Lawyer in Birmingham

Location: Birmingham

Department: Legal

Contract: Permanent; Secondment

Hours: 37 hours

Working Pattern: Full-time with flexible hybrid working arrangements. You will be expected to attend the office and travel to court as required to meet business needs.

Are you a legal professional looking for a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic and evolving sector? The Gambling Commission is expanding its Legal team and is seeking a lawyer to provide practical, solution-focused advice across a diverse range of complex and high-profile matters. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you will play a key role in supporting the Commission’s regulatory and criminal objectives and helping to ensure that gambling is fair, safe and free from crime. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of a multi-billion-pound industry, tackling issues of significant public interest and real societal impact.

Our offer to you:

• Market-leading Civil Service pension with a 28.97% employer contribution rate.
• Our central Birmingham city centre office is just a stone's throw from New Street train station, with convenient hybrid working arrangements.
• 26 days’ annual leave, increasing to 29 days after 2 years, with an option to buy up to 5 additional days.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing clear, practical and solution-focused legal advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Advising upon regulatory and criminal investigations and prosecutions, including evidential analysis, the use of enforcement powers, advice upon charge, and disclosure management.
• Assisting senior lawyers on complex or sensitive cases, including complex pre-action and litigation matters.
• Building effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

This unique role offers exposure to a broad range of high-profile legal issues and the opportunity to make a tangible impact in a challenging and evolving regulatory environment. You will handle an exciting and varied caseload covering:

• Gambling law.
• Criminal investigations and prosecutions.
• Regulatory and licensing matters.
• Administrative and public law, including litigation and judicial reviews.
• Contract and procurement law.
• Employment law.
• Freedom of information, data protection, and GDPR matters.

You’ll have a direct impact on high-stakes decisions, attend key meetings in an advisory capacity, and deliver legal advice that drives real-world results.

About you:

• Qualified as a Solicitor with a current practising certificate, or a Chartered Legal Executive (CILEX Fellow with litigation rights) with, or in the process of obtaining, advocacy and litigation rights in criminal law.
• 2+ years PQE or equivalent experience.
• Experience of advising on regulatory and public law matters, including the interpretation and application of statutory powers, public law principles, and regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrable experience of advising on, progressing criminal investigations and prosecutions, including investigating and prosecuting authorities on the use of enforcement powers, including warrants, search and seizure, and production orders.
• Experience of cross-agency working and stakeholder management, with an ability to build and maintain effective relationships with law enforcement agencies, regulators, public bodies and other key stakeholders.
• Demonstrable ability to manage a varied caseload across a range of legal disciplines, including some complex matters, with appropriate supervision when required.
• Strong intellectual and analytical skills, with the ability to identify legal and regulatory risks, exercise sound judgement and provide clear, practical and solution-focused legal advice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence, build credibility and develop effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.

Selection Process:

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

• A name-blind CV including your job history and previous experiences. (Max 500 words for all roles).
• 500 words max answer to the following question: “What does gambling regulation which is fair, protects the vulnerable, and free from crime mean to you?”
• 250 words on the following question: “What interests you in the opportunity?”

The closing date for this role is 11:59pm on 25 October 2026. Candidate shortlisting will take place week commencing 26 October and 2 November with interviews taking place during weeks commencing 16 November. The interview process for this vacancy will comprise of a written legal exercise (to be completed immediately prior to your interview) followed by a remote interview consisting of competency and technical questions. To prepare for your interview, please familiarise yourself with the STAR technique for answering interview questions.

Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying, as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship. This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain SC level security clearance. Incomplete applications will be discounted from shortlisting. Please ensure your application is fully completed and submitted before logging out of your account.