooks and ensuring the delivery of advice and briefing to ministers throughout the legislative process. Advising seniors and ministers on how the UK financial regulators are implementing new rules on capital requirements for banks and securitisation. Setting the direction for, and delivering, policy development regarding overseas regimes related to capital regulation. Leading policy development related to securitisation, including advising seniors and ministers on legislative requirements to support regulator rule making. Line management of one SEO. For the full accountabilities, please follow the apply link. About you Our ideal candidate will have experience of financial services regulation or the legislative process. Not only this; you'll have clear, honest and enthusiastic communication skills, able to explain sophisticated issues in a straightforward way. You will be able to deliver high quality work in good time, as well as ensuring that your plans and activities reflect wider strategic priorities, communicating effectively with senior leaders to influence strategic directions. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you! About us HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all. We know that having a range of experiences, ways of working and thinking makes us a stronger organisation, better at developing policy that is reflective of the communities we serve. We embrace different views and experiences and value the fresh perspective that people from a variety of circumstances bring to the work we do. We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances. Some of the Benefits our people love! ·       25 days annual leave (rising to 30 days after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing you to take up to an additional 2 days off each month. ·       Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, compressed hours). ·       Generous parental leave and adoption leave packages. ·       A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27% ·       Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances. ·       A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes. ·       Access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal allowing you access to a range of discount codes for online shopping. ·       A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity ·       Access to a range of allowances if eligibility applies. These include profession related allowances. For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link. If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the HM Treasury recruitment team.