Risk Analyst – Insights

Contract Type   Permanent Working Pattern   Full time - flexible working may be considered Working Hours   28 - 35 hours per week Salary   £58,265 for Birmingham and Cardiff based, £64,092 for London based Location Options   Hybrid - home based and Birmingham, Hybrid - home based and Cardiff, Hybrid - home based and London, Old Broad Street Function Type   Policy, Education and Research  

Do you enjoy analysing information and data to influence business decisions and support people to prepare for change? We are looking for a Risk Analyst to join our Research & Analysis team.

This is a senior role which carries significant responsibilities and opportunities to get involved in developing and embedding our horizon scanning and foresight work. This is a hybrid role and can be based in our Birmingham, Cardiff or London office.

The role

As an Insights Risk Analyst you will use your analytical skills to help us understand the potential impacts of the rapid changes in the legal services market. By doing this you will help inform the SRA's regulatory policy, prioritise our actions and support the profession and the public.

Producing high quality insights to support evidence-based regulatory policy making is important. You will be coordinating inputs from numerous stakeholders your insights will inform our proactive prioritisation work. You will also be confident communicating your research findings both internally and externally, as we aim to support the profession to manage the risks in the market to make sure that the public is protected. 

What’s key for this role is being able to draw strategic, policy and operational insights from a range of data to build up a compelling narrative about why things are happening and what their impact might be. 

Our small team is made up of researchers, data scientists and other analysts who work closely and collaboratively on projects. We welcome applicants with a variety of experience which will have given them insight into risks and opportunities facing the legal services market.

What we can offer you:

• contribute to the strategic thinking and development of our regulation
• develop your horizon scanning and foresight skills
• gain experience across a diverse range of projects and topics
• exposure of your work to senior decision makers
• be part of a friendly, multi-disciplinary team who will support your development

• Additional 3% of annual basic salary for you to choose the benefits that best suit your lifestyle and personal situation
• 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%.

What we are looking for:

• experience of working in a horizon scanning, risk identification or proactive prioritisation environment where you produced high quality conclusions.
• curiosity and an ability to draw together information from multiple sources to identify trends and consider future possibilities.
• ability to produce reasoned conclusions to underpin regulatory policy and prioritised action.
• experience of communicating ideas and findings with both internal and external stakeholders and to quality assure outputs.
• strong team player familiar with working with people with different, complementary skill sets.

Useful and additional information

There is a full role profile attached to the bottom of this advert on our website.

We are recruiting for this role on a full-time or part-time basis, working 28-35 hours per week. We welcome applicants who may be looking to achieve a balance between their personal and professional life and may be able to consider flexible working arrangements.

This is a hybrid role and can be based either in our Birmingham, Cardiff or London office 1-2 days a week, and from home for rest of the week. Some travel will be required to the SRA’s other offices (usually to our Birmingham office), or for meetings with stakeholders or attendance at events. This would be in addition to days at your home office.

The salary offer for this role is £58,265 for Birmingham and Cardiff based and £64,092 for London based.

If you have any questions that aren’t in this advert or on our website, please contact us via recruitment@sra.org.uk

To apply

Please use the apply button at the bottom of the advert on our careers page. Please upload a CV and covering letter that provides examples against the five criteria listed above; addressing how your knowledge, skills and experience relate to the role requirements. We suggest answers are kept to 300 words or less for each criterion.

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 of this advert is Monday 17 February 2025 at 9 a.m. However, we may choose to close the application period earlier if sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if the role is of interest. 

Interviews will be held remotely. If your application is shortlisted, one of the team will let you know what to expect.

 

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, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation. Attached Role Profile   Risk insights analyst JD Jan25.docx – 36KB Opens in a new window
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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.

 We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

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