Senior Associate, Legal Team: Enforcement (Maternity Leave Cover)

Details

Reference number

291747

Salary

£40,160

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

Contract type

Temporary
Fixed Term
Secondment

Length of employment

up to 12 months

Business area

EHRC - Legal

Type of role

Legal Services
Other

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

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Location

Cardiff, Wales, CF14 3UZ : Manchester, North West England, M4 3AQ

About the job

Job summary

We are Britain’s national equality regulator and a United Nations accredited ‘A status’ national human rights institution.

We uphold people’s rights without fear or favour. We use the full force of our legal powers to defend people from unfair or unequal treatment and to challenge breaches of the law. We advise on developing laws and provide guidance, training and support to enable compliance.

We bring people together to create change. We work with employers, governments and a wide range of organisations, to promote understanding of equality and human rights and we support them to make improvements in practice.

Our new strategy for 2022-25 gives us a strong platform to show that we will use our powers to protect and promote equality and human rights, and that we have identified the main challenges in society where we can make a difference in our role as a regulator.

Job description

This position offers a rewarding insight into the Commission’s enforcement role. As an Enforcement Team member, you will have the opportunity to learn new regulatory skills, work on a variety of enforcement projects using our different legal powers, and contribute to the strategic direction of our enforcement work.

You will be responsible for conducting high profile regulatory work, under the supervision of a Principal lawyer. You will need to be motivated, organised and enjoy working on a range of tasks and projects both individually and as part of a wider team.

Other responsibilities will include, assessing equality issues and identifying action that we may take, analysing compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, and work relating to our power to enter legally binding agreements under section 23 of the Equality Act 2006.

You will be working as part of a wider team who conduct cutting-edge litigation and interventions across a range of equality and human rights law. You will need to fulfil this role in a way that is in keeping with our values of fairness, dignity and respect, and display flexibility, accountability and initiative.

Person specification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Qualified solicitor, barrister, advocate/solicitor advocate (or other equivalent legal qualification) entitled to practice in England and Wales, with post-qualification experience. Alternatively, if not qualified or not entitled to practice in England and Wales, an equivalent level of skills and experience.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills required include:

Essential

• Ability to draft complex legal documents, and to translate legal concepts and advice into clear, concise language

• Ability to evaluate information and evidence, identify key issues and use sound judgement to make appropriate conclusions and recommendations including to improve practices, policies and legislation
• Ability to monitor, analyse and report on performance and impact across your areas of responsibility, and to contribute to maximising that performance and impact
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, with an ability to manage and prioritise your work and others, ensuring that agreed deadlines are met and that work remains within budget
• Ability to work as part of a team, including with other lawyers and non-legal staff, to contribute to the delivery of high quality enforcement work

• Experience of communicating effectively with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders

Benefits

Benefits

The salary for this role is £40,160.28 per annum. Those joining us from the Civil Service on a level transfer, will be offered the pay point closest to their current salary, wherever possible.

• Flexible working patterns
• Annual leave entitlement of 30 days plus 8 public holidays (pro-rated for part time employees)
• Access to Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an average employer contribution of 27%, and Partnership Pension Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Season ticket loans
• Employee benefits portal
• Payment of professional subscriptions

Things you need to know

Selection process details

How to apply

Please complete the online application before midnight on the closing date. No applications will be accepted after the closing time. We use an online application system called Applied to receive and process job applications. Applied is fully compliant with data protection legislation and rated highly in terms of accessibility (usable for the majority of candidates with or without disabilities). However, alternative accessible versions of the application form are available upon request – please contact us by email at peoplehelpdesk@equalityhumanrights.com if required.

At application, we will ask you 4-5 questions. Your answers will enable us to assess your suitability for the role and will help us decide whether to invite you to the next stage of the process. Please note however - if there is a high volume of applicants, an initial sift may take place on the question of Experience, Knowledge & Skills (1). If this takes place this means the recruiting panel will only screen the outlined core skill question and you may not receive feedback on your full application.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Gill Martin Email : gill.martin@equalityhumanrights.com

Recruitment team

Email : laura.marsh@equalityhumanrights.com

Further information

www.equalityhumanrights.com