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Deputy Director Devolution (Job Share)

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HM Treasury

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Overview

Salary: £86,000 a year
About £5,040 a month after tax.
Contract: Part-time
Closing date: Apply by Wednesday 4 November
Holiday: 25 days holiday + bank holidays
Pension: 28.97% employer pension
Commute: Cycle to work and season ticket loan

The role

Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 4th November 2026

Details

Reference number

486279

Salary

£86,000

For more information on pay, please refer to the guidance at https://hmtreasury.pagetiger.com/cjbibw.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 1

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HMT - Public Services - The Public Services Group is at the heart of Treasury's work to secure sustainable public finances and drive economic growth. We manage public spending of more than £250bn across key public services and departments, including health, education, the crimin

Type of role

Policy

Working pattern

Flexible working, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location

This post can be based in London (1 Horse Guards Road) or Darlington (Feethams House).

About the job

Job summary

Working at HM Treasury puts you at the heart of government, making a difference to the UK economy and ultimately to people's lives right across the UK.

Jobs at the Treasury are fast-paced, fun and can offer unparalleled perspective - not least the opportunity to advise Ministers on the decisions which directly determine the UK's prosperity. Deep in our DNA is a commitment to empowering our people: maximising individual and collective impact, with interesting work no matter your role or seniority.

Day-to-day you could be supporting Ministers to decide the right level of a specific tax or line of government spending; helping maintain the stability of financial markets; analysing the long-term trends impacting the future of the economy; or enabling this work as part of our vital corporate functions.

We are a high-performing department and proud to have outstanding staff from a wide range of backgrounds. We are also a friendly, inclusive and sociable workplace that prides itself on fostering great team spirit. Our two largest offices are 1 Horse Guards Road in London, opposite St James' Park, and the Darlington Economic Campus, which also contains eight other departments. We work seamlessly across all our sites, including Norwich, Birmingham and Leeds, as one Treasury.

We are both a 1,000-year-old institution and dynamic, forward-looking economics and finance ministry, with a strong direction set by our organisational strategy, the Future Treasury Vision. The 21st century offers huge opportunities and poses new challenges for the UK. Working at the Treasury is your chance to help the country chart the right course.

Job description

About the Job

This role is being advertised as part of a job-share with one of the current job-share postholders.

We are looking for an outstanding leader with strong policy and spending skills and a track record of building productive relationships with stakeholders to join the supportive and high-performing Devolution team in the immediate run up to the 2027 Spending Review.

The Devolution team is a friendly team of around 15 people, with a variety of backgrounds and experiences. We are based across offices in London, Darlington, Belfast and Edinburgh. The team is responsible for overseeing the Treasury's strategic approach to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

We work closely with colleagues in the devolved governments, across Whitehall, and across HMT to:

Manage the funding arrangements for the devolved governments and Offices for the Nations. This includes overseeing delivery of the over £90bn a year block grant, including Barnett and adjustments for tax and welfare devolution;
Lead on the fiscal frameworks of the three devolved governments, including devolution of fiscal policy levers.
Promote Treasury's interests within the UK Government's wider approach to constitutional and Union issues, working closely with the Offices for the Nations, Cabinet Office and Number 10;
Advise on policy interventions by the UK Government in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including at fiscal events and in wider HMT policy-making; and
Increase Treasury's devolution capability by building awareness and understanding of the devolution settlements within the department

This is a cross-cutting role that will require the postholder to work in partnership with teams across HM Treasury and the rest of Government to engage in and influence policy development to ensure it reflects ministers' priorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The postholder will have strong political awareness and policy judgement, and be able to communicate and influence effectively, including clear advice and briefing for Ministers. You will also have strong leadership and management skills.

Key accountabilities will include

Leadership of the Devolution team, supporting a strong, inclusive and creative team culture.
Managing relationships with senior stakeholders across UK Government, the Devolved Governments and external stakeholders.
Regular engagement with Ministers, spads and senior officials across government to provide strategic advice on SW&NI funding and handling issues.
Maintaining excellent performance levels across the team, including SW&NI policy packages at fiscal events and delivery of 6 funding settlements (3 devolved governments and 3 SoS-led Offices for the Nations).

If you would like to speak to the job share partner informally prior to the closing date for applications to find out more about the job, please contact Claire.Baudouin@hmtreasury.gov.uk. If you would like to speak to the hiring manager, please contact Matthew.Taylor@hmtreasury.gov.uk.

