Legal Administrator

Deadline: 26 April 2026 (11.59 pm)

Salary: £36,885 pro rata | Part time 30 hours per week

About the role

We are looking to recruit a Legal Administrator to join the Section 29 Team on a permanent basis. The Legal Administrator role is vital within the team. The postholder will be required to efficiently administer and coordinate section 29 processes, including maintaining and updating the team’s Case Management System, providing statistical and other information, contacting external bodies about cases, liaising with internal and external stakeholders, monitoring deadlines, organising and overseeing the section 29 case meeting process including drafting and carrying out redactions of case meeting notes, in addition to general administrative work to support the team. You will also carry out initial consideration of simple section 29 cases, when required.

The post requires someone who can work to deadlines both using their own initiative and as part of the team. The successful candidate must be highly organised and efficient, able to multitask and work to deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy in their work. They must also demonstrate excellent computer skills, communication skills and attention to detail. 

Applicants should have a general awareness of the issues surrounding confidentiality and data security and able to handle confidential information.

You will need and a strong commitment to protecting patients and the public. You will also need to share our values of integrity, transparency, respect, fairness and teamwork.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small but highly competent and effective team which carries out important work within the organisation. 

We have a hybrid working policy of two days in the office (three days during probation period) and three days at home per week (pro rata for part time staff). Our offices are currently located in Blackfriars, London. For new starters we would expect attendance in the office for three days per week for an initial induction period.

About the team

The team is responsible for reviewing the decisions of the regulators’ fitness to practise committees. We receive approximately 2,000 cases a year and we can appeal these decisions if we consider they do not sufficiently protect the public. Find out more about our work checking and appealing fitness to practise decisions.

About the Professional Standards Authority

We are the UK’s oversight body for the regulation of people working in health and social care. There are 10 organisations that regulate health professionals in the UK and social workers in England by law. We audit their performance and review their decisions on practitioners’ fitness to practise. We also accredit and set standards for organisations holding registers of health and care practitioners not regulated by law. We share good practice, knowledge and our right-touch regulation expertise. We monitor policy developments in the UK and internationally, providing guidance to governments and stakeholders. 

We help to protect the public by raising standards in the regulation and registration of the health and care workforce. 

We are committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our staff can flourish and reach their full potential. We know that a diverse workforce, at all levels, allows for a more creative and productive environment bringing different viewpoints, knowledge and experience. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from everyone irrespective of age, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity and sexual orientation. 

As a Disability Confident employer, we will guarantee an interview for people with disabilities who meet all the essential criteria and so if you would like to be considered under this scheme then please let us know. 

If you have any questions, or would like reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the process, please do not hesitate to contact the HR team on 020 7389 8050 or email us at recruitment@professionalstandards.org.uk 

To apply for this position please use the application form located at the bottom of this page. We do not accept CVs or applications with CVs attached instead of a personal statement. You can download the job description and application form at the bottom of this page. Alternatively, please contact our team for a copy of the application form at recruitment@professionalstandards.org.uk. 

The closing date for applications is Sunday, 26 April 2026 (11.59 pm).

Interviews (which will include a written test on the day of the interview) will be held on 19 May 2026. Please note that it is unlikely that an alternative interview date could be offered should you be unable to attend at this time. Interviews will take place remotely. 

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