Legal Adviser

Legal Adviser

Contract Type
Permanent

Working Pattern
Full time - flexible working may be considered

Working Hours
35 hours per week

Salary
£53,395.59 per annum for Birmingham and Cardiff and £58,735.15 per annum for London

Location Options
Birmingham with part of the week working from home, Cardiff with part of the week working from home, London with part of the week working from home

Function Type
Legal

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales. We regulate in the public interest to ensure solicitors and law firms adhere to high professional standards, to take action against those who fail to comply with their regulatory obligations and to protect the public against risk.

The in-house Legal & Enforcement team at the SRA deals with contentious regulatory proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and other related litigation. It also provides legal advice and case direction to our investigation teams and other internal teams at the SRA.

We are currently looking to recruit Legal Advisers on a permanent and fixed term basis in our Legal & Enforcement team.

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.

Our Legal Advisers join the SRA from a variety of areas of practice. We encourage you to apply if you have experience of conducting contentious litigation in any area. We will give you the opportunity and support to develop expertise as a regulatory lawyer. 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.

• 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.
• An additional 3% of annual basic salary to spend on benefits that suit your lifestyle;
• A generous pension scheme - We will contribute 1½ - 2 times your contribution, up to 12.25%. So, if you contribute 7%, you will enjoy the maximum combined contribution of 19.25%;
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme;
• Access to employee discount vouchers for savings on High Street brands, travel and supermarkets;
• Life Assurance cover of 4 times basic salary;
• Income Protection;
• An extensive range of Heka Health and Wellbeing experiences to choose from with monthly company funding allowance.

• A solicitor, barrister (with litigation rights) or Chartered Legal Executive qualified to practice 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;
• Ability to acquire and apply extensive knowledge of law and regulation of legal services.

Useful and additional information

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

The role is offered on a hybrid basis. It is predominantly home-based with attendance in the office 1…