Policy Adviser (multiple roles)

HM Treasury; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

HM Treasury is recruiting up to six Senior Executive Officers to join our Business and International Tax (BIT) and Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions (PTWP) Groups. These roles offer exposure to high-profile tax policies that shape the UK's fiscal framework.

As a Senior Policy Adviser, you will develop policy options, advise Ministers, lead major policy projects from design to delivery, and collaborate across government, HMRC, industry and partners to deliver impactful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Make well-reasoned decisions based on evidence and analysis.
• Build effective relationships and work collaboratively with a wide range of partners.
• Deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Communicate complex issues clearly and confidently.

Responsibilities

• Develop policy options and provide evidence-based advice to Ministers and senior officials.
• Lead and contribute to major policy projects from design through to implementation.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues across government, HMRC, industry and external partners.
• Brief Ministers and support responses to Parliamentary and public interest.
• Manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work at pace.
• Help shape policy decisions with significant economic, fiscal and societal impact.

Job description

Shape the Future

HM Treasury is recruiting up to six Senior Executive Officers (SEO) to join our Business and International Tax (BIT) and Personal Tax, Welfare and Pensions (PTWP) Groups.

These are exciting opportunities to work on some of the UK's most high-profile and strategically important tax policies. Successful candidates will help develop and deliver policies that raise billions of pounds for public services, support economic growth, drive the UK's transition to Net Zero, strengthen international tax transparency, and shape the future of the tax system.

We are recruiting across a range of teams and policy areas, including:

• Energy and Transport Taxes, including fuel duty and the development of a new tax for electric vehicles.
• Oil and Gas Taxation, supporting the government's long-term approach to energy security and the North Sea sector.
• Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Policy, helping to shape carbon pricing and decarbonisation policy.
• Excise Taxes, including gambling and vaping duties.
• International Tax Transparency, working with international partners and organisations such as the OECD to tackle offshore tax risks.
• Personal Tax Policy, covering areas such as income tax, National Insurance, labour market taxation and wider tax reform.

What Will You Be Doing?

As a Senior Policy Adviser, you will:

• Develop policy options and provide evidence-based advice to Ministers and senior officials.
• Lead and contribute to major policy projects from design through to implementation.
• Build strong relationships with colleagues across government, HMRC, industry and external partners.
• Brief Ministers and support responses to Parliamentary and public interest.
• Manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work at pace.
• Help shape policy decisions with significant economic, fiscal and societal impact.

These roles offer exceptional exposure to Ministers, senior partners and some of the most important policy challenges facing government.

About You

We are looking for people who can:

• Make well-reasoned decisions based on evidence and analysis.
• Build effective relationships and work collaboratively with a wide range of partners.
• Deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Communicate complex issues clearly and confidently.

Previous tax policy experience is beneficial but not essential. We welcome applications from candidates with strong analytical, policy, strategy, project management or partner engagement experience from a range of professional backgrounds.

A workplace where everyone can thrive

At HM Treasury, we believe diverse teams make better decisions and deliver better outcomes. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected and able to contribute fully. We support flexible working and welcome conversations about workplace adjustments or different ways of working that can help you perform at your best.

Whether you're changing careers, returning to work, early in your professional journey or bringing experience from another sector, we encourage you to apply.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 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 employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 28.97%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity