Senior Lawyer (Policy and Compliance)

Permanent
Part time
21 hours per week
£44,932 - £52,862 full time equivalent salary depending on knowledge, skills and experience (refer to pro-rata part time salary in advert)
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham
Legal

We are looking for a Senior Lawyer to join our General Counsel team. This is a part time hybrid role working from home and our office in Birmingham.

 

What’s in it for me

  • Work on a variety of projects, using problem solving and analytical thinking to solve legal and practical problems
  • Support the regulation of the profession, protecting and promoting the public interest, and help shape and implement our responses to new challenges
  • A broad and varied workload, focussing on public law and regulatory policy development, and including advice on best practice to the wider business

 

The role

 As a Senior Lawyer (Policy and Compliance), you will provide high quality, effective and timely advice on the legal obligations and regulatory powers available to the organisation. 

This will include interpreting statutes, and delegated legislation and procedures, and how they practically apply to the work of the SRA. You will help to provide innovative solutions to complex legal problems, touching on a variety of areas of law. This may include drafting new professional rules and guidance, and advising on the SRA’s own operations.  

You will work closely with our team members and across the organisation, and also with external stakeholders. You will mentor and coach, encouraging a high-performance culture - sharing knowledge and expertise across the team and wider business. 

The successful candidate will be a self-starter who is proactive, has a high level of attention to detail and can demonstrate a track record of delivering quality results.

What we are looking for

  • Qualified Solicitor or Barrister
  • Experience of providing high quality regulatory/public law advice and drafting in an equivalent regulatory and / or public law environment
  • Track record of leading and delivering solutions, taking accountability for the successful and timely resolution of very complex issues
  • Understanding of SRA objectives, key deliverables and how to connect this with the political landscape
  • Pragmatic and able to work collaboratively with legal and non-legal colleagues, including at senior level

 

 

Useful and additional information

There is a full role profile attached to the bottom of this advert on our website.

 

We welcome applicants who may be looking to achieve a balance between their personal and professional life. This is a part-time role working 21 hours per week and we are happy to talk about flexible working. If you have any questions that aren’t in this advert or on our website, please contact us via: recruitment@sra.org.uk

 

This is a hybrid role and will be based in our Birmingham office 1 to 2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.

 

This role is available on a part time basis, ideally 21 hours per week. Salary range for 21 hours per week is £29,960 - £31,717 depending on knowledge, skills, and experience. We have some flexibility with the hours we can offer so please get in touch with us if you’d like to discuss.

 

To apply

 

Please click ‘apply’ to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements outlined in this advert and the attached role profile.

 

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages.

 

Closing date for applications is 6 June at 08:00. Interviews are expected to take place week of 13 June.

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards.
We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
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Vacancy closing date: 06/06/2022, 08:00

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.

 We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.