Contract Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full time - flexible working may be considered
Working Hours
35 hours per week
Salary
£33,405 per annum
Location Options
Hybrid - home based and Birmingham
Function Type
Investigations
Are you an individual with experience of conducting interviews, drafting witness statements and gathering evidence to support complex investigations? We are looking to recruit a Desk Based Investigator to join our Investigation and Supervision Department. Applications are welcome from a wide range of experience and expertise. This is a hybrid role based in our Birmingham office.
What will I be doing?
You will sit within the Investigation and Supervision department to support and assist a team of Investigation Officers, who are at the forefront of investigating reports about misconduct. You will be responsible for a range of activities and your key tasks will include:
* Conducting both witness and respondent interviews either remotely or when required on-site across England and Wales.
* Drafting witness statements and other communications to the highest standards of quality to support complex and/or technical investigations.
* Obtaining evidence from external stakeholders by a variety of methods.
As part of your role, you will be expected to independently conduct interviews, draft witness statements and undertake other evidence gathering activities. You will need to be flexible and able to work to competing priorities within defined timescales. Your primary focus will be on supporting Investigation Officers and taking direction from them on what is required from you. You will assist them to manage a varied caseload and support high priority investigations.
Who are Investigation and Supervision?
We investigate reports and complaints about solicitors and others we regulate. These investigations arise from behaviour both within and outside of practice, will vary in length and complexity and we apply a range of factors to decide on what action we should take.
What's in it for me?
* Protect the public and enforce high professional standards.
* Showcase and develop your casework, legal and customer service expertise.
* Work collaboratively with other areas of our organisation and with external stakeholders.
* Enjoy a varied role; your workload and responsibilities will vary from case to case.
What we are looking for
* Experience of conducting respondent/suspect interviews and drafting witness statements to support complex and/or technical investigations.
* Experience of successfully working with high case holdings, where ongoing review of priorities is required dependent on complexity and demands.
* Experience of influencing and constructively challenging internal and external stakeholders.
* Good customer service ethos with ability to provide high standards of customer service.
* Experience of working well under direction and autonomously and collaborating as part of a functional or cross-functional team.
Applications are welcome from a wide range of experience and expertise, including:
* Legal profession
* Regulatory sector
* Investigation
* Law enforcement
Useful and additional information
The role is hybrid and will be based from our office in Birmingham 1-2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.
This role may require occasional travel to conduct on-site interviews; such travel will be arranged in advance and take place in the normal course of work.
To apply
Please use the apply button at the bottom of the advert. You will be asked to upload a CV and show evidence of your skills and experience against the listed criteria. Your application will be assessed on your CV and the answers you provide in the application form. We suggest answers are kept to 300 words or less for each criterion.
Closing date of this advert is Monday 03 February 2025 at 9:00.
Assessments are expected to take place on 12 and 13 February and interviews in the weeks of 24 Feb and 3 March remotely.
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.
We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.
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