Regulatory Adviser (Solicitor, Barrister or CILEX lawyer)

Permanent
Full time
35 hours
£43,982.87
Birmingham with part of the week working from home
Regulation

Join our Technical Team and play a key role in shaping the future of legal regulation.

As a Regulatory Adviser (internally known as Technical Adviser) within our Authorisation team, you’ll provide expert legal and regulatory advice across the organisation. Authorisation is one of the SRA’s largest operational teams, responsible for admitting and authorising firms and individuals, managing the annual practising certificate renewal, and handling over 170,000 applications each year.

In this role, you will

  • Review advice requests/documents to deliver high-quality decisions, reports, and advice, using your extensive knowledge of regulation and statute
  • Mentor and coach colleagues, influencing risk-based decision-making and regulatory approaches
  • Design and deliver technical training and contribute to policy development
  • Work on diverse projects, from implementing new regulations to producing documents that withstand legal scrutiny before tribunals and courts.

This is an excellent opportunity to apply your regulatory expertise, shape policy, and support the profession as part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team.

What we can offer

  • Capability to sign off low, medium and high-risk matters
  • Opportunity to positively influence colleagues through training and mentoring
  • Development of your legal regulatory skills to understand and implement the widest range of regulations used for the profession in the organisation
  • Chance to develop an emotionally intelligent approach to effective regulation
  • Work with staff and stakeholders of all levels across the organisation
  • Additional 3% of annual basic salary for you to choose the benefits that best suit your lifestyle and personal situation
  • Pension - We will contribute 1½ - 2 times your contribution, up to 12.25%. So, if you contribute 7%, you will enjoy the maximum combined contribution of 19.25%
  • 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
  • £25 contribution to a monthly health and wellbeing portal. The portal provides access to more than 5,000 products, experiences and services. Some options available include gym membership, National Trust membership, music lessons, tennis lessons, massages, nutrition, life coaching, fertility support, financial support and much more
  • Access to employee discount vouchers for savings on High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
  • Life Assurance cover of 4 times basic salary.

What we are looking for

  • A qualified Solicitor, Barrister or CILEX Lawyer with experience of working in private practice, or in house
  • Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
  • Excellent understanding of regulatory and operational risk
  • A track record of managing, delivering solutions, and taking responsibility for the successful resolution of complex issues
  • Resilience with the ability to adapt and work in a constantly changing innovative environment
  • A proactive problem solver and judgement maker
  • The ability to use high level emotional intelligence to build relationships, coach and mentor others to bring out the best in them.

Useful and additional information

  • To enable a greater understanding of the role. There is a day in the life of a Regulatory Adviser and full role profile attached to the bottom of this advert.
  • This is a hybrid role and will be based in our Birmingham office one to two days a week, and from home the rest of the week
  • Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 2 February 2026.
  • If you have any questions that are not in this advert or on our website, please contact us via recruitment@sra.org.uk

To apply

Please use the apply button at the bottom of the advert. Please upload a CV and cover letter providing examples against the criteria listed above within the 'What we are looking for' section and address how your knowledge, skills and experience relate to the role requirements. Please keep answers to 400 words or less for each criteria.

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages. To find out more about what it is like to work at SRA, view our videos.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 25 January 2026 at 23:55.

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, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
Vacancy closing date: 01/02/2026, 23:55

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.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.