Legal Adviser - General Counsel  
Contract type   Permanent
Working pattern   Full time - flexible working may be considered
Working hours   35 hours per week
Salary   Birmingham £36,081 - £42,448 per annum London £39,057 - £45,950 per annum
Location options:   Birmingham, Martin Lane - London  

What we offer
• Opportunity to work at the cutting edge of SRA’s regulatory reform
• Work in a high quality customer driven centre of excellence
• Be part of a small and dedicated team of highly qualified lawyers

The role
Our General Counsel Directorate draws on its experience and expertise in the law governing legal services regulation, to provide a high quality service to the organisation involving legal drafting, problem solving and analytical thinking.

Working as Legal Adviser within the General Counsel Directorate, you will enjoy a broad and varied workload. You will provide a high quality legal advice and support on regulatory policy development and reform, governance and compliance issues and advice on best practice to the wider business.

Working on a number of projects, you will develop innovative solutions to legal problems and produce clear technical legal drafting. You will be keen to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and be open to sharing knowledge and expertise across the team and wider business.

The role may suit someone with a few years' post qualification experience, currently working in, or for, the regulated sector.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a real passion to drive the SRA’s regulatory reform forward!.

What we are looking for
• A strong communicator across all levels of the organisation
• Ability to build and maintain good relationships
• Pragmatism and a solution focused mentality
• Ability to work autonomously as well as an effective team member

We are offering the opportunity to be based in our Birmingham or London office. When applying please state the location you want to be based.

Some travel will be required between the two offices.

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

• Qualified solicitor or barrister
• Experience of providing high quality legal advice and legal drafting in a regulatory, contentious or commercial environment
• Knowledge of the law in one or more of the following areas: regulatory /public law or policy development, company/commercial/ procurement, information compliance law
• Good analytical and research skills with the ability proactively to solve problems in a wide variety of legal fields
• Able to work both autonomously and under supervision to deliver effective solutions
• Pragmatic and able to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with legal and non-legal colleagues

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 a generous flexible benefits package, a friendly working environment and the opportunity to develop your career within a professional organisation.  

Vacancy closing date: 22/01/2017 23:55

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer