Risk Assessment Officer

Solicitors Regulation Authority; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A regulatory body in the legal sector is looking for a Risk Assessment Officer to join their Assessment Team in Birmingham. The role involves reviewing and prioritizing reports of misconduct and assessing their risk. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced environment with a flexible hybrid work model, requiring 1-2 days in the office per week. Competitive compensation and professional growth opportunities are included.

Qualifications

• Experience identifying and managing risk.
• Experience responding to public enquiries.
• Excellent communication in writing and orally.

Responsibilities

• Review and prioritize reports of misconduct.
• Assess lower risk reports using Assessment Threshold Test.
• Communicate with stakeholders for clarification on reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Judgment in decision making

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

The Assessment and Early Resolution Team (AERT) are looking for a Risk Assessment Officer (hybrid - Birmingham).

The role

We receive thousands of reports every year raising allegations of misconduct and regulatory breaches against those we regulate.

As a Risk Assessment Officer working with our Assessment Team, you will review, analyse and prioritise incoming reports of misconduct about solicitors according to their risk. You will also assess some of our lower risk reports using our Assessment Threshold Test, and the Enforcement Strategy. You can read more about our approach to enforcement here.

Once a report has been created, our Investigation Officers in AERT review it first and decide whether the SRA should investigate further. You will also be responsible for responding to general enquiries from the public and internal stakeholders.

The work is high volume and fast paced and Risk Assessment Officers need a keen eye for detail and an analytical and curious mindset as every report is different.

You will need to be able to quickly identify sensitive, high risk and high-profile matters. Your communication skills will be important to obtain further clarification or evidence from the public, profession, other regulators and internal SRA sources regarding their reports.

What the role offers

• A chance to use your excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills working in a fast-paced environment.
• An opportunity to showcase your exemplary communication skills both in writing and on the telephone.
• The satisfaction of working closely with others in a small friendly team, triaging emails quickly and efficiently to meet team KPIs.
• The chance to develop your working knowledge of the types of misconduct that are reported to Investigation and Supervision and to understand the types of work that is done by other teams within the SRA.
• Opportunity to work with and learn about departments across the SRA and develop your knowledge of the regulatory environment

What we are looking for

• Experience of using your judgment to make good decisions, particularly identifying risk.
• Experience of handling and responding to enquiries from members of the public and profession
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work accurately within strict time constraints and meet deadlines
• Proven ability to produce high quality work under pressure
• Excellent analytical skills and an investigative mindset

Useful and additional information

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

This is a Birmingham hybrid role, with the expectation of working 1-2 days a week in the Birmingham office and the remainder of the week from home.

If you have any questions that are not answered in the advert or on our website, you can contact us via .

To apply

Please use the apply button at the bottom of the advert on our careers page.

You will need to upload a CV alongside evidence of your knowledge, skills and experience and how they specifically relate to key requirements of the role. Your CV should be no more than 2 pages. The responses you provide in the application form will be used to shortlist your application. Answers to each criterion must be no more than 300 words.

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

Closing date for applications is Monday 2 March 2025 at 09:00. Assessment and interview will be held in March.