Manager - Operations Legal Team in City of London

Overview

Manager - Operations Legal Team
Division – Legal
Salary – London ranging from £87,300 to £125,000 and National ranging from £79,400 to £114,000 (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 42,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. About the FCA. We are seeking an experienced public procurement and commercial lawyer and people leader who thrives in a fast‑moving environment and wants to make a tangible impact on millions of people who use financial services.

The role is for the manager of the Operations Legal team in the FCA’s Legal Division. The team undertakes a wide range of operational (commercial) legal work. It provides operational legal advice and support to the Operations division and business areas across the FCA on: public procurement, general commercial law, data protection, finance & business services, cyber & information resilience, technology & innovation, communications, corporate responsibility and HR.

The Operations Legal Team is at the heart of much of the FCA’s operational decision making and affords a holistic overview of the FCA’s operation as a business.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the full range of legal work in the team
• Provide strategic legal advice to senior members of the organisation and act as legal advisor to senior committees
• Collaborate closely with colleagues across the FCA to devise and implement creative and pragmatic solutions to legal issues
• Contribute to the leadership and management of the department and division

What will you get from the role?

• An opportunity to manage a high-performing team working on difficult, complex and often high-profile legal issues
• Experience of participating in the leadership and strategic management of a department and division
• A very high level of ownership and responsibility for your actions
• The opportunity to use your legal skills in complex situations, engaging with both internal and external stakeholders

Skills and qualifications

Which skills are required?

We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme)

Minimum

• Applicants must be a qualified lawyer (solicitor, barrister or Chartered Legal Executive or overseas equivalents): generally a person who is at least 10 years PQE (in house, public sector or private practice), but we will consider applications from candidates with lower PQE who have significant relevant experience
• Extensive experience of advising on public procurement and general commercial law

Essential

• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Understanding of leadership and people management skills including: formal performance reviews, coaching/mentoring, developing future talent, managing resources and managing the well-being of a team
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, valuing different perspectives and backgrounds
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to create solutions and deliver pragmatic outcome-focused judgements
• The ability to advise in a confident and reasoned manner both in writing and verbally, and to challenge appropriately

Our Values & Diversity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

Did you know 50% of our Executive Committee were the first in their family to attend university.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 28 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection

We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements. Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

Life at the FCA

Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.

If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.

Useful Information and Timeline

• This role is graded as Manager, Practising Legal
• Advert Closing Date: 5th October (midnight)
• CV Review: 6th – 7th October
• Case Study and Interview: w/c 13th October
• Second Round-psychometric assessment: w/c 20th October

Please note that a cover letter is not required as part of the application process (it will not be considered if you send one in).

Ensure that your CV clearly outlines your experience and ability to meet the criteria for the role as described above. The CV must be a maximum of three A4 pages and should be submitted as a single document for upload to the FCA Careers Portal.

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.

Got a question?

If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact Raimonda Stankute at Raimonda.Stankute@fca.org.uk

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.