Public & Regulatory Lawyer in London

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, 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a lawyer interested in developing their public and regulatory legal skills and expertise. The role holder will support the Director of Legal Services, and the Senior Lawyer for the Regulatory sub-team, in the delivery of high-quality, timely, and client-focused legal advice across the FRC, including to the FRC's Executive, Board and Committees.

The Role:

• Deliver high-quality, timely and business-focused legal advice to internal clients on a broad range of public and regulatory law issues.
• Proactively manage workloads and competing priorities.
• With appropriate supervision, advise senior internal clients including the FRC Board and its committees.
• Through being a collaborative and effective member of the Legal Services Team, support delivery of the team's and the FRC's objectives.
• Identify, escalate and mitigate legal risks, as appropriate.
• Effectively manage internal and external stakeholder relationships.

The Person:

Minimum requirements:

• Significant and relevant post qualification experience as a solicitor or barrister, qualified to practice in England & Wales.
• Demonstrable in-depth public / regulatory law experience at a mid-senior level.
• 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.
• Excellent and effective written and oral communication skills, including an ability to grasp multi-faceted legal problems and explain legal issues in clear terms to a variety of stakeholders.
• Excellent technical and organisational skills.
• The ability to work proactively to meet challenging objectives and respond to changing priorities, whilst maintaining a high standard of work.
• 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.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of working within or advising an in-house legal or compliance function in a regulatory or public sector environment.
• Demonstrable experience in any one or more of the following practice areas: information law, litigation, competition law and/or corporate and commercial law.
• Experience of advising on public consultations, significant legal projects and legislative change programmes.
• Experience of line management, or the ability to develop the skills required to line-manage less senior members of the Legal Services Team.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, and in particular those that are currently under represented in our workforce. This includes, but is not limited to, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, candidates with disabilities, and female candidates.

The role is based in our London or 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.

Please apply by 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.

Rewards and benefits:

• 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.