Legal Adviser

Permanent
Full time - flexible working may be considered
35 hours per week
£39,100 - £46,000 for Birmingham based and £43,282 - £50,920 for London based; depending on knowledge, skills and experience
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham, Hybrid - home based and London, Old Broad Street
Legal

 

We are looking for a Lawyer (Policy and Compliance) to join our General Counsel team. This is a full-time hybrid role working from home and our office in Birmingham or London.

 

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, focusing on public law and regulatory policy development, and including advice on best practice to the wider business

 

The role

 As a 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 be part of 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 (England & Wales)
  • Knowledge of the law in one or more of the following areas: regulatory, public law or professional discipline
  • Experience of providing high quality legal advice and legal drafting, with good attention to detail
  • Good analytical and research skills with the ability proactively to solve problems in a wide variety of legal fields
  • Understanding of SRA objectives, key deliverables and how to connect this with the political landscape

 

 

Useful and additional information

 

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

Salary range for a Birmingham based role is £39,100 - £46,000, and £43,282 - £50,900 for a London based role, and an offer will be dependent on demonstrable knowledge, skills and experience the successful candidate can bring to the role.

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 or London office 1 to 2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.

 

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 Monday 10 October at 12:00.

 

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.
Vacancy closing date: 10/10/2022, 12:00

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.