Job title: Solicitor
Salary: £49,710 – £54,975
Location: Flexible (Any Care Inspectorate office)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Temporary (maternity cover to 30 August 2026)
About us
We are the national regulator and scrutiny body responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public, as well as supporting delivery partners to improve the quality of care for people in Scotland. Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices.
We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement. We inspect individual care services and we also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in their local areas.
Our desire is to achieve an effective and balanced way of working, that enables us to meet organisational needs and achieve a work-life balance that promotes wellbeing and collaboration opportunities. Our hybrid working policy gives you the flexibility to mix working from home with attendance at your base office and other work locations, spending no more than 60% of your working time working from home, measured over a 4-week period.
Starting salary
Please bear in mind that new entrants start on the grade minimum for the role. However, we have a generous benefits package which you will find on our website.
About the role
Due to a period of maternity leave, reporting to the head of legal services, you will have the opportunity to play an influential role in the regulation and improvement of care services. You will provide legal advice to operational staff within the Care Inspectorate. You will provide legal support for a wide range of team based corporate projects and contribute to the development of policy and guidance. You will also undertake some appearance work, representing the Care Inspectorate at court hearings and inquiries.
About you
The ideal candidate will be confident, articulate and have excellent communication skills. You will have at least 2 years’ post qualifying experience but could be an experienced solicitor interested in a challenging and varied post. You should have Sheriff Court experience, preferably in relation to statutory licensing or regulatory matters and you will hold, or be entitled to hold, a full Practising Certificate issued by the Law Society of Scotland.
If you don’t meet the full two years of relevant post-qualifying experience but believe you meet the remaining essential criteria, we may still consider your application. However, please note that this post is not suitable for assignations or traineeships.
To apply
You’ll find more information in the job profile and person specification.
If you would like more information or an informal chat about the role please Kenneth McClure, head of legal services via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. including a contact telephone number and times that would be best to reach you, where appropriate.
If you believe that you are a suitable candidate for this post, please complete our online application form by 08:00 on Monday 9 June 2025.
We expect interviews to take place in the week commencing 16 June 2025.
We are looking for the successful candidate to be available to start on Monday 14 July, subject to our standard pre-employment checks.