At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver impactful legal advice and influence policy at the GPhC.
- Company: Join a respected regulatory body in Canary Wharf, London.
- Benefits: 30 days holiday, flexible working, pension scheme, and career breaks.
- Other info: Hybrid working with excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in public health and support high-profile decision-making.
- Qualifications: Legal expertise and a commitment to equality and diversity.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 65000 £ per year.
Join the GPhC and deliver impactful legal advice that influences policy, protects the public, and supports high-profile decision-making across the organisation.
Location: Canary Wharf, London (Hybrid working)
Hours: 35 hours per week, from 9.00 to 5.00, Monday to Friday
This is an exciting opportunity to join the GPhC’s in-house corporate legal team, where you will provide high-quality, practical legal advice across a broad range of areas. Working closely with senior colleagues and stakeholders, you will support key decision-making and help manage legal risk in a complex and evolving environment.
You will also contribute to policy development, regulatory reform and horizon scanning, while supporting litigation and the effective use of external legal advisors.
- Provide high-quality legal advice on the GPhC’s statutory powers, duties, and wider public law and regulatory matters.
- Identify and manage legal risks, supporting organisational decision-making and contributing to policy development.
- Have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
In return for their commitment and enthusiasm, employees can expect a rewarding and challenging work environment, good work-life balance and workload plus an excellent benefits package that includes:
- 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 5 days.
- Pension scheme.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Career breaks and sabbaticals.
- Life assurance, season ticket loan, bike loan and many more.
We are a respected regulatory body that regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies in Great Britain. We work to assure and improve standards of care for people using pharmacy services.
Our organisation has a long-term vision and a desire for highly skilled and specialist staff. We are committed to providing workforce learning and development opportunities.
We have adopted a hybrid working approach which combines office and home working. Staff are currently required to attend the office for a minimum of 12 days per quarter, with these arrangements due to be reviewed in January 2027.
Please note that applications without a supporting statement will not be considered. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity and being inclusive in all our work as a health professions regulator.
Whilst we are proud to be members of the Disability Confident Scheme, you don’t have to have a disability for us to discuss reasonable adjustments. As part of your application for this role, please complete our equal opportunities and diversity monitoring section; however, it provides us with useful information for monitoring and reporting purposes and is strictly confidential. As part of our pre-employment screening process, this role is subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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