Communications and Engagement Manager in Cardiff

We have an exciting opportunity for a Communications & Engagement Manager on an 18-month fixed term contract to play a key role in delivering communications in support of two of our major corporate priorities.

At the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), our purpose is to drive confidence and trust in legal services. We regulate over 200,000 solicitors and 9,400 law firms across England and Wales, making sure professional standards remain high and that the public is protected.

We are recruiting a Communications & Engagement Manager to manage, develop and deliver all elements of strategic communications in support of our consumer protection and data & risk corporate priority programmes. In this role you will shape and deliver impactful, outcome-dedicated external & internal communications campaigns and manage stakeholder engagement activities across both these areas of work. You will ensure that our regulated community, consumers, stakeholders and internal audiences remain informed, engaged, and assured in reforms and changes being made.

This is a high-profile area of work, offering the chance to influence understanding across the legal sector and support the delivery of two of our most significant corporate programmes.

What's in it for you:

• Play a managing role in high-impact communications for a major regulatory project
• Work closely with colleagues across the Communications and External Affairs directorate, and wider SRA
• Create and deliver integrated communications campaigns across all our internal and external channels
• Shape strategic engagement around formal consultations, policy development and implementation phases
• Help us innovate and refine how we communicate complex regulatory changes
• Gain exposure at senior levels and contribute to work with national visibility.

What we're looking for:

• Demonstrable experience of turning internal and external communications strategies into clear, timely and effective campaigns, with an understanding of personally generating and driving the delivery of outcome-focused, creative and impactful content
• Experience of working at a project management level within a communications team, to effectively manage and co-ordinate communications workstreams in cross departmental settings
• Experience in delivering internal communications which successfully support corporate objectives during periods of significant market reform, internal or strategic change
• Proven ability to quickly understand and interrogate complex issues, policy positions and context, in order provide trusted and informative communications advice and make informed recommendations on communications responses
• Understanding and ability to plan, manage and co-ordinate stakeholder outreach programmes across a range of external organisations and audiences, delivered through a combination of direct and indirect engagements face-to-face, or online.

There is a full role profile attached to the bottom of this advert on our website. We are recruiting for this role in our Birmingham, Cardiff, and London offices. You will be based in the office nearest to your location, with the expectation of working a minimum of two days a week in the office and the remainder of the week from home. Some travel will be required to the SRA's other offices (especially if not based out of our Birmingham office), for meetings with stakeholders or attendance at events.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to undertake a MS Teams interview with task on 14 and 15 September 2026. If you have any questions about the role, please contact us via email. Closing date for applications is 6 September 2026 at 23:55.