Public & Regulatory Lawyer in Birmingham

The Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) purpose is to serve the public interest and support UK economic growth by upholding high standards of corporate governance, corporate reporting and audit, and actuarial work. We are the UK Competent Authority for statutory audit. We also set the UK Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes as well as UK standards for accounting, statutory audit and actuarial work, and monitor and take action to promote the quality of corporate reporting. We operate independent enforcement arrangements for accountants and actuaries.

The Legal Services Team advises across the FRC including the FRC's Executive, Board and Committees.

The role involves supporting the Director of Legal Services:

• In the delivery of high quality, timely and client-oriented legal advice to internal clients under the supervision of the Senior Lawyers and the Director of Legal Services.
• Through being an effective member of the Legal Services Team, supporting delivery of the team’s and the FRC’s objectives.
• Identifying, escalating and mitigating legal risk issues, as appropriate.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to identify and implement ways to best deliver strategic and policy objectives.
• Effectively managing internal and external stakeholder relationships.

A solicitor or barrister qualified to practise in England & Wales. Demonstrable experience in regulatory, and/or public law is essential. The ability to proactively manage workloads and competing priorities. Demonstrable experience of communicating with a range of internal and external stakeholders in a clear, concise and comprehensible manner. Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work well with others at all levels, within and across teams is essential. Experience of working within or advising a compliance function in a regulatory or public sector environment. Demonstrable experience in any one or more of the following practice areas: competition law, information law, litigation, and/or corporate and commercial law. Experience of working on projects and legislative change programmes. Advising as part of an in-house legal team. Demonstrable experience of instructing and managing external counsel. An interest in the legal and policy frameworks that affect the work of the FRC, with a willingness to develop specialist knowledge in these areas.

Please apply by following the link on our website here and uploading a copy of your CV and covering letter as a single document upload. In the covering letter, please set out, by reference to the person specification above how you meet the required skillset.

The FRC offers remuneration packages, including 30 days annual leave, ability to buy extra leave. Generous employer pension contribution of 10%. Staff Employee Assistance Programme including confidential counselling and work life services. The FRC offers staff the opportunity to save at least 25% on the purchase of a new bike through the Cycle to work scheme. The FRC has a strong work/life balance ethos. The FRC believes that equality of opportunity and diversity is important in the work that we do and we are strongly committed to being an inclusive employer. Our values of being fair and independent supports this commitment. Equal opportunities monitoring is an important means of demonstrating and implementing our commitment to promoting equality of opportunity and diversity. Completing our diversity form will assist the FRC to identify any barriers that prevent access to employment and career development for certain groups of people, and to develop solutions, such as action plans, new policies and practices. The FRC is a Disability Confident Employer and we welcome applications under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme from disabled people as defined by the Equality Act 2010 that meet the minimum requirements for the role.

The role is based in our central Birmingham office. The post holder should be able to work flexibly to support the team’s activities and also provide cover within the FRC as necessary. The FRC operates a hybrid working arrangement with its workforce, with an expectation that 40% of a person’s working time will be located at one of our offices per week, with precise arrangements to be agreed between the employee and the line manager.