About the job

Job summary

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

The Corporate Centre Group delivers a wide range of corporate services to enable people at HM Treasury and many of the other organisations who form part of the Treasury Group to operate effectively and efficiently. We are a diverse group, both in terms of our professions and in our ways of working. Our colleagues are based across 3 sites in London, Darlington and Norwich. The Corporate Centre Group consists of a range of teams and is led by two directors (one of Finance and one of Operations).

• Correspondence and Information Rights
• Finance & Commercial
• People & Capability
• Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
• Treasury Business Solutions
• Multisite Darlington Economic Campus team
• Exchequer Funds & Accounts team

About the Team

The Treasury Business Solutions (TBS) team is at the heart of Treasury responsible for Technology, Security and Knowledge & Information Management with staff based in each of our London, Norwich and Darlington offices. The TBS technology teams lead the delivery of enterprise IT services and solutions to 3500 staff across the UK working in Treasury and our Arms-Length Bodies. As a trusted business partner our priorities are to deliver modern and secure technology, to better exploit data, to improve digital capability and to unlock digital innovation and transformation. Leading our Business Relationships is an exciting and meaningful opportunity to work on helping people to better understand what we do and how they can better utilise our cutting-edge digital innovation at the centre of Government in a time of momentous change. If you’re interested in the challenge, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

About the Job

Business Relationship Management is a small but influential team within TBS who are dedicated to strengthening the partnership between IT and our business users by delivering business value through technology. We individually develop relationships with key individuals to provide insight and input into decision-making. We combine strategic vision with action around technology investments to improve efficiency and drive growth. We blend technology knowledge with business insight to ensure our IT strategy and services align to real business goals and outcomes.

Key accountabilities for this role include:

• Work autonomously to ensure effective and two-way exchange of information around digital and technology activities; nurturing day-to-day relationships with business stakeholders and working to achieve strategic alignment between business requirements and our IT platform and services.
• Build effective relationships to move beyond transactional engagement to become a valued partner to senior business leaders, and at the table to provide a tech view into all business challenges and plans.
• Advocate for and drive forwards key technology projects within business user and IT teams.
• Enable, accelerate and apply innovation across organisations.
• Use excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical people at all levels of an organisation, to drive increased business value from technology.
• Lead investigative work into problems with existing processes; surface, research, and stimulate new business opportunities, absorbing substantial amounts of potentially conflicting information and using a combination of customer insight and IT expertise to propose suitable solutions.
• Creating and delivering customised IT training where appropriate.
• Wider coaching and influencing of TBS colleagues to adopt an initiative-taking, customer-centred mindset driving towards better business outcomes. This can include taking on the role of arbitrator to resolve differences of opinion.

Candidate Drop-In Session – Microsoft Teams
 
We will be running a candidate drop-in session for this role to give you greater insight about the role as well as the chance to learn more about HM Treasury and the recruitment process. If you would like to join us, then use the appropriate link below to join the call at the right time.  

Tuesday 14th May at 13:00: Click here to join the meeting 

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date for applications to find out more about the job, please contact Justin Etheridge (Justin.Etheridge@hmtreasury.gov.uk)

Person specification

We are looking for the below skills, experience and behaviours and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application form. Please review the Candidate FAQ document that is attached to the advert for guidance on how to complete your application form.   

1. Communicating & Influencing - Evidence of successfully advocating to get support for a technology change with senior business leader(s).  
2. Working Together - Evidence of successfully driving the delivery of technology change through others (internal and/or supplier teams).
3. Experience - Experience of successfully innovating within a technology environment. 

The lead criterion is: Communicating and Influencing 

If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criterion only. 

Candidate Guidance Support Session – Microsoft Teams
 
We will be running an overview of Success Profiles and the STAR approach; top tips for the application and interview process and an opportunity to ask general questions around our recruitment practices. If you would like to join us, then use the link below to join the call at the right time. 

Wednesday 15th May at 12:45pm: Click here to join the meeting

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,500, HM Treasury contributes £10,665 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

Recruitment Timeline 

Closing date: 26th May 2024

Shortlisting: From 27th May 2024

Interviews: Early June 2024 

This timeline is indicative and may be subject to change. We will inform you if there is a substantial change to the recruitment timeline. 

If your contact details change at any time during the selection process, please ensure you update your Civil Service Jobs Profile. 

Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.

Location-Based Reserve Lists 

You will be placed on a reserve list if your application is successful, but we cannot offer you a post immediately. Where more than one location has been advertised, candidates will be approached for roles in merit order according to the first preferred location stated on your application form. 

Please note that a place on the reserve list does not guarantee an offer. We would still encourage you to apply for other HM Treasury opportunities that you are interested in. If you are offered a role in your first preferred location and you decline the offer or you are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe, you will be removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances. 

Eligibility Statement  

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. Checks will be performed as part of pre-employment checks in line with this. Please refer to the Candidate FAQ document attached to the advert for more information. 

Individuals appointed to the Treasury Group will be subject to National Security Vetting. To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out applicants will normally need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. A lack of UK residency in itself is not always a bar to security clearance but the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case by case basis using all information that can be obtained following a successful application. 

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks.  

For many roles, security clearance is also required. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements of the role before they can be appointed. The level of security clearance required for this role is Security Check (SC) 

Please read the Vetting Charter for information on what to expect during the vetting process and what will be expected from you.  

Many areas of your life may be explored during your vetting journey, and it is important that every individual, regardless of their background and experiences, should feel comfortable going through this personal process, whilst having confidence that it is fair, proportionate, and inclusive.  

These short videos address common concerns and preconceptions which applicants may have about national security vetting.  

If you have questions relating to security clearances, please contact HMTSecurityVetting@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.