Scottish Qualified Lawyer

Job Description

Scottish Qualified Lawyer 
Aberdeen, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, or Newcastle-upon-Tyne (with hybrid working and travel)

About Us

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. We’re dedicated to protecting people and places, ensuring everyone can lead safer and healthier lives at work.

We are now looking for a Scottish Qualified Lawyer to join our Legal Services Division’s (LSD) Advisory, Legislation and Litigation Strategy (ALLS) team on a full-time, permanent basis. Due to the nature of the work involved, this role is only suitable for full-time working. We are amenable to the possibility of a full-time working pattern (i.e. 37 hours) being compressed over four days.

The Benefits

• Salary of £65,460 - £69,049 per annum
• Access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme (with an employer contribution of 28.97%)
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• Flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Family-friendly and carer-friendly policies
• 25 days’ annual leave increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays and 1-day Civil Service privilege leave
• Parental leave benefits
• Access to a wide range of employee benefits, including Cycle to Work Scheme, E-Gift Cards, and Vouchers via EdenRed

This is a rewarding opportunity for a Scottish-qualified solicitor with strong public law expertise and a sound understanding of Scottish civil and criminal justice procedures to join our essential organisation.

You’ll have the chance to utilise your legal expertise, providing specialist legal advice across complex regulatory, policy and enforcement matters, helping to protect people and places across Britain.

What’s more, you’ll benefit from an excellent Civil Service pension, hybrid working and the possibility of compressing full-time hours over four days, giving you greater flexibility while working at the heart of an important regulatory function.

So, if you’re ready to take on a role where your legal skills can make a lasting difference, read on and apply today.

The Role 

As a Scottish Qualified Lawyer, you will provide specialist legal advice and strategic support across a wide range of complex regulatory, policy and enforcement matters in Scotland.

Working as part of the Advisory, Legislation and Litigation Strategy team, you will advise on various areas, including health and safety law, statutory interpretation, policy development, secondary legislation and Scottish criminal and civil justice procedures. 

You will work closely with operational and policy colleagues, providing timely legal guidance on enforcement decisions, investigations and regulatory matters, while supporting the organisation in navigating complex legal risks and challenges.

Additionally, you will:

• Deliver strategic, proportionate and risk-based legal advice to operational teams
• Lead liaison activities with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• Support responses to requests and demands from external legal bodies
• Liaise with the Office of the Advocate General for Scotland and its solicitor agent
• Support complex litigation, inquiries and regulatory matters
• Provide legal training and development support to policy and operational colleagues

About You

To be considered as a Scottish Qualified Lawyer, you will need:

• To be legally qualified in Scotland as a qualified practising Solicitor
• A current full and unrestricted practising certificate from the Law Society of Scotland
• A proven track record of advising on public law, from either a litigation or advisory perspective
• Knowledge of Civil and Criminal justice practice and procedures in the Scottish legal system
• The ability to think strategically and creatively in showing sound legal judgment
• A law degree (or equivalent)

While we welcome applications from candidates dual-qualified in England and Wales as Solicitors or Barristers, the successful applicant must be qualified to practise in Scotland on appointment. For further details around qualifications and memberships required, depending on whether you are dual-qualified or qualified in Scotland alone, please click the apply button.

The closing date for this role is 6th July 2026.

Other organisations may call this role Qualified Lawyer, Solicitor, Regulatory Lawyer, Legal Adviser, Senior Legal Adviser, In-House Lawyer, Legal Counsel, Regulatory Legal Counsel, Litigation Lawyer, Public Law Solicitor, Enforcement Lawyer, or Health and Safety Lawyer.

Webrecruit and the Health and Safety Executive are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re ready to support work of national importance as a Scottish Qualified Lawyer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.