Legal Professional Services Senior Lawyer

The Nursing and Midwifery Council

£61,023 - £68,481 / year

London or EdinburghFull-timeHybridIntermediate

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Description

About the team

This role is offered on an initial 18 month contract

Join our Transformation and Technology Services team – a specialist team helping to transform how the NMC delivers its regulatory work.

We’re a centre of excellence bringing together expertise in process management, legal and operational capability, quality assurance, continuous improvement and change. We work across the organisation, combining big-picture thinking with hands-on problem solving to improve the quality, timeliness and experience of regulatory processes.

You’ll be joining at an exciting time as we develop a modern, high-performing legal profession and establish our One Legal Profession approach. This is an opportunity to help shape how legal professionals learn, share knowledge, develop their careers and deliver consistently high-quality legal services.

Please view the statement on our careers page which details how this role supports the vision of the future of Legal Services at the NMC. You'll find this next to the job description section.

Your role & impact

As Legal Professional Services Senior Lawyer, you’ll play a leading role in building the professional foundations of the NMC’s future legal service.

Working closely with the General Counsel as Head of Legal Profession, senior legal leaders and colleagues across the organisation, you’ll help deliver the Legal Services Transformation Programme and establish a consistent, sustainable approach to professional development, knowledge management and support for our legal community.

You’ll lead the design and implementation of legal learning and development programmes, professional standards, induction arrangements and knowledge-sharing frameworks. Your work will help strengthen legal and regulatory expertise, improve consistency in legal advice and support high-quality decision-making across the profession.

You’ll have the opportunity to shape the NMC Legal Capability Framework and associated development pathways, helping lawyers, paralegals and aspiring legal professionals understand what great looks like – and how they can develop and progress.

You’ll also lead work to capture and share the knowledge that makes a great legal profession stronger. From casework, appeals and developments in case law to precedents, guidance and lessons learned, you’ll create practical ways for insight to be shared and embedded into everyday practice.

And you’ll be a key voice in building a culture where learning is continuous, professional standards are clear and people are supported to develop their expertise and careers.

This is a role where your legal knowledge, learning mindset and ability to bring people with you can have a lasting impact on the quality and capability of the NMC’s legal profession.

What you’ll bring

You’ll combine strong legal expertise with a genuine passion for developing people, building capability and improving professional practice.

You’ll bring:

Substantial practical or academic legal experience, with a strong understanding of regulatory law and professional standards.
Expert capability in legal learning, CPD and knowledge management, with the ability to turn insight from legal practice and regulatory developments into practical learning and development.
A strong understanding of how professional standards, supervision, learning and knowledge-sharing can strengthen legal judgement and service quality.
The ability to identify emerging legal and professional risks and translate learning from case law, appeals and regulatory developments into clear, useful guidance.
A genuine commitment to enabling legal professionals to learn, develop and progress throughout their careers.
Strong professional ethics and integrity, with a commitment to role-modelling the NMC’s values, including equality, diversity and inclusion.
Excellent collaboration and influencing skills, with the confidence to build trusted relationships across the legal profession and with colleagues beyond it.
Tertiary-level legal qualifications. A current UK practising certificate is desirable, but not essential.

You’ll be someone who enjoys making complex things clearer, helping others grow and turning knowledge into better practice. Most importantly, you’ll want to help build a legal profession that is confident, connected, continuously learning and ready for the future.

Key Responsibilities

30 days annual leave
Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions
Life Insurance – 4 x current salary
Hybrid working
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Perkbox membership
Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office
Season ticket loans

Benefits

The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post.

Hybrid Working Policy

We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working.

Our Pay Policy

It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request.

For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy.

Reasonable adjustments

We will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us.

Screening and vetting

All of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.

Benefits

The role you are applying for is a flexible role, and whilst you will be posted initially to a team, this may require movement between teams as the flow of work dictates. You will of course understand that this flexible approach enables us to provide the best possible service to our registrants and reach the outcomes to our cases quickly and within a reasonable timeframe. This will not change your terms and conditions and will be discussed with you prior to you taking up the post. Hybrid Working Policy We are currently working to a policy of office attendance for two days per week with the rest of the time working from home. Before submitting your application, please ensure you are able to commit to working in one of our office locations twice per week. If you are applying for a part-time role, please pro-rata office attendance based on the number of days you would be working. Our Pay Policy It is expected that staff new to the NMC will ordinarily be appointed to the bottom of the relevant pay band. However in exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a salary above the bottom of the relevant pay band but we may request proof of current earnings. Please note that we offer an annual review of salaries and adopt a generous progressive pay approach. Further details of which are available on request. For our internal colleagues, you will be paid in accordance to our internal pay policy. Reasonable adjustments We will provide reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any additional support to enable you to make an application with us. Screening and vetting All of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks. We are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.

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About this role

The Nursing and Midwifery Council is seeking a Senior Lawyer to lead the professional development and capability-building agenda within its legal services. This 18-month contract role sits within the Transformation and Technology Services team, working closely with the General Counsel to establish what the NMC calls its "One Legal Profession" approach. You'll design and implement learning programmes, professional standards, induction frameworks and knowledge-sharing systems that strengthen legal expertise across the organisation, while helping shape the Legal Capability Framework that defines career progression for lawyers, paralegals and aspiring legal professionals.

The role demands substantial legal experience grounded in regulatory law and professional standards, combined with genuine expertise in legal learning, CPD and knowledge management. You'll need to translate insights from case law, appeals and regulatory developments into practical guidance, identify emerging professional risks, and build a culture where continuous learning and clear professional standards are embedded into everyday practice. Strong collaboration and influencing skills are essential—you'll be working across the legal profession and beyond to build trusted relationships and bring people with you on this transformation.

The position offers a salary of £61,023–£68,481, 30 days annual leave, enhanced pension contributions (8–14% employer match), life insurance at 4x salary, and hybrid working at two days per week in the London office. A current UK practising certificate is desirable but not required; tertiary-level legal qualifications are essential. This suits someone who combines legal depth with a genuine commitment to developing others and improving professional practice.

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