Engagement Officer

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

As an Engagement Officer, you will help support OFSI's engagement with industry and contribute to work that sits at the heart of the UK's financial sanctions regime. Working across a busy and collaborative team, you will coordinate stakeholder enquiries, support events and engagement activity, prepare briefing materials, and help ensure the team delivers a high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is organised, proactive and enjoys building relationships, while developing valuable experience in a fast-paced and high-profile area of government.

Responsibilities include:

1. Manage the general OFSI and OFSI Engagement mailboxes, triaging enquiries, coordinating responses and ensuring industry stakeholders receive a timely, professional and high-quality service.
2. Build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and external industry stakeholders, acting as a reliable point of contact and collaborating across OFSI and HM Treasury to support shared objectives.
3. Support the delivery of OFSI's engagement programme, helping to arrange webinars, roundtables, events and external engagement activity, including managing invitations, logistics and attendee communications.
4. Support effective engagement delivery through accurate record keeping, drafting communications and briefing materials, maintaining stakeholder databases and trackers, and assisting with statutory obligations such as Frozen Asset Reporting, Freedom of Information requests and Parliamentary Questions to ensure timely and accurate responses.

Candidate Drop-In Session

The hiring manager will be running a candidate drop-in session to give you greater insight about the role and HM Treasury, and ask any questions you might have. If you would like to join us, use the link below to join the call at the right time.

Wednesday 14th October 2026 @ 12:00 Join the meeting

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date for applications to find out more about these roles, please contact Pav Dhaliwal ([email removed])

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Person specification

Application Stage

Application form

Applications should consist of a CV including your employment history, and a 250-word statement demonstrating evidence of each of the below shortlisting criteria. 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.

1. Managing a Quality Service – provide an efficient, responsive and professional service that meets diverse stakeholder needs and reflects the organisation's values.
2. Communicating and Influencing - demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a diverse range of colleagues and be able to express information and ideas clearly and tailored to audiences.
3. Delivering at Pace - ability to work independently and manage a busy workload to deliver changing deadlines and priorities.

The lead criterion is: Managing a Quality Service.

If we receive a high volume of applications, we’ll first sift using the lead criterion only. Those meeting the minimum score will then be assessed against all remaining criteria.

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
• Behaviours - Manging a Quality Service, Communicating and Influencing and Delivering at Pace

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,310, HM Treasury contributes £8,780 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.

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