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If you're interested in making a difference to people's lives across the country, the Treasury is the department for you!

HM Treasury sits at the heart of government policy-making and receives a wide range of exciting and often complex requests. Our Information Rights Unit (IRU) is responsible for handling those requests. We work closely with policy teams on responses and provide handling advice to the Treasury for all FOIA and EIR requests it receives.

We are looking for an Information Rights Case Adviser to join us in an exciting position that offers you the chance to develop an insight into many areas throughout HM Treasury and work with every team across the business.

Key accountabilities include:

• Developing and applying a solid working knowledge of the FOI Act and the Environmental Information Regulations and be willing to undertake training
• Handle own casework by ensuring policy officials engage fully with the IRU and the legislation and adhere to strict statutory deadlines
• Represent IRU across the Department to advise our Treasury colleagues on the requirements of the legislation, providing training and guidance as appropriate

Suggest and deliver solutions for the appropriate handling of sensitive information through discussion with key partners to provide responses in accordance with the legislation.

Review case handling at the internal review stage to assess whether responses were correct and in accordance with our obligations.

Draft and deliver responses on Information Commissioner complaint cases to strict deadlines.

What you will bring to the role

Our ideal candidate will have good communication skills; able to build positive relationships with a range of colleagues and partners. You'll be comfortable working independently and as part of a team to handle a full workload and meet deadlines and targets. Lastly, you'll have experience of decision-making that arrives at solutions based on sound analysis. If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

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 regardless of disability, ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

This role is available in either London or Darlington.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 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). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions.
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT network, faith and belief network)

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.

Complaints procedure

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment based on fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact HMT Recruitment Team.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.