HM Treasury
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Personal Assistant and Business Support
Location: London (1 Horse Guards Road)
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
The role of a Personal Assistant and Business Support at HM Treasury is varied and exciting! It gives you a fantastic opportunity to experience working at the heart of Government, whilst also providing you with the opportunity to work alongside senior leaders. If you are organised, efficient and people focused, then we would love to hear from you!
Key Accountabilities For This Role Include:
- Diary management - proactively plan and manage the diary using your professional judgement to line up meetings in a well-organised way. Resolve conflicts, negotiate and allocate time to Deputy Directors (DDs) priorities. Develop a good understanding of International Economics’ work and priorities so you can make decisions on behalf of the DDs.
- Support DDs priorities – you will support by anticipating problems, risks, issues and corporate tasks that they will have to deal with and proactively make suggestions about the best way to take them forward.
- Coordinating Logistics - ensure the DDs are clear on their schedules for the day and prepare diary and meeting folders in preferred format. Coordinate all logistics of virtual and in-person, internal and external meetings including organising international travel, hotels, taxis, visas, rooms, conference phone lines etc.
- Correspondence management - Manage and coordinate official correspondence including Ministerial responses, Parliamentary Questions, Freedom of Information requests, and Treat Official communications, ensuring timely and accurate handling in line with departmental standards.
- Team support - Provide cover for the other PAs in the Group Management Services Team (GMS) during absences by monitoring the inboxes and diaries of the Deputy Directors they support when needed.
- Building Relationships - take the initiative to develop and lead relationships with key external and internal partners and colleagues to effectively do the job.
- Admin/Secretariat Support
- Provide administrative support to the team that the DDs lead, gaining a sound understanding of the teams work and where requested coordinating briefing and occasion project support.
- Responding to ad-hoc requests for help, such as raising purchase orders.
- Ensuring the DDs have regular meetings with their team members and respond to ad hoc requests for help, such as travel arrangements and room bookings for the team.
- You may also be asked to help with other ad-hoc or new tasks, in line with your development plan and the business needs.
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Whilst hybrid working will be the normal working pattern for this role, the successful candidate will be required to work from the office three days a week (60% of their working time) and to remain flexible about which days they attend, dependent on business needs.
Candidate Drop-In Session – Microsoft Teams
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.
Microsoft Teams Meeting - Monday 12 October 12pm – 12:30pm
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/342909360310725?p=tFfHES2PFWHRjbpAqU
Meeting ID: 342 909 360 310 725
Passcode: 5d32b6vR
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 Kimberley.aldrich@hmtreasury.gov.uk
Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Application Stage
Application Form
Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and 250-word behaviour and experience statements. Your CV and employment history won’t be scored. It’s used to give context to your application and support discussions at interview.
The panel will review applications and invite those that best demonstrate evidence of the shortlisting criteria below for interview. Please keep this in mind when writing your application.
Please note that only applications submitted through Civil Service Jobs will be accepted.
Shortlisting Criteria
- Managing a Quality Service - deliver service objectives with professional excellence, expertise and efficiency, taking account of diverse customer needs.
- Working Together - Ability to form and maintain effective partnerships and relationships with people both internally and externally, from a range of diverse backgrounds, sharing information, resources and support.
- Delivering at pace - ability to work independently and manage a busy workload to deliver changing deadlines and priorities.
- Experience - Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook and OneNote. Diary management experience preferred.
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The lead criterion is: Delivering at Pace
If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criterion only.
Interview Stage
If you are successful at the application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed against the following criteria:
Strengths
Experience
Behaviours
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £33,310, HM Treasury contributes £9,649 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).
- Generous Annual Leave - 25 days (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus public holidays and the King’s birthday.
- Outstanding Pension Scheme - Defined Benefit pension with employer contributions of 28.97%
- Parental Leave Packages - Including 6 months’ occupational pay for maternity/adoption, shared parental leave options.
- Advance Schemes & Discounts - Rental deposit, cycle-to-work, SmartTech, season ticket loans, and access to HM Treasury’s benefits portal for a wide range of discounts.
- Flexible & Hybrid Working - Options include part-time, job-share, compressed hours, flexitime, and hybrid working.
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.
Selection Process Details
- Closing date: Sunday 18th October 2026 at 23.55
- Shortlisting: w/c Monday 19th October 2026
- Interviews: w/c Monday 26th October 2026
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
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