Qualified Lawyers

HMRC; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the UK is looking for Qualified Lawyers to provide high quality legal advice and support. The roles include Advisory, Litigation, and Commercial Lawyers. Candidates should have a minimum of a 2:1 degree or equivalent and be qualified as a Solicitor, Barrister, or Chartered Legal Executive. Flexible working arrangements and generous benefits are offered.

Benefits

Generous Civil Service pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of a 2:1 in any subject for your first degree.
• Qualified as a Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive in England and Wales.
• Must have passed SQE or completed a training contract/pupillage.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality legal advice and support for HMRC.
• Advise Ministers on interpretation and application of law.
• Support in investigating serious complex fraud.

Skills

Legal advice

Public law

Tax law

Litigation

Education

2:1 degree or equivalent

Solicitor/Barrister/Chartered Legal Executive qualified

Job description

HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS

Qualified Lawyers

Bristol, Leeds, Croydon, Manchester or Stratford (London)

London £65,869 - £72,711

National £58,541 - £64,624

Legal Officer (up to 1 year PQE)

London £50,686 - £55,157

National £45,544 - £49,523

Provide HMRC and Government with high quality legal advice and support.

Who we are

HMRC helps to collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services and provides financial support to families and individuals, so our work impacts on the lives of millions of the country’s citizens. We employ lawyers, tax professionals, advocates, paralegals and administrators, and our strength is in the diversity and inclusivity of our supportive teams.

Our Legal Group conducts litigation and provides advice on issues arising from HMRC’s work and handles a range of different areas of law including general public law, tax law, commercial law, insolvency law, information law and criminal law.

The roles

We currently have vacancies for Lawyers or Legal Officers (LO’s up to 1yr PQE) to join our advisory and litigation teams. You don’t need to have any knowledge of the work we do, or specialist understanding of tax-related matters – we’ll give you all the training and support you’ll need to develop your expertise, and the opportunity to move between teams as you build on your skills and experience.

Join us as an Advisory Lawyer and you’ll give advice on the interpretation and application of public and administrative law. This includes advising Ministers on a wide variety of taxes and on other issues including welfare, insolvency, information law and international treaties. We implement policy through primary and secondary legislation, support colleagues at all stages of the parliamentary process, and draft a high volume of statutory instruments. Our Criminal Lawyers give advice and support to investigators and policy makers, supporting HMRC's tax enforcement activity in investigating serious complex fraud and other criminal non-compliance.

As a Litigation Lawyer, you’ll work across the full range of HMRC work, including some of the most challenging, important, high value and complex Government litigations. These range from big money tax cases to civil cases against those who benefit from the proceeds of crime. We regularly litigate through the higher courts to the Supreme Court, and our work often involves novel and challenging points of law and makes an important contribution to the interpretation of the law.

In the role of Commercial Lawyer, you’ll give advice on high value and complex public procurement and contractual commercial legal issues within government. This includes providing legal support to HMRC's largest transformation programmes including IT and Estates. You’ll support HMRC’s day-to-day banking and general commercial operations, including all aspects of commercial contracts, intellectual property rights, public procurement and state aid, contract and supplier management, and dispute resolution.

About you

To be a success in one of these roles you’ll need to have a minimum of a 2:1 in any subject in your first degree or its overseas equivalent, but we may consider your application if you have a lower degree and evidence of an equivalent high level academic or professional achievement. You should also be qualified as a Solicitor, Barrister or Chartered Legal Executive in England and Wales, or that you will be qualified within 3 months from the date the advert closes, and must have passed SQE or completed a training contract/pupillage/qualifying employment or been exempted from this by the Law Society, the Bar Council or CILEx.

Chartered Legal Executives must have a qualifying law degree or have completed the GDL/CPE or have passed exams at CILEx Level 6 in all the seven foundation subjects – these are contract law, criminal law, equity and trusts law, European Union Law, land law, public law and law of tort. If you’re qualified in a jurisdiction outside England and Wales, you’ll need to become qualified in England and Wales within two years of starting work with us, and your employment will be conditional upon this.

We are holding a candidate information session on Teams for these roles on Monday 24th November between 12.30 and 2.00pm.

Candidates will have the opportunity to hear from Lawyers working within the business, about what they do and their experiences working for government.

There will also be an opportunity to ask questions about the role.

For full details regarding joining the session, please click on the apply button and you can download a candidate pack with full details. You do not need to have submitted an application to join the session.

Your benefits

We want everyone to feel valued, supported and comfortable being their true self at work. We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer, supporting social mobility and giving opportunities to people no matter what their background. That’s why we have a range of staff networks including race, disability, LGBTQ, gender and carers.

In addition to joining a friendly and helpful community you’ll enjoy a wide range of benefits. These include superb training and development opportunities, membership of the generous Civil Service pension scheme with an employer contribution of 28.97% and family friendly work policies. We’re committed to ensuring that everyone who works for us has the opportunity to take advantage of a healthy work/life balance. With this in mind, we offer flexible working; part time, full time, job share, hybrid working (60% average office attendance) arrangements.

We run a Disability Confident Scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010, you can apply for one of these roles under that scheme. We’ll invite you to attend an interview and if you meet all aspects of the eligibility criteria and meet the standards set in the online tests and against any job specific criteria.

Closing date for applications: Noon 1st December 2025.