Corporate Complaints Officer

Solicitors Regulation Authority; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Solicitors Regulation Authority is seeking an experienced Corporate Complaints Officer to join the Birmingham-based Corporate Complaints Team. You will investigate, respond to and resolve escalated complaints about our service, including complex cases and sensitive topics.

The role is full-time and hybrid, 35 hours per week, based in Birmingham city centre with 1–2 days in the office and the rest from home; closing date 26 October 2026.

Qualifications

• Exemplary written and oral communication with clear, empathetic messaging.
• Excellent analytical skills with sound judgment in investigations and complaints.
• Personal resilience and ability to engage with vulnerable or distressed individuals.
• Collaborative approach to feedback and contributing to service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, respond to and resolve escalated complaints about our service.
• Analyse complex investigation files and identify core issues.
• Provide high quality, clear, empathetic and customer-focused responses.
• Support continuous improvement by sharing lessons learned across teams.

Skills

Written communication

Oral communication

Analytical skills

Empathy

Resilience

Team player

Collaborative working

Job description

Are you an experienced caseworker with excellent communication and analytical skills? Our Corporate Complaints Team is seeking to recruit a new member to join its team. This is a hybrid role based in our Birmingham office.

The role and the team

As a Corporate Complaints Officer you will be working as part of a small and specialised Corporate Complaints team investigating, responding to and resolving escalated complaints about our service. This will include complaints about any area of our work, such as how we have handled somebody's application to our compensation fund, or dealt with a complex report about a solicitor's professional behaviour.

You will be dealing with complaints from customers who have received a response from our operational units but remain dissatisfied. And you will be looking into high profile, sensitive and sometimes protracted complaint matters. As with any complaints focused role, you will sometimes deal with challenging calls and correspondence.

This role holder will enjoy analysing complex investigation files and have a real commitment to fair and excellent customer service and continuous improvement.

It is of great importance that we use the information that we gain from complaints to continuously improve what we do. Working to pinpoint the lessons we can learn is a key part of this role. You will be skilled at listening and working with colleagues to understand how issues have arisen. And able to give constructive feedback in a collaborative way to support the organisation to improve its work.

You will need strong analytical skills, and the ability to identify and crystallise core complaints from a bundle of information. You will have a natural sense of curiosity, an ability to conduct your own research to develop an understanding of new and unfamiliar subjects, and the tenacity to pursue the information you need to respond appropriately to the complaint.

Having previous comparable experience, you will enjoy the challenges that handling complaints can bring and will have a real commitment to fair and excellent customer service and continuous improvement. Providing high quality, clear, empathetic and customer focused responses, is at the heart of this role. Resilience and an ability to work effectively under pressure are also essential.

There is a Role Profile attached at the bottom of the advert on our website.

If you would like to understand a bit more about the role please refer to the 'Day in the life of' document attached.

What we offer

• A chance to use your excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• An opportunity to showcase your exemplary communication skills both written and on the telephone.
• Involvement in our change initiatives and the chance to motivate others to improve customer service and share best practice widely across the organisation.
• The satisfaction of working in a friendly team, committed to providing those who use our services with excellent service and an understanding of the difficult situations they may be facing.

What we are looking for

• Exemplary written and oral communication skills with a track record of communicating messages in a clear, straightforward and empathetic way.
• Excellent analytical skills with proven ability to make sound, common sense judgments and decisions, in a similar complaint handling role.
• Personal resilience and skills in dealing with people who may be vulnerable and distressed.
• Able to demonstrate sensitivity, understanding and empathy as part of providing excellent customer service.
• You will be skilled at collaborative working with colleagues and giving helpful feedback to support the organisation to improve its work.
• A team player - you will be flexible and open to change and keen to suggest and try new ways of working to help the team and organisation achieve its goals.

Useful and additional information

This is a full-time hybrid role working 35 hours per week. The role is based in our Birmingham city centre office 1-2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.

Closing date for applications is 26 October 2026 at 09:00.

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