| Position | Policy Adviser - Securities and Markets |
| Posted | 01 Jul 2026 |
| Expired | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Company | HM Treasury |
| Location | Darlington | GB |
| Job Type | Full Time |
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Policy Adviser - Securities and Market (Two Roles)
Do you want an exciting and stretching role working in policy at HM Treasury? If so, read on!
About the Team
The Securities and Markets Team develops policy on matters relating to the competitiveness, regulation and, and good functioning of the UK’s financial markets, to support UK growth. The range of our work is wide, from formulating the laws which govern the behaviour of investment bankers and traders, to ensuring that UK financial markets continue to attract the best UK and overseas companies. As part of this, we work closely with teams across HMT and Government, with industry, think tanks and with the regulators. In particular, the team works closely with colleagues in the Financial Conduct Authority, Bank of England and UK representatives around the world. The team is regularly required to work at pace to provide advice to Ministers on high profile current issues and listings. We have a strong focus on personal development, where you will be encouraged to pursue stretching projects to enable you to develop and thrive.
The team has 19 colleagues across three units: the Capital Markets Unit, Wholesale Markets Unit, and the Financial Market Infrastructure Unit. The Listings and PISCES role sits in the Capital Markets Unit. The Capital Markets Unit has 5 people, sitting between a Primary Markets branch leading on policy to enhance the competitiveness of capital markets, and the Listings Engagement and PISCES branch (where this role sits) which leads on the stakeholder strategy to secure listings in the UK, and the development of PISCES.
About the Jobs
Policy Adviser - Listings and PISCES (the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System)
This is a fascinating and stretching job, providing the opportunity to the postholder to develop their strategy and policy skills on two high-profile areas of financial services, which sit at the centre of the political debate on the UK’s competitiveness as a global financial centre, and the government’s growth mission. In this role, you will be responsible for leading engagement with other government departments (in particular the Office for Investment) to support the Listings Taskforce, a ministerial cross-government initiative that directs HMG’s strategic engagement with firms considering Initial Public Offerings on UK public markets. You will also support engagement by HMT ministers with priority targets the Listings Taskforce identifies. You will also act as the government’s account manager for its relationship with the London Stock Exchange.
In addition, you will be responsible for supporting work on PISCES, a brand-new type of stock exchange for private companies which has been established in a regulatory sandbox. You will do this through leading engagement with PISCES operators and supporting engagement with companies who are prospective users of PISCES. You will also work closely with lawyers and the Financial Conduct Authority to monitor the effectiveness of the PISCES regulatory framework and advise ministers on new and innovative policy interventions that will emerge from this cutting-edge policy area.
Key accountabilities for this role include:
Policy Adviser – Digital Strategy
This role is stretching, intellectually demanding and will give the successful candidate a high level of policy responsibility and independence, as well as the opportunity to develop a specific policy expertise.
The postholder would lead much of the FMI unit’s work on the modernisation of markets, particularly with the advent of new and exciting innovations like distributed ledger technology, particularly as they relate to digital assets, tokenisation and central securities depositories (a type of market infrastructure where securities are held and transferred).
The postholder would be jointly responsible for delivering on the outputs of the Wholesale Financial Markets Digital Strategy, published in July 2025, which sets a vision to digitalise financial markets and help ensure that UK markets remain resilient, innovative and competitive on a global stage. The postholder would be expected to work closely across other teams in HMT and with the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority to deliver on this, as well as on new or ongoing workstreams to promote digital assets in the UK, such as the UK’s ongoing “Digital Securities Sandbox”.
Key accountabilities for this role include:
About You
We are looking for people who have the ability to form effective partnerships and relationships with people both internally and externally, from a range of diverse backgrounds, sharing information, resources and support. You will need to be able to analyse a range of complex information and evaluate evidence to make decisions as well as being able to identify emerging issues and trends which can impact on work. We want you to have great communication skills and have the ability to distil complex or technical language into clear and simple prose.
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