HM TREASURY 

Business Support Officer

£24,000 – £28,000

Working pattern: 

This post is available on a full time, part time or job share basis, and flexible working hours can be accommodated. 

Location: 

This role will be based in Darlington. Most Treasury employees will work a hybrid pattern, spending half their working week in the office and half working remotely. For a full time employee, this means spending 2-3 days a week in an office, on average. 

Are you interested in playing an important role in a key government Department that offers an exciting opportunity to be part of the decision making that affects the whole of the UK? We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our Group Management Services Team. 

Are you a self-motivated and organised individual, looking to join a small and friendly team at the heart of HM Treasury's business support function? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

The Group Management Services (GMS) team sits at the heart of the Corporate Centre Group and plays a meaningful role in supporting the Directors, and Deputy Directors, helping them manage their time and resources effectively, and achieve their objectives. The team is integral to the success of the whole Corporate Centre Group, and the services we provide to HM Treasury and its wider partners.

Its smooth running is essential to ensuring that this busy Group is provided with excellent administrative support and that its Leadership Team receive first class PA support. Our group is particularly encouraging of flexible working practices and has many varied working arrangements within the group. Please feel free to discuss this with the vacancy manager.

We are looking for a Business Support Officer to join our small, friendly team and provide excellent PA support to Directors and Deputy Directors (D/DDs) in the Corporate Centre Group. The role is a permanent position.

As a Business Support Officer what you’ll bring:

1. Provide PA support for Directors or Deputy Directors (D/DD) in the Corporate Centre Group and build a strong working relationships;
2. Provide diary management;
3. Provide inbox management;
4. Provide meeting preparation and management;
5. Actively support wider GMS team;
6. Actively support Corporate Centre Group and Leadership as a GMS team;

The Darlington Economic Campus is a pioneering new cross-government hub which will bring together people across departments and public organisations to play an active role in the most important issues of the day. The work of the Campus will make a real difference to people both UK and internationally. There will be substantial career opportunities and exciting prospects - a career at the Campus means you will be working at the heart of Government, with access to the benefits and fantastic opportunities offered by the civil service. This role is based at HM Treasury and we will be joined on the campus by: 

• Department for International Trade 
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy  
• Office for National Statistics  
• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government  
• Department for Education 

You can find out more information about Darlington here - www.enjoydarlington.co.uk 

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 Queen’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 maternity, paternity and adoption leave packages 
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions. 
• 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 (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network) 

More information about the Treasury can be found here. 

We are offering several drop-in sessions to support your application and provide further information on the Civil Service recruitment process;

Recruitment Candidate Guidance Sessions

Wednesday 13th October 2021: 5-6pm  

Business Support Officer Drop In Session Drop In Session

      Friday 15th October 2021: 11-12pm 

For more information about the role, salary, benefits and how to apply please follow the "Apply" link.  

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 Dan Entwistle – [email protected].  

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 [email protected]  

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: [email protected]  

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.