First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive

HM Revenue and Customs

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Details

Reference number

372856

Salary

£185,000 - £200,000

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 4

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HMRC - Permanent Secretaries Group

Type of role

Senior leadership

Working pattern

Full-time

Location

Whitehall, London and other regions listed in the attached candidate brief

About the job

Job summary

The Chief Executive is responsible for leading the organisation to deliver the departmental strategy and for the organisation’s performance and expenditure. The Chief Executive will be a Commissioner of Revenue & Customs and is also appointed by the HM Treasury as Accounting Officer with responsibilities to Parliament for financial management, value for money and the running of the Department as set out in Managing Public Money.

The Chief Executive will report directly to the Cabinet Secretary: they will be responsible to the Board and ultimately Ministers for the delivery of HMRC’s strategic objectives.

Job description

Please see attached candidate brief

Person specification

Please see attached candidate brief

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £185,000, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £53,594 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Please see attached candidate brief

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Please see attached candidate brief

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Ian Allen
Email : ian.allen@hmrc.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : russell.turner@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles. In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly with the department concerned. If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints/