Skills required

Minimum:

• Proven experience of independently planning, prioritising and delivering a varied and demanding workload to agreed timescales and quality standards
• Relevant experience of investigating complex issues and critically assessing and analysing information from multiple sources to reach sound, evidence-based decisions
• Proven experience of communicating complex information clearly in writing and verbally, and of building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, including senior stakeholders

Essential:

• Demonstrating the ability to identify and evaluate key issues arising from complex or incomplete information, investigate matters thoroughly and exercise sound, proportionate judgement to reach balanced, evidence-based decisions
• Communicating complex issues clearly and persuasively, adapting your approach to influence stakeholders, provide constructive challenge and build effective relationships at all levels
• Taking ownership of outcomes by organising and coordinating work effectively, delivering accurate, high-quality outputs while managing competing priorities and dependencies
• Operating independently with appropriate escalation, remaining effective under pressure and adapting constructively to changing priorities, feedback and challenge
• Bringing knowledge and understanding of the mutual societies sector and the environment in which mutual societies operate
• Experience of interpreting and implementing legislation, regulatory requirements or comparable formal frameworks, alongside project management approaches to plan, coordinate and deliver work or change initiatives
• Experience of translating business requirements into practical process or system improvements and contributing to policy development, including preparing guidance or other materials for external audiences

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
• For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.

Our values & culture

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.

If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.

We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability Confident: our hiring approach

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes, we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timeline

• Advert Closing: 14th Oct (11:59pm)
• CV Review/Shortlist: 20th Oct
• Interviews W/C: 2nd Nov

Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.