Senior Legal Services Manager

4 weeks ago


West Midlands Combined Authority, United Kingdom General Dental Council Full time

The General Dental Council is seeking a Senior Legal Services Manager to lead the delivery of high-quality legal investigation and presentation services for all Fitness To Practise cases. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for managing the internal and external teams to deliver the presentation of substantive fitness to practise cases, including resumed hearings and interim order cases.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Leading the delivery of legal investigation and presentation services on behalf of the GDC, managing the internal and external teams to deliver the presentation of substantive fitness to practise cases.
  • Ensuring that the presentation teams meet quality, timeliness, and value for money targets, implementing appropriate review and control metrics.
  • Creating and leading a presentation management team to support the function, and creating a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
  • Implementing a system of risk management, mitigating and escalating risks as appropriate.
  • Working in partnership with the Executive Director, Fitness to Practice and their management team to understand fluctuating operational issues, flexing resource and managing and escalating risk as appropriate, to ensure that the GDC's statutory duties continue to be delivered.
  • Extensive knowledge of regulatory and/or criminal law and best practice.
  • Successfully led and developed high performing teams of lawyers and support staff, responsible for delivering high quality, timely civil, criminal or regulatory casework at best value.
  • Sets clear expectations in relation to performance and promptly tackles poor performance issues.
  • Management of large and complex budgets, including identifying and implementing initiatives to improve value for money.
  • Respects, promotes and ensures compliance with the GDC's values, policies and statutory obligations with regard to data protection, equalities and diversity, health and safety, and employment.

The GDC is committed to equality and diversity, and we encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.


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