Legal Manager Inquiries Team

Legal Manager Inquiries Team - Homebased - Flexible, United Kingdom

Grade A -68,348 (National) or 74,204 (London for Londonoffice based or homebased workers within the boundary of the M25) There isalso an additional homeworking allowance of 600 per annum for those workingfrom home. Plus, a recruitment & retention allowance of 2,500 per annum

Contracted Hours:Full-time 37 hours per week

ContractType:12 Month Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity

Location:Home-based

Closing date:Sunday 17 May 2026 at 11.59pm

Make a difference
Every role at CQC contributes to our mission, Ifyoure looking for a new role in Legal Services that gives a true senseof meaning and purpose, then youve found it. As a Legal Manager Inquiries Team, youll help CQC respond openly, fairly and lawfully to publicinquiries that shape safer health and care for everyone.

Picture this
Youre leading a skilled legal team through complex, highprofile inquiries,helping CQC tell its story clearly, meet legal duties, and learn lessons thatimprove care. You balance legal expertise, people leadership and calm decisionmakingin a fastmoving environment where your work really matters.

As a Legal Manager in the Legal Services Directorate you might:

• Lead CQCs preparation for a major public inquiry, coordinating evidence, drafting corporate witness statements and meeting tight statutory deadlines.
• Help shape how CQC learns from inquiry findings, influencing improvements across digital, operational and knowledge systems.

The role
Youll play an important part indelivering our mission. In this role, youll:

• Lead and manage an inquiries sub-team: Oversee a multidisciplinary legal team, plan and prioritise work, allocate cases, and support people to deliver highquality outcomes while looking after wellbeing.
• Provide expert legal direction: Act as CQCs senior legal lead on public inquiries and investigations, advising on risk, approach and compliance, and escalating issues where needed to senior leaders.
• Coordinate briefings and engagement: Ensure clear, timely briefings for the Executive, Board and senior colleagues, while managing relationships with inquiry teams, legal partners and both external and internal stakeholders.

Show us
We will be looking for specificskills, knowledge and experience in your application form:

• Leading legal teams: Experience managing qualified legal professionals, including workload planning, quality assurance, coaching and performance support in a complex environment.
• Handling public inquiries or public law work: Experience advising on public inquiries, inquests or significant public law matters, including preparing submissions, witness statements, or acting as a legal representative.
• Clear legal communication at senior level: Experience drafting and presenting complex legal advice or briefings for senior leaders, explaining risks, options and recommendations in plain language.

If this sounds like a role where your experiencecan make a real difference, apply today to join a workplace where your impactis felt every day.

Compliance
Note for internal candidates:
This is a secondment/fixed termopportunity. Please read the recruitment and selection policy section onsecondments. Youmustdiscuss your application with your linemanager before applying.

To progress your application, youll need to provide evidence of your right towork in the UK. Without valid right to work you wont be eligible for therole.We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.Someroles may also be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Next steps
If you apply, youll need to create a profile and complete an online application form.Your application will be completely anonymous.Please see ourinformation for applicantsfor more details on the process.We contact every applicantto let them know the outcome of their application, so you will hear from us whether or not you are shortlisted.

You can read the full details of the role in theJob Description

If youd like an informal chat about the role Suleman Patel, Deputy Director of Public Inquiriesat Suleman.Patel@cqc.org.uk. For general enquiries, please emailrecruitment@cqc.org.uk.

The Benefits
Weoffer a wide range ofbenefits, including:

• Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
• NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
• Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of 4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

Please see ourbenefitspage for the full list.

Equity for all
We know job descriptions can feel intimidating. Research shows they can cause some people to doubt whether theyre a good fit. This happens more often to people from underrepresented groups (e.g. ethnic minority backgrounds).If this role interests you, we encourage you to apply.Your unique perspective, skills, and experience could be exactly what we need.

We want every candidate to feel supported and able to do their best. If you need adjustments to our process,well work with you to remove any barriers. Visit ouraccessibility pagefor more on this. If youd like to chat, please contactrecruitment@cqc.org.uk. Please note, if you have previously informed us of adjustments you need for interview or within your role these are not carried over and must be discussed for each individual application you make.

We promote a workplace wherefairness, respect and inclusion are a priority. Diverse teams make our work better, help us deliver our mission and make our culture stronger. See ourED&I pagefor more about this.

We welcomeapplications fromeveryone,and colleagues can find supportand community among our many employee networks. This includes people of any:

• Age
• Sex
• Gender identity or expression
• Sexual orientation
• Religion or belief
• Ethnicity
• Disability

Values and vision
We are guided by ourcore values, which shape our work and our culture.
Excellence being a high-performing organisation.
Caring treating everyone with dignity and respect.
Integrity doing the right thing.
Teamwork learning from each other to be the best we can.
We are a disability confident employer and a carer confident employer.

A Note on AI
AI tools can be great for research and refining ideas, but we want to learn about you. If you use AI or Chatbots to help you with your application, keep these points in mind:

• AI can support research, structuring and refining your writing, but your applicationmustreflectyour real skills and experience.
• Spell-checking and condensing word counts are great ways to use AI effectively.
• Do notcopy and paste AI generated answers. These will not help you stand out; remember we want to hear about your skills and experience.
• Providing false and insincere examples goes against our core values of honesty and integrity andmay lead to your application being withdrawnor termination of your employment.