What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Major Projects - Transport position at Strategic Command?
Job Summary
If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.
Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.
We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you!
Job Description
About the Group
The Enterprise and Growth Unit (EGU) promotes sustainable economic growth and higher productivity for the UK. We provide analysis and advice on enterprise, innovation, private sector investment and a cost-effective transition to a low-carbon economy. The Enterprise and Growth Unit has a varied and exciting agenda and we work closely with a wide variety of other teams across the Treasury.
We Also Work Alongside Other Departments And Government Organisations To Ensure That We Are Thinking Creatively, Spending Wisely, And Acting Boldly To Deliver These Goals. These Organisations Are
The Transport team is a friendly, energetic, and supportive team! We are responsible for managing the Treasury’s interests in transport policy. We do this both as a finance ministry, managing costs and making sure our spending on transport delivers good value for taxpayers; and as the UK’s economics ministry, ensuring that our infrastructure investments contribute to a strong and growing economy. We are outward-looking to the Department for Transport (DfT), which has one of the biggest capital budgets in Government.
We have a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, welcoming those with both HM Treasury and non-Treasury experience. We are fully committed to developing our team members and helping them grow.
About The Job
You will be the head of the major projects branch of the Transport spending team. The branch is composed of you, two Range Es (Grade 7), and one SEO – who collectively lead for the Treasury on multi-billion pound transport infrastructure projects and programmes. This includes High Speed 2 and Euston, Northern Powerhouse Rail, the Trans Pennine Route Upgrade, and the long term pipeline of major transport projects. The Treasury cares about these kinds of projects from both an economic perspective (will they offer value-for-money for the taxpayer, and will they deliver the economic growth benefits we expect?) and a spending perspective (will they be delivered on budget?)
This is an exciting, varied and unique leadership role – you will have lots of freedom and opportunity to influence the delivery of the country’s key infrastructure projects, with regular Ministerial engagement. For example, you could be thinking about the transport needs of particular places one day; or working out how to manage the impacts of inflation on capital projects the next. In doing so, you will need to build strong, collaborative relationships with DfT. You will also work closely with its relevant Arms-Length Bodies, the National Infrastructure Commission and Infrastructure and Projects Authority (soon to be merged into NISTA), and with other teams across the Treasury.
This role would suit someone who wants to get to grips with complex problems and identify the key issues that should matter to the Treasury and the taxpayer. You should be a constructive problem-solver, who can translate complexity into clear recommendations for senior officials and Ministers. Some prior experience of either infrastructure policy, major programme delivery, infrastructure finance and/or spending control is required for the role. However you will not be required to demonstrate experience in all of these areas.
Key Accountabilities Include
The hiring manager will be running a candidate drop-in session for this role to give you greater insight about the role as well as the chance to learn more about HM Treasury and ask any questions you may have. If you would like to join us, then use the link below to join the call at the right time.
Thursday 16th January 2025 @ 12:00 - 12:30 Join the meeting now
The Transport Team has four branches covering local and international transport, major projects, rail, and spending and strategy. We welcome applications from those who wish to work flexibly, part-time or as a job share. If you think you may be interested in the role, you are warmly and highly encouraged to contact the current post holder Tori Tomalin (victoria.tomalin@hmtreasury.gov.uk) for an informal chat.
Person specification
We are looking for the below skills, experience and behaviours and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application form. Please review the Candidate FAQ document that is attached to the advert for guidance on how to complete your application form.
If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criterion only.
Candidate Guidance Support Session – Microsoft Teams
We will be running an overview of Success Profiles and the STAR approach including top tips for the application and interview process and an opportunity to ask general questions around our recruitment practices. Please note that this session is not role specific, so we will be unable to answer specific questions about roles we are advertising. If you would like to join us, please use the link below to join the call at the right time.
Thursday 16th January 2025 @ 12:30 – 13:15 Join the meeting now
Thursday 30th January 2025 @ 12:30 – 13:15 Join the meeting now
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
Alongside your salary of £67,520, HM Treasury contributes £19,560 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they can enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; part-time, compressed hours and job sharing. Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees the flexibility to adjust their working patterns throughout the week which is subject to operational needs and line management approval.
At HM Treasury we have an incredibly broad remit; our work touches every citizen of the country. So, it’s important our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds, bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. We are committed to ensuring that all staff can realise their potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
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 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.
If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.
Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.
We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you!
Job Description
About the Group
The Enterprise and Growth Unit (EGU) promotes sustainable economic growth and higher productivity for the UK. We provide analysis and advice on enterprise, innovation, private sector investment and a cost-effective transition to a low-carbon economy. The Enterprise and Growth Unit has a varied and exciting agenda and we work closely with a wide variety of other teams across the Treasury.
We Also Work Alongside Other Departments And Government Organisations To Ensure That We Are Thinking Creatively, Spending Wisely, And Acting Boldly To Deliver These Goals. These Organisations Are
- the Department for Business and Trade,
- the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero,
- the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs,
- the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology,
- the Department for Transport,
- the Department for Culture, Media & Sport,
- the Competition and Markets Authority,
- HM Land Registry, and
- UK Export Finance
The Transport team is a friendly, energetic, and supportive team! We are responsible for managing the Treasury’s interests in transport policy. We do this both as a finance ministry, managing costs and making sure our spending on transport delivers good value for taxpayers; and as the UK’s economics ministry, ensuring that our infrastructure investments contribute to a strong and growing economy. We are outward-looking to the Department for Transport (DfT), which has one of the biggest capital budgets in Government.
We have a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, welcoming those with both HM Treasury and non-Treasury experience. We are fully committed to developing our team members and helping them grow.
