Investigation and Enforcement Manager
Salary £45,000
Hybrid/Remote working, with requirement to attend offices in Bedfordshire and other meetings as required
We are currently seeking to appoint an Investigation and Enforcement Manager to join and lead our settled Enforcement Team at CILEx Regulation.
This is a great opportunity to shape and lead a key area of our regulatory responsibilities.
CILEx Regulation is the independent regulator of CILEX members as well as firms and other individuals authorised by us.
The Role
You will be responsible for operational management of professional misconduct, disciplinary, fitness to practise and fitness to own investigations in relation to individual legal service providers and businesses.
This will involve the triage of information received to allocate misconduct cases to an investigation officer according to skills and experience, and then overseeing delegated decision making by members of your team.
You will have your own caseload of the most complex cases and represent and advocate for CILEx Regulation in disciplinary or appeals hearings.
You will manage a team of investigators and enforcement caseworkers, and provide appropriate induction, support and training, including the wider understanding of new risks that may be presented.
As a member of the Management Team, you will monitor, manage and report performance against targets, including developing insights data.
You will also oversee cost-effective delivery of the enforcement function, monitoring and managing an operational budget.
There are a number of independent panels that are part of the enforcement function and ensuring robust and efficient operation of these panels, including contract, budget management and training, is a key part of the role.
Alongside the Disciplinary Process Manager, you will help contribute to improving our enforcement strategy and regulatory arrangements.
We are looking for someone who has:
- significant knowledge and experience leading enforcement/fitness to practice, disciplinary or investigation services either as a manager or as a senior officer (preferably for a professional regulator) OR a qualified lawyer with relevant transferable skills.
- knowledge and experience of ensuring demonstrably fair, and objective outcomes, including in relation to equality.
- excellent interpersonal skills and capable of dealing with challenging situations.
- previous experience of successful staff management.
- experience of applying rules and procedures that are capable of withstanding legal scrutiny.
- experience of developing processes and an empathetic culture that minimises the negative impact on those subject to/using investigation processes.
What makes CILEx Regulation such a great place to work?
We are a small, friendly organisation with an enthusiastic, and skilled workforce. In our latest staff survey, colleagues said that they are proud to work for CILEx Regulation and would recommend it as an organisation to friends and family.
Conditions of employment are excellent with extensive benefits on offer, including but not limited to:
- generous pension contributions (8% employer contribution if employee contributes 3%),
- holiday entitlement commencing at 25 days per annum plus bank holidays,
- access to healthcare plans and discount schemes, and
- learning and development opportunities.
We are a forward-thinking, caring employer with many of our staff enjoying flexible and remote working arrangements.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact us, by email HRTeam@cilexregulation.org.uk
To apply: Please send an up-to-date copy of your CV with a covering letter of no more than 2 pages explaining how you meet the criteria for the role
Please access the full Job Description
Applications close at 23:59 on 8 August 2024. Interviews to take place from w/c date: 19 August 2024
Apply at HRTeam@cilexregulation.org.uk or via the advert on the Guardian website.
Panel Clerk and Lay Member role applications update
Thank you to all who have applied for the Panel Clerk and Lay Member opportunities including via email and through the Guardian and Indeed jobsites. The closing date for applications was 20 June 2024.
We are delighted to have received so many applications. Unfortunately, this means that the review process is taking longer than we had anticipated.
Interviews are now being held in the first two to three weeks of July 2024.
We will be in touch with successful applicants over the next few days.
Please note that because we have received so many applications, unfortunately it will not be possible for us to respond separately to all applications that did not make the shortlist.
