Ethics Team Manager (Solicitor, Barrister or CILEX lawyer)

Solicitors Regulation Authority; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal regulatory body based in Birmingham is seeking an Ethics Team Manager to join their team on a permanent basis. This role requires a qualified legal professional with extensive experience, responsible for line management, mentoring, and ensuring compliance with Solicitors Regulation Authority regulations. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible working options, and a comprehensive benefits package including training opportunities, health and wellbeing support, and generous annual leave.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

£25 monthly health and wellbeing contribution

Employee discount vouchers

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance cover of 4 times salary

Qualifications

• Must be admitted in England and Wales.
• Ability to provide expert second opinions and mentoring.
• Experience in managing teams and operational decisions.

Responsibilities

• Perform line management, training, and quality auditing.
• Deliver advice ensuring compliance with SRA regulation.
• Manage operational issues, report on KPIs and risk assessment.

Skills

Qualified Solicitor or barrister or CILEX lawyer

3+ years of post qualification legal practice experience

Knowledge of England and Wales courts

Understanding of Solicitors Regulation Authority compliance

Experience in management performance

Education

Qualified Solicitor, barrister, or CILEX lawyer

Job description

Ethics Team Manager (Solicitor, Barrister or CILEX lawyer)

Contract Type

Permanent

Working Pattern

Full time

Working Hours

35 hours

Salary

£65,699.31

Location Options

Birmingham with part of the week working from home

Function Type

Legal

We are looking for an Ethics Team Manager to join our Ethics team on a permanent basis. This role blends technical expertise with management skills. Offering the opportunity to make a real impact in a dynamic and values-driven environment.

Responsible for line management by training, providing expert second opinions, mentoring and quality auditing. You will also make technical and operational decisions. By delivering high quality, accurate and timely advice to the regulated community and other professionals, ensuring compliance with SRA regulation.

What is in it for you:

• The ability to use your expert knowledge within legal practice
• The opportunity to coach and mentors team members providing technical advice
• Manage and deliver solutions by taking responsibility and being accountable for the successful resolution of operational issues
• Be accountable for management reports on key aspects of operational activities and ensure that KPI's are managed
• Provide risk assessment and resource consideration. Ensuring often conflicting priorities, such as telephone, email and written queries are managed in the best interests of the business and those seeking guidance
• Additional 3% of annual basic salary for you to choose the benefits that best suit your lifestyle and personal situation
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and buy / sell / save holiday trading scheme
• £25 contribution to a monthly health and wellbeing portal. The portal provides access to more than 5,000 products, experiences and services. Some options available include gym membership, National Trust membership, music lessons, tennis lessons, massages, nutrition, life coaching, fertility support, financial support and much more
• Access to employee discount vouchers for savings on High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• Pension - We will contribute 1½ - 2 times your contribution, up to 12.25%. So, if you contribute 7%, you will enjoy the maximum combined contribution of 19.25%
• Life Assurance cover of 4 times basic salary.

What we are looking for:

• Qualified Solicitor, barrister or CILEX lawyer admitted in England and Wales
• 3 years of post qualification legal practice experience
• Knowledge and understanding of the England and Wales courts and legal system
• Knowledge and understanding of Solicitors Regulation Authority compliance
• Experience of management performance, including coaching, developing and team performance standards.

Useful information:

• There is a role profile attached at the bottom of this advert which details the full skills and experience we are looking for
• This role will operate at 35 hours per week. Monday to Friday via hybrid working
• Interviews will take place w / c 12 January 2026
• If you have any questions that are not answered in the advert, or on our website, please contact us via : [e-mail]

To apply

Please click 'apply' to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the essential criteria listed under the 'what we are looking for' section above.

Take a look at our staff videos to see what our offices look like and what it is that makes people proud to work at SRA.

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages

The closing date for applications is Sunday 4 January 2026 at 23 : 55.

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, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.

Attached Role Profile

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Vacancy closing date : 04 / 01 / 2026, 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.