About The Job
You will be the head of the major projects branch of the Transport spending team. The branch is composed of you, two Range Es (Grade 7), and one SEO – who collectively lead for the Treasury on multi-billion pound transport infrastructure projects and programmes. This includes High Speed 2 and Euston, Northern Powerhouse Rail, the Trans Pennine Route Upgrade, and the long term pipeline of major transport projects. The Treasury cares about these kinds of projects from both an economic perspective (will they offer value-for-money for the taxpayer, and will they deliver the economic growth benefits we expect?) and a spending perspective (will they be delivered on budget?)
This is an exciting, varied and unique leadership role – you will have lots of freedom and opportunity to influence the delivery of the country’s key infrastructure projects, with regular Ministerial engagement. For example, you could be thinking about the transport needs of particular places one day; or working out how to manage the impacts of inflation on capital projects the next. In doing so, you will need to build strong, collaborative relationships with DfT. You will also work closely with its relevant Arms-Length Bodies, the National Infrastructure Commission and Infrastructure and Projects Authority (soon to be merged into NISTA), and with other teams across the Treasury.
This role would suit someone who wants to get to grips with complex problems and identify the key issues that should matter to the Treasury and the taxpayer. You should be a constructive problem-solver, who can translate complexity into clear recommendations for senior officials and Ministers. Some prior experience of either infrastructure policy, major programme delivery, infrastructure finance and/or spending control is required for the role. However you will not be required to demonstrate experience in all of these areas.
Key Accountabilities Include
- Leading HMT oversight of major transport projects. Each branch member leads on 2 - 3 specific projects. You will take an overarching view of the portfolio, and help your team advise Ministers on strategic decisions, risks or issues, and work with DfT to negotiate and develop policy proposals. You will support the branch on specific spending approvals (such as gateways for major projects to look at whether they are ready to move to the next stage); and on individual budgets (e.g. how spending is profiled across its lifetime; how it is spent in-year; and what level of contingency to allocate, given the complexity and risks that many projects carry.)
- Lead HMT oversight of HS2 Phase One (London to Birmingham). The remaining phase of HS2 is well underway. Inflation and other issues have posed significant challenges to the programme’s delivery. You will work closely with DfT, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, HS2 Ltd, and internal HMT teams to advise Ministers on decisions to enable cost-effective delivery.
- Determining the strategy and funding settlement for major transport projects. You will set the Treasury’s strategy at the second phase of the Spending Review, aligning with work on the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, to ensure safe and efficient delivery of the major projects in the portfolio for the medium to long term.
- Policy and major project leadership. You will be responsible for policy leadership for the team and wider Treasury. You will be a thought leader on major projects, sharing best practice and seeking to improve how we approach and deliver major transport projects (e.g. through private and innovative financing models, streamlining business case processes etc).
- Team leadership. You will support your branch members to shine, develop and maximise their potential, and demonstrate resilience and encouragement in difficult situations. You will work collaboratively with the branch heads in the team and work flexibly as new challenges emerge; and support the Deputy Director in making the team a kind and supportive place to work.
The hiring manager will be running a candidate drop-in session for this role to give you greater insight about the role as well as the chance to learn more about HM Treasury and ask any questions you may have. If you would like to join us, then use the link below to join the call at the right time.
Thursday 16th January 2025 @ 12:00 - 12:30 Join the meeting now
The Transport Team has four branches covering local and international transport, major projects, rail, and spending and strategy. We welcome applications from those who wish to work flexibly, part-time or as a job share. If you think you may be interested in the role, you are warmly and highly encouraged to contact the current post holder Tori Tomalin (victoria.tomalin@hmtreasury.gov.uk) for an informal chat.
Person specification
We are looking for the below skills, experience and behaviours and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application form. Please review the Candidate FAQ document that is attached to the advert for guidance on how to complete your application form.
- Seeing the Big Picture. The ability to lead a complex and fast-paced portfolio, identifying and managing risks, capitalising on opportunities, and solving problems. Using judgement and strategic thinking to secure wider team and organisational objectives while working with others.
- Leadership. Strong leadership and management of a team across a diverse range of issues and in a changing external environment, demonstrating a clear commitment to inclusion, development and support.
- Making Effective Decisions. Ability to deal with a wide range of complex and uncertain information to make timely and reasonable decisions, which take long-term impacts into account.
- Experience. Evidence of a successful track record of delivering positive outcomes in the field of infrastructure policy, infrastructure finance, major programme delivery and/or spending control.
If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criterion only.
Candidate Guidance Support Session – Microsoft Teams
We will be running an overview of Success Profiles and the STAR approach including top tips for the application and interview process and an opportunity to ask general questions around our recruitment practices. Please note that this session is not role specific, so we will be unable to answer specific questions about roles we are advertising. If you would like to join us, please use the link below to join the call at the right time.
Thursday 16th January 2025 @ 12:30 – 13:15 Join the meeting now
Thursday 30th January 2025 @ 12:30 – 13:15 Join the meeting now
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
Alongside your salary of £67,520, HM Treasury contributes £19,560 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- 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)
- Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
- Generous parental and adoption leave package.
- A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 28%
- Onsite restaurant and coffee bar. The London office also offers a gym, showers and prayer room
- Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme, season ticket advances and payroll giving
- Access to a retail discounts and cashback site
- A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes
- A range of active staff networks, based around interests and diversity
HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they can enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; part-time, compressed hours and job sharing. Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees the flexibility to adjust their working patterns throughout the week which is subject to operational needs and line management approval.
At HM Treasury we have an incredibly broad remit; our work touches every citizen of the country. So, it’s important our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds, bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. We are committed to ensuring that all staff can realise their potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
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 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.
Salary : $19,560 - $67,520
