Regulatory Lawyer

Permanent
Full time - flexible working may be considered
35 hours per week
£39,100 - £46,000
Birmingham
Legal

We are looking for a qualified Solicitor or Barrister to join the Legal & Enforcement department as a Regulatory Lawyer (Legal Adviser).

 

What’s in it for me

  • Opportunity to use your litigation skills in the public interest
  • Be part of a supportive team within an excellent organisation
  • Help drive conduct investigations by providing practical legal advice to Investigation Officers
  • Demonstrate your experience in legal regulation
  • Opportunities to be an advocate of the SRA in public events

 

The role

Our Legal and Enforcement team deals with contentious matters before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and the High Court. It also delivers advice internally on investigations and other legal issues.


As a Legal Adviser (as you will be known internally within the organisation) you will be providing legal and regulatory advice of a high quality within the SRA and liaising with external legal professionals. You will gain exposure to managing complex and high-profile cases, where your role will involve demonstrating and sharing knowledge appropriately and providing risk based advise to all stakeholders.


You will need to demonstrate understanding of a regulatory environment as you will be involved in providing high quality legal advice and conducting cases either in house or with the support of external solicitors.

You may be required to make formal decisions upon evidential and public interest tests. Where you become involved in conducting disciplinary or other proceedings, you will need to act in the public interest and ensure cases proceed in a proportionate and timely way.

What we expect

  • A qualified solicitor, barrister, registered European lawyer or an equivalent qualified lawyer in a common law or other jurisdiction, with a current practising certificate.
  • Someone with exceptional attention to detail
  • Resilience and adaptability, in a constantly changing environment
  • Ability to acquire and apply extensive knowledge of law and regulation of legal services

 

Please review the attached Role Profile for more details on the responsibilities and requirements of the role.

To apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter. Please ensure that your CV and covering letter clearly demonstrate how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience requirements of the role. Or if you would like to find out more about the role, organisation or culture, please email recruitment@sra.org.uk to arrange a call in confidence.

Closing date for applications is 26 January.

 

Further information

We also welcome applicants who may be looking to achieve a balance between their personal and professional life. This a full-time position (35 hours per week), however we are happy to discuss the scope for flexible working within these hours. Please get in touch to discuss with us prior to interview. 

 

We offer a comprehensive flexible benefits package, a friendly working environment in a great city centre location, and the opportunity to develop your career in a well-recognised, dynamic and professional organisation. There are a broad range of opportunities for training and skills progression to further your career.

Essential

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

Solicitor or Barrister

Experience of conducting litigation, or providing legal advice in a regulatory environment

Practical experience of case analysis and legal drafting in a contentious or regulatory environment

Knowledge of law, framework and rules within the regulation of legal services

Desirable

Experience of advocacy in courts or tribunals

Experience of running civil litigation

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.
Legal Adviser Role Profile.pdf – 32KB
Vacancy closing date: 26/01/2020, 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.

 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.