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About the Role

Our General Counsel Team provides strategic, practical, and high-quality legal advice across the organization, helping colleagues navigate complex legal, operational, and reputational issues. As a Lawyer, you will provide high-quality, timely, and solution-focused legal advice that supports strategic decision-making and helps mitigate legal risk across the organization. Your work will directly contribute to protecting the public, supporting effective regulation, and helping the organization respond confidently to complex and evolving legal issues.

Responsibilities

Provide clear, practical, and risk-based legal advice across a broad range of complex matters
Support organizational projects and programmes by identifying legal risks and helping shape effective solutions
Draft legal documents, guidance, contracts, presentations, and training materials
Contribute to litigation and external legal challenges, including supporting court and tribunal proceedings
Build strong working relationships across the organization and with external stakeholders
Support organizational learning by sharing legal insight and contributing to legal knowledge management

Requirements

Qualified solicitor or barrister with strong legal judgment, excellent communication skills, and a genuine commitment to public service and regulatory work
Experience of providing high-quality legal advice in a regulatory, public law, or similarly complex environment
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret legislation, case law, and regulatory principles confidently
Ability to communicate complex legal issues clearly and practically to a range of audiences
Collaborative and inclusive approach, with the ability to build effective relationships across teams and stakeholders
Sound decision-making skills and the ability to balance legal risk, proportionality, and organizational priorities
Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment
Professional integrity, adaptability, and a strong sense of accountability
Experience in areas such as public law, equality and human rights, information law, procurement, or professional regulation would be particularly valuable
Must be able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week
Role requires review and work with sensitive and distressing material relating to fitness to practice cases

Skills

Legal judgement
Communication skills
Analytical skills
Interpreting legislation
Interpreting case law
Interpreting regulatory principles
Drafting legal documents
Relationship building
Decision-making
Risk management
Adaptability
Accountability

Location

London, Portland Place
Edinburgh

Work Type

Fixed Term - Full Time
Hybrid working

Salary/Compensations

£52,241 - £62,416 / year
£56,174 - £62,416
£52,241- £58,046

Benefits

30 days annual leave
Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions
Life Insurance – 4 x current salary
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Perkbox membership
Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office
Season ticket loans

About the Company

Our General Counsel Team plays a central role in supporting the organisation to deliver its regulatory purpose with confidence, integrity and fairness.
The team works across a diverse portfolio of work including regulatory case issues, litigation, public law, equality and human rights, governance, contracts, procurement, information law and organisational policy development.
We are a collaborative and supportive team that values learning, inclusion and professional growth.

Equal Opportunity

We will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us.