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About the Team

The International Financing and Development (IFD) team leads on official development assistance (ODA) spending, strategy issues and important global economic policy issues. We are a friendly, inclusive, and encouraging team, who encourage a positive, flexible, and open work environment, working closely and collaboratively to produce consistently high-quality work.

About the Role

We are looking for someone to join us in the International Debt branch, where you will help develop policy on key international debt issues in collaboration with other government departments.

With debt vulnerabilities in developing countries at record levels, the approach to resolving debt issues internationally is at the forefront of global discussions. This is an exciting time to join the branch, as we sit at the heart of providing policy advice to senior officials and Ministers on this significant range of issues.

Key accountabilities

1. Develop the UK’s policy position on sovereign debt policy issues, such as shaping our policy on efforts to deepen restructurings under the G20’s Common Framework, inputting to Chancellor and DG/Director level briefings for the G20, G7, IMF, World Bank, and Paris Club.
2. Develop, coordinate and deliver our approach to securing wide uptake of Majority Voting Provisions (innovations in debt contracts to make restructurings more efficient) by private lenders, using all relevant international meetings and summits.
3. Lead on the nexus between debt and climate for the team, including working with international climate leads to shape and defend the UK’s positions on debt as part of international climate negotiations.
4. Provide policy advice on specific debt country cases, understanding in detail their debt situations and providing strategic advice in line with UK debt objectives, collaborating with our partners in FCDO and UK Export Finance (UKEF).
5. Support the UK Head of Delegation to the Paris Club at regular meetings, including providing briefing and readouts to share across the UK international network.

For a full list of accountabilities, please follow the apply link.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal communication skills to develop positive working relationships and collaboratively deliver objectives. You’ll be able to evaluate a range of evidence to make effective decisions or recommendations. Lastly, you’ll be comfortable working autonomously to prioritise competing tasks.

About us

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.

Some of the Benefits our people love! 

• 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 27%
• 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.  

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 .uk