Legal Advisor to Regulatory Decisions Committee – 12-Month Fixed Term Contract

Division: Corporate Governance

Department: Decision-Making Committees Secretariat

• Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £69,700 to £86,900 and London from £76,600 to £95,500 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
• This role is graded as: Lead Associate, Practicing Legal
• Your external recruitment contact is Raimonda via raimonda.stankute@fca.org.uk
• Your internal recruitment contact is Fizah via fizahfarouk.ibrahim@fca.org.uk
• Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
  
  

About The FCA And Team

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth and shaping the future of UK finance services.

The Decision-Making Committees Secretariat (DMCS) sits within the Corporate Governance Division, a central function at the heart of the FCA. Led by the Company Secretary, the division supports the FCA and PSR Boards, Committees and Independent Panels, ensuring that governance is effective and decision-making is well-supported.

The DMCS plays a critical role in ensuring that decision-making is robust, fair and legally sound. We work closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation, providing expert legal and procedural advice and facilitating effective governance processes.

This role focuses on supporting the FCA’s Regulatory Decisions Committee (RDC), as well as contributing to the wider decision-making committees framework (such as CDC, EDC). These committees determine contested regulatory matters on behalf of the FCA and PSR. As a Lead Associate/Legal Adviser, you will provide high-quality legal advice, lead case delivery and contribute to the quality and integrity of the FCA’s decision-making framework.

Role responsibilities

• Leading the assessment and management of complex RDC cases, ensuring a sound legal basis, sufficient supporting evidence, timely progression and well-reasoned outcomes

Ability to manage competing priorities and a varied caseload effectively, working at pace where required

Collaborative approach, with the ability to work effectively across teams to support departmental and organisational objectives

Commitment to sharing knowledge and contributing to continuously improving team and divisional capability and processes

Flexible and adaptable, responding positively to change and new challenges

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• Hybrid model where employees work a minimum of 40% in the office each month (expectation of 50% for senior leaders). Changing from September to a minimum of 50% in the office each month (expectation of 60% for Directors and Executive Directors) 
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
  
  

For a full list of our benefits and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values and culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timelines

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