Lawyer (Interventions Team) – Financial Conduct Authority

This role provides legal support to the Retail 4 Enforcement teams, advising on interventions to prevent harm, triage serious misconduct for investigation and cancel firms failing to meet threshold conditions.

Compensation

National salary range:

• Edinburgh and Leeds: £47,200 – £59,000 per annum
• London: £49,700 – £62,000 per annum

Salary will be based on skills and experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Progress a portfolio of demanding interventions often with tight deadlines
• Advise on evidential sufficiency, identify key legal and regulatory risks, and make judgments and recommendations
• Draft intervention documentation including statutory notices, legal advice notes and tribunal documents
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in other areas and with external bodies
• Contribute to internal training and knowledge sharing

What You’ll Gain

• Opportunity to work on high‑profile, impactful cases of public importance
• Exposure to a wide range of legal and regulatory issues supporting the FCA’s statutory objectives
• Develop legal expertise through challenging, real‑world application and novel scenarios

Qualifications

We are a Disability Confident Employer; we will consider disabled people or individuals with long‑term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for the role.

• Qualified lawyer with a valid practising certificate issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales (if a solicitor) or the General Council of the Bar for England and Wales (if a barrister) or a similar internationally recognised qualification

Essential skills and experience:

• Ability to analyse complex evidence and determine warranted action and further evidence needed
• Capacity to learn new or novel legal issues quickly and with enthusiasm
• Strong solutions‑oriented mindset, delivering pragmatic, outcome‑focused advice
• Confidence in advising and challenging appropriately in a reasoned manner
• Work at pace, under pressure, prioritising competing workstreams to meet deadlines
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Judgment and ability to defend judgements where necessary
• Build and maintain effective working relationships across the FCA and external bodies
• Manage a varied, dynamic, urgent caseload while maintaining progress across cases

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working (up to 60% home office)
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• Non‑contributory pension – at least 8% of basic salary monthly (up to 12% after age 35)
• Life assurance of eight times basic salary
• Income protection
• Competitive flexible benefits scheme allowing personalised packages

Application Process

• Role graded as Associate – Practising Legal
• Advert closing date: 29th October 2025
• CV review / shortlist: 30th–31st October 2025
• Interview: week commencing 3rd November 2025

To apply, attach your CV and a short covering statement (up to 300 words) via the online portal by 29th October 2025. Interviews will commence week commencing 3rd November 2025. Emails will not be accepted.

Application Support

We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring accessibility for everyone. If you require adjustments due to a disability, condition or accessibility need, please contact your recruiter via the recruitment portal.

Contact

For more information about the role, please email Raimonda.Stankute@fca.org.uk.