Manager/Practitioner

Do you have a strong understanding of the legal profession, legal services, and qualification pathways?

CILEx Regulation (CRL) is the independent regulatory body of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, authorising and regulating individual legal professionals and law firms. Their mission is to protect consumers, uphold high professional standards, and foster a diverse and effective legal profession. CRL ensures legal professionals meet rigorous qualification and competence standards, monitor compliance, and take action when necessary.

This is a full-time, permanent role with a salary of £48,000 per annum plus benefits, including generous pension contributions (8% employer contributions when the employee contributes 3%), a starting holiday entitlement of 25 days per year plus public holidays, access to healthcare plans and discount schemes, and flexible remote working arrangements. Home-based - you can be based anywhere in the UK. Some travel may be required.

The Practitioner Authorisation and Supervision Manager will lead and support the Practitioner Team of five direct reports. In this role, you will oversee team performance, lead meetings, and manage the assessment process for foreign lawyer recognition, CILEX Practitioner and CILEX Advocate admissions, and CILEX Advocate certificate renewals. You will collaborate with training providers, assessors, and internal stakeholders to uphold high standards, develop policies, and improve procedures. Strong leadership, organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills, along with a keen eye for detail, are essential.

• Line manage the Practitioner Team
• Review KPIs for the team and report to the managers’ meeting
• Assess applications made in connection with foreign lawyer recognition, admission as a CILEX Practitioner and CILEX Advocate, and renewal of a CILEX Advocate certificate
• Liaise with training providers to ensure applicants are eligible for courses
• Liaise with assessors regarding assessments, fees and training needs
• Correspond orally and in writing with CILEx Regulation regulated community and with applicants in relation to authorisation and supervision schemes
• Develop and introduce policies and procedures to implement changes to individual authorisation and supervision arrangements
• Generally assist with the publicity and promotion of educational and professional standards to CILEx Regulation regulated community, other stakeholders and the public
• Comply with the principles of GDPR and IGR, maintaining records of all authorisation transactions in compliance with CILEx Regulation’s retention policies.

Able to demonstrate knowledge of the legal profession, legal services and qualification routes in the legal sector. Excellent time management skills with the ability to take responsibility for meeting tight deadlines and own workload. Line management experience. Sound administrative skills with good keyboard skills with a high level of expertise in Word and Excel. Law Graduate or professional status. Communicates effectively, with precision and conciseness, both verbally and in writing. Uses appropriate methods to research and gather intelligence, and processes information methodically to generate solutions.

If you're passionate about professional standards and regulatory processes, we'd love to hear from you!

FJWilson Talent Services encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates who represent the full diversity of communities in the UK. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.