Senior Advisory Lawyer, GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL
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Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to take on a wide ranging legal advisory post, where you will use your legal expertise to make a real impact, maintaining public confidence in dental services and protecting the safety of patients. As a Senior Advisory Lawyer, you will play a leading role at the General Dental Council—providing legal advice, guidance, direction and instructions to support proportionate and risk-based decision-making. You will advise on matters that fall within the remit of the In-House Legal Advisory Service, keep up to date with changes to case law and help ensure processes reflect best practice and the GDC’s regulatory strategy. In addition to being a source of professional legal and regulatory expertise, the post holder will provide legal advice across the work of the wider team and supervise junior colleagues in so doing.
Your responsibilities
* Provide accurate, timely and risk-based legal advice to GDC colleagues and the Registrar on matters within the In-House Legal Advisory Service.
* Provide advice to the Registrar on the exercise of statutory decision-making functions, including Interim Order, Voluntary Removal, Rule 9 and Rule 6E applications.
* Give advice in relation to and have conduct of legal challenges arising from Fitness to Practise decisions.
* Identify, monitor and escalate areas of risk within the GDC, collaborating with colleagues to develop mitigation and proposed solutions, including via relevant quality assurance processes.
* Support the organisation’s delivery of the Costed Corporate Plan and Corporate Strategy by providing legal advice, reviewing legislative proposals, and working with colleagues in other teams to assess risks and opportunities.
About you
* A qualified and practising solicitor or barrister or ILEX qualified (essential), with experience in regulatory, public, information, commercial, litigation or criminal law within a statutory or regulatory framework.
* Excellent drafting and legal analytical skills with the ability to analyse complex issues and provide legally sound, risk-based and proportionate advice.
* Proven ability to identify, manage and escalate risk within established organisational risk frameworks.
* Ability to manage competing priorities and fluctuating workloads, working flexibly with colleagues and clients.
* Proven ability to build strong working relationships at all levels of the GDC and with external stakeholders.
* Demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Benefits
The GDC is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and offers family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development. Benefits include:
* 27 days holiday (plus statutory) rising to 30 days after 2 years’ service
* Flexi-time scheme
* Employer pension contributions up to 10%
* Buy/Sell annual leave
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave from 1 year’s service
* Life assurance, income protection and enhanced sick leave policy
* Staff discounts including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership
How to apply
For further details about the role and to apply please click the apply button. Please relate your supporting statement to the person specification, expanding on your skills, experience and qualifications. A full job description is attached which includes further responsibilities and specifications.
Important dates
Closing date: 23:59 on 12 October 2025. We reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end before the closing date without notice. We encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
Location: London/Hybrid (2 days per week in the office). Hours: Full time. Contract: Fixed term for 12 months (with potential to extend to 18 months).
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