Recruitment Manager Contract Type Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Contract length 14 months Working Pattern Full time Working Hours 35 Salary 42,000-48,000 DOE plus excellent benefits Location Options Birmingham Function Type Corporate Functions (HR, Finance, Project Management, IT, Risk and Audit) We're looking for an experienced, forward‑thinking Recruitment Manager to lead our talented recruitment team and shape the way exceptional people join the SRA. This is a fixed term contract for around 12-14 months to cover a period of maternity leave. If you're energised by building efficient and inclusive hiring strategies, developing others, and delivering a brilliant candidate experience, this is a role where you can make a real impact. Alongside ensuring smooth operational delivery, you'll have the freedom to explore new ideas, test creative approaches and contribute to strategic HR priorities. What's in it for you A genuinely varied, end‑to‑end role where you'll lead the full recruitment lifecycle and influence how we attract, assess and hire talent across the organisation Manage a high‑performing team and create an environment where people thrive. You'll be supported to grow your own career too Work on high‑profile and business‑critical campaigns, while also shaping operational delivery, people management and project work Drive innovation - from new attraction strategies and employer brand activity to inclusion and diversity initiatives, system improvements and wider HR projects. The role You'll head up a small but ambitious team, delivering a proactive, inclusive and customer‑centred recruitment service. Beyond delivering operational recruitment requirements efficiently and effectively there are plenty of opportunities to exercise and build your knowledge and skills. Whether it's designing targeted attraction campaigns, enhancing our assessment approach, improving our tech or championing inclusive hiring practices, you'll have the scope to shape how we do things - and the support to make it happen. This is a full time, hybrid role working from home and from our office in Birmingham. What we are looking for You'll find the full role profile attached, but in short, we're looking for someone who can: Bring solid, demonstrable experience in talent acquisition - leading functions and people effectively Communicate and collaborate confidently with stakeholders at all levels Balance multiple priorities, delivering your own work while ensuring the team succeeds Lead, motivate and develop a team while managing recruitment operations effectively Champion inclusion, diversity and exceptional candidate experience. Candidate with experience both in‑house and agency or RPO; and/or working in a professional services environment are of particular interest. Useful and additional information If you want have any questions that aren't in this advert or on our website, please contact us via: recruitment@sra.org.uk To apply Please click 'apply' to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements outlined in this advert and the attached role profile. To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages. Closing date for applications is 8 March 20626. Interviews are expected to take place week of 16 March 2026. 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 Resourcing Manager role profile 200226.docx - 548KB Opens in a new window Converted File Resourcing Manager role profile 200226.docx.pdf - 84KB Opens in a new window Vacancy closing date: 08/03/2026, 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.