Lawyer - Quality Of Decision Making

About the role
Reporting to the Senior Lawyer in the Quality of Decision Making team (QDM), the purpose of this role is to support high quality Decision Making throughout the Fitness to Practise (FtP) process.
Providing legal advice and support that enables the Assistant Registrars in the QDM team to carry out high quality, clear, robust and legally sound reviews of screening and case examiner decisions, and to decide on Agreed Removal applications, escalating issues to the Senior Lawyer where necessary.
You will also provide legal advice to the Quality of Decision Making team to ensure that cases are dealt with appropriately and efficiently.
Supporting the Senior Lawyer in identifying learning and areas for improvement in decisions made by screening decision makers, case examiners and independent fitness to practise panels. Also alongside the Senior Lawyer you will support in contributing to training planning and delivery for decision makers throughout the fitness to practise process.
About you
You will have:
-Experience as a qualified solicitor or barrister, preferably in the field of professional regulation
-Experience of providing appropriate legal advice to decision makers and stakeholders.
-An understanding of public law principles and ability to apply case law.
-Sound knowledge of criminal and/or civil and/or regulatory law practice and procedures.
-Relevant casework experience, preferably in regulatory law.
-Proven experience of advising decision makers and supporting the drafting of high quality decisions.
-Proven experience of providing clear and high quality legal advice.
-Highly developed ability to pay close attention to detail and quality assure own work and the work of others.
-A strong commitment to high standards of service delivery and excellent customer care.