We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

As a Legal and Regulatory Change Senior Officer, you’ll partner with senior leaders and stakeholders to shape and deliver the General Counsel Team’s strategy across the Irwin Mitchell Group. You will lead multiple regulatory and compliance projects end‑to‑end, applying project‑management best practice from scoping and planning through execution and closure. You’ll provide assurance updates to the Senior Manager, Senior Leadership Team and General Counsel colleagues, resolve complex queries independently, and manage RAID (risks, actions, issues, decisions/dependencies) with confidence.

You’ll draft, review and advise on policies and procedures, and lead monitoring and escalation of incidents or breaches to ensure timely remediation. You will also coach and mentor officers/coordinators when required, drive process improvements and produce clear MI and management decks for decision‑making. A strong understanding of SRA rules and relevant legislation enables you to assess whether systems, controls and documentation meet our legal and regulatory compliance obligations.

• Project management experience in a legal, client‑facing, consulting or professional services environment
• Exposure to at least one compliance area (e.g. SRA Regulations, Client Care, Conflicts, Financial Crime/AML, Risk Management, Data Protection)
• Ability to influence stakeholders up to executive level
• Client‑facing relationship skills, and excellent communication, facilitation and presentation capability
• Analytical, and comfortable working agile to tight schedules—organising your workload and supporting junior team members
• Strong drafting/report‑writing skills
• Knowledge of legal procedures
• Interpersonal presence to network across the business
• Proficient with Microsoft 365

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.  This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. 

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.