Senior Lawyer

Senior Lawyer Birmingham - Hybrid Are you a skilled legal professional looking for a unique opportunity to work in an exciting and evolving sector? The Gambling Commission is seeking a talented Senior Lawyer to join our in-house legal team, working collaboratively with others, providing solution-focused legal advice across a wide range of complex and impactful cases. This is an opportunity to advise and provide legal support on a wide range of matters, which range in complexity and you will deal with a varied and complex caseload. You will be able to work independently and take responsibility for the advice you give, whilst managing and supporting junior colleagues. This is an opportunity to work at the heart of a sector that touches millions, ensuring fairness, transparency, and integrity. Why Join Us? As part of our legal team, you’ll support in shaping regulatory practices in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. From advising on gambling and regulatory law to supporting on litigation and judicial reviews, your work will help ensure that the Gambling Commission operates within its statutory powers, driving forward our mission to make gambling safer for all. You will play a leading role in providing advice to the Commission on its powers, requiring creativity and innovation in advising on the options and finding available routes to help the Commission to be more effective. You will handle an exciting and varied caseload covering areas such as: - Gambling law - Prosecutions - Regulatory and licensing matters - Administrative and public law, including litigation and judicial reviews - Contract and procurement law - National Lottery - Employment law - Freedom of information, data protection, and GDPR matters You will carry a complex and diverse regulatory caseload, consisting of enforcement and licensing cases, and will be expected to take the lead on advising and preparing cases for court and tribunal hearings. You will deliver at pace solution focused legal advice and have previous experience carrying out legal research and providing well-reasoned advice to clients on a variety of matters. You will attend key decision-making meetings in an advisory capacity. You will also be expected to provide leadership and guidance to junior team members, whilst helping guide the team toward overall success. The Extras on offer - Generous Pension: Market leading Civil Service pension with a 28.97% employer contribution rate - Prime Location: Our central Birmingham city centre office is just a stone's throw from New Street train station, with convenient hybrid working arrangements. - Holidays: 26 days, increasing to 29 days after 2 years, with an option to buy up to 5 additional days - Work Environment: Join a certified Great Place to Work, committed to inclusivity, respect, and helping you achieve your full potential. Make sure to help yourself to the free tea and coffee! About You: We’re looking for a proactive, creative legal mind who can work independently while being an integral part of our team. The ideal candidate will be a team player who is pragmatic and able to assist in maintaining excellent working relationships with stakeholders and senior members of the Commission, as well as the Commission’s external solicitors and counsel, to deliver value for money. Your ability to find innovative solutions within the regulatory framework will be key in making the Commission more effective. Essential: - Qualified solicitor, barrister, or Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, with a current practicing certificate in England and Wales. - At least five years’ PQE with proven relevant experience advising in public law - The ability to communicate complex legal issues to a wide range of audiences, including Executives and Commissioners - Managing your own varied caseload of both advisory and litigation matters ranging in complexity and size - Proven leadership skills and personal qualities to support, motivate, and develop staff and contribute to the corporate leadership of the Commission - Strong intellectual and analytical abilities, paired with sound judgement, including the appreciation of legal risk Desirable: - Experience in procurement, employment and/or information law - Post-qualification experience as in-house lawyer in a government department or regulator - The motivation to contribute to the leadership of the Commission, including contributing to the management of the Legal Team Our Ways of Working Outcome-focused: We put consumers at the heart of everything we do. We take responsibility for an issue and moving it forward. We deliver results through working collaboratively. Reaching for ways to improve: We encourage feedback and ideas. We are committed to continuous improvement and are open to trying different ways of working. We celebrate successes and take responsibility when things go wrong. Respectful: We recognise every colleague’s contribution. We give each other timely constructive feedback. We all encourage challenge. Communicate well: We are clear and concise. We listen and check our understanding. We explain the reasons for decisions. Making this a great place to work: We all help to make the Commission a great place to work. We value and support each other. We demonstrate a positive attitude. About Us: Set up under the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission is committed to safeguarding the public against any detrimental impact brought about by gambling. We do this by keeping crime out, protecting children and vulnerable people and ensuring the commercial gambling industry is run fairly and openly. We work with the legal system, the public health system, community groups and the industry itself to understand how we can protect the interests of as many people as possible, as effectively as possible. The closing date for this role is 1st November 2024. PLEASE NOTE: Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying. We are unable to provide sponsorship for visas currently. 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. We reserve the right to change the closing date depending on the number of responses received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process