Are you looking for an exciting and
wide-ranging role? Can you get up to speed on new issues quickly,
prioritise effectively, build positive relationships, grasp and
communicate technical issues with clarity and work with a wide
range of partners to deliver constructive outcomes? If so, we'd
love to hear from
you!
About
the Team The Justice, Home
Affairs and Equalities team oversee the Government’s spending on
the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Law Officer’s departments,
National Crime Agency and on Parliament – as well as the
Government’s equalities responsibilities. The Justice Spending team
manages HM Treasury’s relationship with the Ministry of Justice and
Law Officers departments, overseeing more than £14bn of annual
government spending. We’re a friendly, collaborative and inclusive
team, committed to personal development and achieving a healthy
work-life balance. This is a captivating time to join us in a
dynamic, fast paced, and exciting role at the centre of
Government!
About
the Job In this role, you
will:
· Support
ministers to oversee the implementation of Ministry of Justice and
Law Officers’ 2025 Spending Review settlement
· Lead our
engagement and be the Spending principal for Law Officers
Departments and UK Supreme Court
· Work on
cross-cutting criminal justice system demand and policy. Act as a
key point of contact for your policy area, dealing with any
problems or queries as they
arise
· Undertake
or commission research, which involves capturing and analysing data
and following political developments. Then, clearly and accurately
describing a problem or area for change, and possible
solutions.
· Provide
advice on new policy ideas or ad hoc spending issues as they
arise
· Support
the development of HEO policy advisers
· Support the
Justice, Home Affairs and Equalities (JHE) management team – JHE
has a strong team culture and there will be opportunities to take
part in the wider running of the group, and to contribute to its
corporate
objectives.
· There
may be the opportunity to work on Home Office policy, for example
working on crime policy, police funding, or borders and
migration.
About
You The successful candidate will
have the ability
to:
· see the
wider picture, identifying political considerations as well as
fiscal and technical constraints and advising ministers or leaders
on a way forward
· deliver top
quality output within pre-set and often tight deadlines as well as
developing and implementing longer term
strategies
· analyse
complex, incomplete and conflicting information to confidently
deliver well-evidenced and considered decisions and policy
recommendations.
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
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 recruitment team.