Legal Adviser

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Solicitors Regulation Authority Full time

Contract Type 1
Permanent
- Working Pattern 1
Full time
- Working Hours 1
35 hours per week
- Salary 1
£43,585.46 in Brimingham and Cardiff; £47,944.01 in London
- Location Options 1
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham, Hybrid - home based and London, Old Broad Street, Hybrid - home based and Cardiff
- Function Type 1
Legal
- 1

**Are you looking to be part of a busy team of in-house lawyers working at the cutting edge of legal regulation? Are you able to review and assess evidence and understand the importance of acting in the public interest?**

**We are looking for Legal Adviser to join our Legal and Enforcement team in either our Birmingham, London or Cardiff office.**

**The role**

As a Legal Adviser, you will deal with contentious matters before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and Courts. Alongside this, you will also provide high quality, risk based, legal and regulatory advice and case direction across our operational areas. You will have opportunities to contribute fresh ideas to our team, looking for opportunities to build on our culture of continuous improvement.

You will be required to make and draft formal decisions based on 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.

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.

Read our 'A day in the life of a Legal Adviser' to find what one of our Legal Advisers has to say, and to gain further insight into the role. You will find this document attached at the bottom of the advert on the SRA jobs page.

**What’s in it for me**
- Opportunity to use your litigation skills in the public interest
- Help to drive forward investigations by providing practical legal advice to Investigation Officers
- Opportunities to be an advocate of the SRA in public events
- To expand and develop your legal, regulatory experience
- Join a supportive and friendly team with a renowned regulator

**What we are looking for**
- A qualified solicitor, barrister, registered European lawyer or an equivalent qualified lawyer in a common law or other jurisdiction, with a current practising certificate.
- Experience of conducting litigation, or providing legal advice preferably in a regulatory environment
- Significant experience of case analysis, legal drafting and decision making in a contentious or regulatory environment

**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.

This is a hybrid role based either in our Birmingham, London and Cardiff office, 1-2 days a week, and from home for rest of the week. Travel to our main office in Birmingham would be required depending on training and business needs

**To apply**

Assessment and interview will take place in the week of 18 March 2024.

Previous applicants to this role within the last six months will not be considered.

**Essential**:

- Solicitor or Barrister qualified in England and Wales

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

Significant experience of case analysis, legal drafting and decision making in a contentious or regulatory environment
- 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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Supporting Documents 1

**Vacancy closing date: 06/03/2024, 09:00**

**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

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