Head of Professional Standards

Hours: Full time with majority home working, Happy to talk flexible working

Job level: c£75 - £85k- Band 3 Including 10% market supplement allowance

Location: High Holborn, London(minimum 4 days per month in the office)

The Head of Professional Standards is a new senior regulatory role in BSB’s Regulatory Standards Department, which will lead the new Professional Standards team at the BSB. The role will provide strategic leadership of the regulatory policy framework underpinning the standards for education, training and ongoing competence of barristers, and will develop this new team to deliver an effective education and training policy function for the Standards department and the BSB.

Responsibilities will include:

-Strategic leadership and ownership of all aspects of the regulatory policy framework.

-Leadership and management of the professional standards team.

-Stakeholder Engagement

-Plan and manage appropriate internal and expert stakeholder input into policy programmes, commissioning research where necessary.

-Fostering constructive relationships with Authorised Education Training Organisations.

-Undertaking speaking and other external engagements whilst representing the BSB.

Key skills and experience required to undertake the role include:

-Considerable experience of working within a similar educational and, training within an education and training organisation or a regulator or similar organisation.

-Experience of managing multiple complex policy projects, leading on them, engaging stakeholders and managing risk.

-Well-developed strategic thinking and analytical skills including the ability to source and interpret complex data.

-Significant experience in leadership and people and performance management.

The BSB

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) regulates barristers and their professional practice and specialised legal services businesses in England and Wales in the public interest. We are responsible for setting education and training requirements, setting standards, authorising organisations, monitoring the service provided, and handling complaints. Barristers work at the heart of our justice system, so the BSB’s mission is fundamentally important to the maintenance of the rule of law. 

Our people value our friendly and respectful environment, our support for flexible working, the opportunity to have a high degree of impact and our interesting, challenging, and varied work.  More about our work can be viewed on our website, including our Strategic Plan for 2022-2025.

Working for the BSB

The Bar Standards Board offers excellent terms and conditions of employment, including:

• Hybrid Working is the agreed way of working.

oWe work from the office for a minimum of four days per month.

oOption to work from the office more and when there are team or organisational events.

• Up to 31 days annual leave, plus a holiday transfer scheme
• Up to 12% employer’s pension contribution
• Parental leave and flexible working policies
• Range of additional benefits, including gym classes, discounts and rewards.

Applying

The Bar Standard Board aims to recruit a talented workforce and values the diversity in background, skills and experience of its staff. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all job applicants irrespective of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, maternity or pregnancy, marital or civil partnership status or gender re-assignment.

The Bar Standards Board is a Disability Confident Committed employer.  Candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for this role will be guaranteed an interview. Candidates with a disability who require reasonable adjustments should contact Vivien Bock, HR Advisor on 0207 611 4699 or HRCentralMailbox@BarCouncil.org.uk to discuss arrangements.

Closing Date: Sunday 10th November

Proposed Interview Date: w/c 18th November

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