Editorial and Content Lead

Permanent
Full time
35 hours per week
£43,926.69 in Birmingham based , £48,319.36 in London based
Birmingham with part of the week working from home, London with part of the week working from home
External and Corporate Affairs

We have an exciting opportunity for an Editorial and Content Lead to join our Editorial and Publications team

About us and the role

Here at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), our core job is driving confidence and trust in legal services.  

We regulate more than 200,000 solicitors and 9,000 law firms in England and Wales. We make sure solicitors are working to high professional standards and step in to protect the public when needed, while supporting access to high-quality legal services. 

Whether it’s the impact of AI, shifting risks in the legal market, or high-profile cases such as the Post Office Horizon scandal, our work is in the spotlight. We do an important job and we are looking for an Editorial and Content Lead to help make sure our communications have the right impact.

This role focuses on writing and copyediting content across a range of channels, translating technical and complex policy ideas into plain, accessible English and championing our tone of voice. The successful individual will be able to offer expertise to the wider organisation on best writing practice and the development of writing skills, create engaging, authentic copy and collaborate with colleagues, offering campaign and project support. The roleholder will report into the Head of Editorial and Publications.

 

What’s in it for you

  • Be part of an organisation with a national profile, working in the public interest.
  • Work with a dedicated, expert team to deliver effective communications to diverse audiences.
  • Manage the development and delivery of impactful content across a range of channels.

 

What we are looking for

  • Excellent creative and written communication skills across a range of communication channels and disciplines, such as corporate reports, webpages, blogs and think pieces and internal communications.
  • The ability to take complex and technical policy ideas and explain them in plain English.
  • Experience in advocating a tone of voice and writing best practice across an organisation through training and development and internal communications.
  • Experience in overseeing projects, campaigns and/or a publications schedule and contributing towards the creative process.
  • Expert and second-to-none proofreading skills and an excellent command of grammar.

 

 

Useful and additional information

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

This is a full-time role working 35 hours per week and we are happy to talk flexible working.

We are recruiting for this role in our Birmingham and London offices. You will be based in the office nearest to your location, with the expectation of working one to two days a week in the office and the remainder of the week from home. Occasional travel will be required to the SRA’s to our Birmingham office if this is not where the role is based.

 If you have any questions about the role, please contact us via recruitment@sra.org.uk

 

To apply

Please click ‘apply’ to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the essential requirements outlined under the ‘what we are looking for’ section and attached role profile. We also welcome portfolio submissions containing examples of your written work. 

We also encourage you to include a portfolio of your written work. If you wish to do this, please submit it as part of your covering letter

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 11 December 2025 at 23:55 and interviews will take place on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 January 2026.


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Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

• Excellent creative and written communication skills across a range of communication channels and disciplines, such as corporate reports, webpages, blogs and think pieces and internal communications.

• The ability to take complex and technical policy ideas and explain them in plain English

• Experience in advocating a tone of voice and writing best practice across an organisation through training and development and internal communications

• Experience in overseeing projects, campaigns and/or a publications schedule and contributing towards the creative process

• Expert and second-to-none proofreading skills and an excellent command of grammar.

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: 15/12/2025, 16:00

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.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.