Policy Officer (Support - Regulatory Policy)

Permanent
Full time - flexible working may be considered
35 hours per week
£27,060 - £31,836 per annum
Birmingham
As a Policy Officer (Support - Regulatory Policy) you will work within the SRA’s Regulation and Education Team making an effective contribution to elements of the development, delivery and implementation of the SRA's policy and education work. You will play an important part in improving the market for legal services in England and Wales.

With good organisation, communication and project skills you will be responsible for planning projects, producing and maintaining clear project documentation, monitoring and reporting project progress and identifying risks and issues that could affect delivery. This role will involve close working with many of the different teams within the SRA.

Essential

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

Demonstrable ability to support the execution of policy projects through effective project management

Experience of creating project documentation

Experience of project support or management

Good oral and written communication skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Good IT skills, including the use of MS Office suite of programmes

Desirable

Understanding of one or more of: regulation, consumer policy, economics, legal services market, education and training

Project management qualification such as PRINCE 2

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards.
We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
Vacancy closing date: 03/11/2015, 23:55

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.

 We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

This opportunity is closed to applicants.