Senior Lawyer – Inquires Team

Overview

This organization is recruiting a Senior Lawyer to join the Inquiries Team. The role supports effective responses to public inquiries, helping deliver better outcomes across health and social care.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Lead and support a legal team by managing, coaching, and developing legal professionals to deliver high-quality advice and services.
• Provide practical, solutions-focused legal advice across the organization, including supporting inquiry proceedings where required.
• Help colleagues and leaders make legally robust decisions.
• Support major public inquiry and independent investigation casework, including identifying legal risks and contributing to complex submissions and advice that inform organisational learning.
• Shape strategic legal solutions to influence how emerging issues are handled across health and social care sectors.
• Drive continuous improvement by monitoring legal trends, reviewing team performance, building strong relationships, and using feedback and learning to improve legal services.

Requirements

You will need:

• A legal qualification as a Solicitor, Barrister or Fellow of CILEX, with the right to practise in England and Wales.
• At least 5 years post-qualification experience advising on public inquiries, inquests or significant public law matters, including preparing submissions, drafting witness statements, or acting as a legal representative.
• Experience leading, coaching or developing legal professionals while managing legal work and delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Experience advising on complex legal matters, assessing legal risk, and explaining legal issues clearly to senior stakeholders or colleagues.

Preferred Qualifications

None stated.

Compensation & Benefits

• Grade A salary: £55,172 (National) or £61,028 (London) — for London office based or home-based workers within the boundary of the M25.
• £600 annual homeworking allowance.
• £2,500 Recruitment and Retention allowance.
• Contracted hours: Full-time 37 hours per week.
• Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
• NHS pension scheme, with around 23.7% employer contribution.
• Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more.

Location

Home-based.

• London pay applies for London office based or home-based workers within the boundary of the M25.

Contract Type & Additional Information

• Contract type: 12 Month Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity.
• Internal applicants must obtain written confirmation from their line manager, granting permission to be released from their current role, before applying.
• Although offered as a fixed term contract, the organization is currently rebuilding and reviewing structures and ways of working across several areas of the business, including Legal Services. Applicants are encouraged to consider the contract duration.

Eligibility / Compliance

• To progress your application, you’ll need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.
• Sponsorship is not available for this role.
• Some roles may also be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Closing Date

Thursday 5 November 2026 at 11.59pm