Person specification

Required Skills, Experience and Behaviours

For your application, please send us a CV and a personal statement setting out how you meet the following skills, behaviours and experience. This should be no longer than 1,000 words, and include no more than 250 words on each criterion below;

1) Making Effective Decisions: Policy leadership - the proven ability to set direction and drive forward policy across a complex set of issues and with a wide range of stakeholders.
2) Leadership: Experience setting and maintaining a strong, inclusive team culture for a high-performing, busy team.
3) Working Together: Proven ability to work collaboratively with others, and to build productive relationships that you can leverage to deliver on ministers' priorities.
4) Experience: Experience of working in complex or politically-sensitive policy areas. We will place a particular value on experience of public spending given the relatively short run in to the 2027 Spending Review.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Leadership
Making Effective Decisions
Seeing the Big Picture
Working Together
Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £86,000, HM Treasury contributes £24,914 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

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 28%
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.

Hybrid working: HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites. There is an expectation of a minimum of 60% attendance in the office. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.

The office working expectation is linked to the location of the role. If you apply to a post in a single location, then you will not be able to meet this expectation at any of our other sites or move your role to another location. Some roles may not be suitable for hybrid working, it will be stated in the role profile if the role cannot accommodate this.

You can review HM Treasury's full offer here.

HM Treasury is a Disability Confident Leader. This means we've been recognised as an employer which is confident and leading the way in recruiting and retaining staff with disabilities. We will offer an interview to any applicants with a disability who have indicated they wish to take part in the disability confident scheme, provided they meet the essential criteria for the post set out in the person specification.

HM Treasury is committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer. We wish to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on their suitability for the role. We welcome the opportunity to speak with you to discuss what adjustments can be made to help you demonstrate your full potential whatever the type of assessment used.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form. If you would like to speak to the recruitment team regarding this, you can contact them on hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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

How to Apply

Applications should consist of a CV (of no more than 3 sides) and a 1000-word personal statement demonstrating evidence of how you meet the skills, behaviours and experience detailed in the person specification.

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

Applications will be reviewed by the panel to select those which demonstrate the best fit with the post against the criteria set out in the person specification.

Scenario-based leadership exercise

If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to undertake a scenario-based leadership exercise as part of the interview process. This assessment will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather it is designed to support the panel's decision making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.

Interview Stage

Candidates will be invited to an interview in order to have a more in-depth discussion of previous experience and professional competence. The criteria that will be assessed at interview are:

Strengths
Behaviours:
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing

HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites - Darlington, London, and Norwich, and along with the rest of the Civil Service, has an expectation of a minimum of 60% attendance in the office, along with working remotely. This blended working approach allows you to work collaboratively, meet stakeholders face to face, support others and promotes a healthy work life balance (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone's circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. All our offices have been recently modernised and designed to collaborate and connect with colleagues as well as desk and quiet space to allow a range of ways to work.

The office working expectation is linked to location of the role, if you apply to a post in a single location then you will not be able to meet this expectation at any of our other sites or be able to move your role to another location.

Candidate Guidance

Please review the candidate guidance for an overview of the Success Profiles and STAR approach, along with top tips for applications and interviews.

Recruitment Timeline

Closing date: Wednesday 4th November 2026
Shortlisting: From 5th November 2026
Scenario-based leadership exercise / Interviews: w/c 16th November

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.

Reserve Lists

You will be placed on a reserve list if your application is successful, but we cannot offer you a role immediately. Where more than one location has been advertised, candidates will be posted in merit order by location. You will be asked to provide your location preference on your application form. Please note that a place on the reserve list does not guarantee an offer.

If you are offered a role in your first preferred location and you decline the offer or are unable to take up the post within a reasonable timeframe, you will be removed from the reserve list, other than in exceptional circumstances.

Those on the reserve list may also be approached for similar roles at a lower grade. If you are offered a role at a lower grade and choose to decline, you can remain on the reserve list.

Internal Fraud Database Check

Candidates cannot apply to roles in the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Successful candidates will be subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database. This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This also applies to those who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the database will be refused employment.

National Security Vetting

Everyone working with government assets must complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks. Additionally, successful candidates will be subject to National Security Vetting. The level of security vetting required for this role is Security Check (SC).

To allow for meaningful checks to be carried out, applicants will need to have lived in the UK for at least 3 out of the past 5 years. You will be asked to provide residency information within your application form, and eligibility for national security vetting will be checked once the advert closing date has passed. In certain circumstances, for example if you have been working abroad on a government posting, a lack of residency would not be a bar to security clearance however the Department will need to consider eligibility on a case-by-case basis once the advert closing date has passed.

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

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Claire Baudouin
Email : Claire.Baudouin@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Further information

Complaints Process: Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment based on fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact HMT by email at: hrrecruitment@hmtreasury.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.