Communications and Engagement Manager

Job description

Communications and Engagement Manager
Contract Type
Fixed Term Contract / Secondment

Contract length
18 months

Working Pattern
Full time

Working Hours
35 hours per week

Salary
£43,926.69 - £51,678.46 for Birmingham and Cardiff and £48,319.36 - £56,846.31 for London based, depending on knowledge, skills and experience

Location Options
Birmingham with part of the week working from home, Cardiff with part of the week working from home, London with part of the week working from home

Function Type
External and Corporate Affairs

We have an exciting opportunity for a Communications & Engagement Manager on an 18-month fixed term contract to play a key role in delivering communications in support of two of our major corporate priorities.

The role

At the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), our purpose is to drive confidence and trust in legal services. We regulate over 200,000 solicitors and 9,400 law firms across England and Wales, making sure professional standards remain high and that the public is protected.

We are recruiting a Communications & Engagement Manager to manage, develop and deliver all elements of strategic communications in support of our consumer protection and data & risk corporate priority programmes. In this role you will shape and deliver impactful, outcome-dedicated external & internal communications campaigns and manage stakeholder engagement activities across both these areas of work. You will ensure that our regulated community, consumers, stakeholders and internal audiences remain informed, engaged, and assured in reforms and changes being made.

This is a high-profile area of work, offering the chance to influence understanding across the legal sector and support the delivery of two of our most significant corporate programmes.

For full details on the role please refer to the Role Profile attached at the bottom of the advert on our website.

What's in it for you

• Play a managing role in high-impact communications for a major regulatory project
• Work closely with colleagues across the Communications and External Affairs directorate, and wider SRA
• Create and deliver integrated communications campaigns across all our internal and external channels
• Shape strategic engagement around formal consultations, policy development and implementation phases
• Help us innovate and refine how we communicate complex regulatory changes
• Gain exposure at senior levels and contribute to work with national visibility
• Additional 3% of annual basic salary for you to choose the benefits that best suit your lifestyle and personal situation.
• Pension - We will contribute 1½ - 2 times your contribution, up to 12.25%. So, if you contribute 7%, you will enjoy the maximum combined contribution of 19.25%.
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme.
• £25 contribution to a monthly health and wellbeing portal. The portal provides access to more than 5,000 products, experiences and services. Some options available include gym membership, National Trust membership, music lessons, tennis lessons, massages, nutrition, life coaching, fertility support, financial support and much more.
• Access to employee discount vouchers for savings on High Street brands, travel and supermarkets.
• Life Assurance cover of 4 times basic salary.

What we're looking for

• Demonstrable experience of turning internal and external communications strategies into clear, timely and effective campaigns, with an understanding of personally generating and driving the delivery of outcome-focused, creative and impactful content
• Experience of working at a project management level within a communications team, to effectively manage and co-ordinate communications workstreams in cross departmental settings
• Experience in delivering internal communications which successfully support corporate objectives during periods of significant market reform, internal or strategic change
• Proven ability to quickly understand and interrogate complex issues, policy positions and context, in order provide trusted and informative communications advice and make informed recommendations on communications responses
• Understanding and ability to plan, manage and co-ordinate stakeholder outreach programmes across a range of external organisations and audiences, delivered through a combination of direct and indirect engagements face-to-face, or online.

Useful and additional information

• There is a full role profile attached to the bottom of this advert on our website
• We are recruiting for this role in our Birmingham, Cardiff, and London offices. You will be based in the office nearest to your location, with the expectation of working a minimum of two days a week in the office and the remainder of the week from home. Some travel will be required to the SRA's other offices (especially if not based out of our Birmingham office), for meetings with stakeholders or attendance at events
• To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages. To find out more about what it is like to work at SRA, view our videos
• Shortlisted applicants will be invited to undertake a MS Teams interview with task on 14 and 15 September 2026.
• If you have any questions about the role, please contact us via [email protected]

To apply

Please click 'apply' to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the essential criteria listed under the 'what we are looking for' section above.

Closing date for applications is 6 September 2026 at 23:55.

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards.

We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.

Attached Role Profile
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Vacancy closing date: 06/09/2026, 23:55

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.