Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for a Senior Advisor for an independent statutory regulator.
Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for a Senior Advisor for an independent statutory regulator in the UK. The Senior Advisor will provide expert strategic advice, guidance and support to the Chief Executive in relation to complex, high profile and sensitive issues. The post holder will play a key role in ensuring that potential organisational learning is identified in order for improvement to be embedded across the regulator.
Location: London (hybrid, 3 days per week in the office.)
Contract: Permanent.
Salary: £72,000 per annum
Closing Date: 24/11/2026
General Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality counsel and expert advice to the Chief Executive and Registrar on high-profile and sensitive issues, particularly on complex Fitness to Practise cases.
- Ensure appropriate oversight and input into complex correspondence and engagement matters managed within the Chief Executive and Registrar’s Office and other parts of the organisation.
- Manage the handling, coordination and resolution of appropriate high-profile and complex correspondence and engagement matters, including, where appropriate, managing engagement with senior stakeholders.
- Identify potential organisational learning arising from complex cases and work with colleagues to analyse this and embed improvements.
- Forge strong relationships at senior levels across the regulator, ensuring a coordinated and joined-up approach to complex, cross-team issues within the directorate and wider organisation.
- Develop strong relationships between the Chief Executive and Registrar, Professional Regulation, Enquiries and Complaints, General Counsel and the Communications and Engagement colleagues to ensure complex issues and enquiries are appropriately coordinated and result in positive outcomes.
Person Specification
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- A proven track record of building and nurturing strong, consistent and purposeful relationships with internal stakeholders across a complex, multi-directorate organisation
- Substantial experience in handling complex enquiries or complaints
- A proven track record of providing expert advice to senior leaders on complex, high profile issues
- Significant experience in and understanding of regulation
- First rate verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to write sensitively and clearly in line with the regulator’s values
- Experience in engaging with dissatisfied customers and achieving positive outcomes
- Experience of representing an organisation to senior external stakeholders
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and a strong desire to demonstrate our values and behaviours
- Strong understanding of health and care, and the regulatory landscape
- Ability to think, act and plan strategically
If this role is not for you but you do know somebody who would be interested, please refer them. We have a referral bonus scheme and will pay £75, in retail vouchers of your choice, for referrals who are not already known to us.
Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful.
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