A career with us puts you at the heart of government.
HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry. We maintain control over public spending, decide how money is raised from taxpayers, set the direction of the UK’s economic policy and work to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth.
Influencing every policy across government, our work makes headlines on a daily basis and shapes our nation’s future.
In recent years we have been at the forefront of key policy areas for the United Kingdom, including the financial packages available during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK’s support for the Ukraine, and tackling the cost-of-living crisis.
Our specific priorities are:
- reducing the deficit and rebalancing the economy
- spending taxpayers’ money responsibly and ensuring value for money
- creating a simpler, fairer tax system – alongside a well-functioning welfare system
- creating stronger and safer banks
- making corporate taxes more competitive
- making it easier for people to access and use financial services
- improving regulation of the financial sector to protect customers and the economy
With this incredibly broad remit, our work touches every citizen of the country. To ensure our advice reflects the needs of all our communities, it’s important that our employees come from the widest possible range of backgrounds – bringing us the widest possible range of perspectives and ways of thinking. Our aim is to be an open and accessible department, recruiting and retaining talented, hard-working people from a diversity of backgrounds, who support and develop one another.
HM Treasury has a strong commitment to equality and diversity. We’re proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader. We also have a range of active diversity networks. Playing an important role in raising awareness and changing attitudes, the initiatives they’re implementing are helping us to build a more inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and be themselves at work.
Don’t forget to cite Bright Network on your HM Treasury application form, they’re keen to hear from our members!
Live opportunities
Graduate Policy Programme 2027
Darlington | London
Policy Adviser Workshop 22 October
As a Policy Adviser, your work will help shape government decisions that affect millions of people across the UK every day. You could contribute to policy across a wide range of areas, including health, education, local government, banking and insurance, the criminal justice system and much more. Interested in becoming a Policy Adviser? We’ll be holding two workshops during the application period to provide guidance on the application and selection process, alongside an insight into working in HM Treasury – these will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams and are open to all applicants. These are optional events which you can attend whether you have applied or not. The purpose of these webinars is to give you more information about the recruitment process and help you be confident in your application. The links can be found on the HM Treasury Careers website.
Virtual
Policy Adviser Workshop 26 October
As a Policy Adviser, your work will help shape government decisions that affect millions of people across the UK every day. You could contribute to policy across a wide range of areas, including health, education, local government, banking and insurance, the criminal justice system and much more. Interested in becoming a Policy Adviser? We’ll be holding two workshops during the application period to provide guidance on the application and selection process, alongside an insight into working in HM Treasury – these will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams and are open to all applicants. These are optional events which you can attend whether you have applied or not. The purpose of these webinars is to give you more information about the recruitment process and help you be confident in your application. The links can be found on the HM Treasury Careers website.
Virtual