Senior Freedom of Information Case Adviser

Are you looking for a role which offers the autonomy and flexibility to make business critical decisions on behalf of a central Government department? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Sitting at the heart of Government policymaking, HM Treasury receives a diverse range of FOI requests. The Freedom of Information team sits within the Correspondence and Information Rights Team (CIRT) and supervises all requests for recorded information. We are looking for a senior caseworker (subject matter expert) who has the experience and ability to take care of these often complex information requests.

About the role

You'll be the lead contact to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) on cases they’re investigating, as well as collaborating with lawyers to coordinate HM Treasury’s responses to First Tier Tribunal (FTT) casework. You will establish and maintain confidence amongst senior partners and the public in our FOI service, ensuring your team provides clear and persuasive advice that can be trusted and takes account of political sensitives. This is an exciting area of work – where the change you’ll deliver will have a significant impact and long-lasting benefits for HM Treasury.

Key Accountabilities

1. Provide visible leadership to motivate your casework team to achieve business priorities, ensuring they’re equipped to provide expert and trusted FOI handling advice.
2. Improve HM Treasury’s timeliness performance for internal reviews.
3. Transform and streamline processes and ensure new ways of working are successfully embedded in the team.
4. Lead our most complex casework working with senior partners and engaging directly with the ICO and lawyers acting for us at FTT stage.
5. Line management of 3 HEO caseworkers, overseeing their performance and ensuring their casework is of the highest quality.

We believe this role offers a phenomenal opportunity to work with and influence Senior Civil Servants, Ministerial and Perm Sec offices, No10 and Special Advisers. With us, you'll obtain the stretch and development for onward progression to Grade 7.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have existing experience of complex FOI casework and Internal reviews, as well as the ability to deliver a high quality, efficient and cost-effective service that balances legal requirements against the needs of stakeholders. Lastly, you’ll be able to successful lead a team.

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

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 HM Treasury recruitment team.