Senior Lawyer (Litigation)

Permanent
Full time - flexible working may be considered
35 hours per week
£44,933 - £52,862 depending on knowledge skills and experience
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham
Legal

We are looking for a Senior Legal Adviser to join our Legal & Enforcement team. This is a hybrid role working from home and our office in Birmingham.

 

What’s in it for me

  • Represent the SRA in courts and tribunals
  • Be responsible for running high profile and complex prosecutions before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
  • Showcase your legal expertise giving high quality legal and regulatory advice across operational units.
  • Opportunity to be part of a fast-moving team who are at the cutting edge of legal regulation
  • Mentor and coach team members, encouraging a high-performance culture

 

The role

As a Senior Legal Adviser, you will be required to conduct advocacy on behalf of the SRA and will have significant experience of advocacy in courts or tribunals, preferably in a regulatory setting.

 

You will be working within the Legal and Enforcement department, providing high quality legal and regulatory advice and supporting investigations at an early stage, developing and delivering case strategy in complex and/or multiple cases.

 

Using your experience of mentoring and coaching you will help to develop and support team members to make sure that our Enforcement Strategy is applied to disciplinary proceedings in a consistent and proportionate way.

 

With previous practical experience of complex case analysis, you will utilise your strong case management skills and extensive knowledge of law, framework and rules within the regulation to lead and deliver solutions successfully.

 

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

 

What we are looking for

  • A Solicitor or Barrister, with experience of conducting substantial litigation
  • Experience of complex case analysis and legal drafting
  • A strong communicator at all levels with the ability to work at pace
  • Resilience, to deliver quality results in a timely manner.

 

Please see attached Role Profile for more detailed information on the role and requirements.

 

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 full-time role working 35 hours per week and are happy to talk 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 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 6 June at 08:00. Interviews are expected to commence 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.