Policy Adviser – Tax Administration and Reform
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
20/08/2024
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 11/09/2024 23:55
Salary:
London: £42,500 - £48,720 / National : £39,500 - £45,720
Job Category:
Executive / Managerial
Employment Location:
London or Darlington
Further Information
Are you looking for a stretching and exciting role leading on tackling the tax gap or modernisation and reform of the tax system? If so, we’d love to hear from you !
About the Team
The Tax Administration, Spending and Reform (TASR) team is an outstanding, friendly, and diverse team of around 20 people based across HM Treasury’s London and Darlington offices. We are the HM Treasury team responsible for supporting HMRC to play its critical role in delivering Government priorities - including raising revenue to fund public services and reducing tax avoidance and evasion.
TASR's work is of fundamental importance to HM Treasury, the Chancellor and wider government. We collaborate with a wide range of HMRC and HM Treasury teams to deliver tax policy. We also act as the spending team for HMRC, ensuring that HMRC spending is sustainable and meets the government's wider objectives. The team is committed to equality and diversity. We seek to attract diverse, skilled, and impactful people and are keen to encourage applications from candidates with various backgrounds and ranges of experience.
About the Job
We are recruiting for two stretching and exciting posts within the team, one leading on closing the tax gap and the other on modernisation and reform of the tax system. Both postholders will play critical roles in delivering on priority tax commitments for the Chancellor and other Ministers.
Closing the tax gap: The postholder will advise Ministers on how to achieve the government’s commitment to reduce the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax legally due to HMRC and the amount HMRC actually receive. This will involve building relationships with policy, delivery and central coordination teams across HM Treasury and HMRC to influence and shape a range of policies into an ambitious package that raises substantial revenue.
Modernising and reforming the tax administration system: The postholder will drive forward policy and advise Ministers on how to modernise the tax administration system. This will involve close collaboration with a range of HMRC teams to support detailed strategic policymaking in key areas: championing digitisation; making the tax system simpler and easier to use; and ensuring taxpayers are protected from the consequences of bad tax advice.
For full details on key responsibilities, please review the full job advert on Civil Service Jobs.
About You
Great policy making is about understanding what needs to change, what problems need to be solved, and supporting ministers to arrive at a solution.
You will need to demonstrate a range of skills, including strong problem-solving skills, the ability to clearly explain your thinking both in writing and in person, and the drive to work with others to overcome challenges.
You don’t need to be a policy professional or have any specific qualifications or experiences to work as a Policy Adviser at HM Treasury. We are looking for people who have the right set of skills for the role, demonstrate our values, and are motivated to come and work with us at the heart of government.
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 regardless of disability, ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.
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%
- 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 at hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk
Please note
This job is closed for applications.