Job description

We do things a little differently here at Serenity Law, we're not your typical law firm. Our philosophy is simple: We believe in work-life balance, and we're a fully remote first firm. That means that you'll never be chained to the office, or have to sacrifice your life outside of work for an awesome job.

We are a virtual law firm based in London, UK. We offer commercial legal services and work with a team of experienced expert lawyers.

Our creative use of technology, experience, and one-of-a-kind business model has enabled us to cut the cost of standard central London legal services by half while never reducing service quality. We provide the same high quality of service that you would expect from a top London law firm while passing the savings onto the Clients meaning we have a loyal customer base who return to us time and time again.

This is a fantastic opportunity for Compliance Officer to work with an established Remote first Law Firm. The ideal candidate will have an interest in commercial litigation, mediation, and arbitration.

Benefits Of Working With Us:

• Fantastic consultant fee structure which is totally transparent from the start.
• Cutting-edge technology enables you to service your client’s needs effectively.
• Back-office assistance is provided around administrative and accounting support.
• Assistance with Business Development & Marketing.
• Complete flexibility around remote working – you can be based anywhere in the world as long as your client’s needs are met!

Role Specifications:

Role Title: Compliance Officer For Legal Practice (COLP/COFA)

Employment Type: Remote, Self-Employed via Service Contract – We're a remote team. We don’t mind where you are based as long as you get the job done beautifully.

Day Rate: £200 per day

Expected Hours: 4-5 days per month

Key Responsibilities:

As a COLP, you must take all reasonable steps to:

• ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of Serenity Law's authorization.
• ensure compliance by Serenity Law LLP and its managers, employees, or interest holders with the regulatory arrangements which apply to them (except any obligations imposed under the Accounts Rules).
• ensure that Serenity Law LLP managers and interest holders, and those they employ or contract with, do not cause or substantially contribute to a breach of the regulatory arrangements.
• ensure that a prompt report is made to SRA of any serious breach of the terms and conditions of your Serenity Law’s authorization or the regulatory arrangements which apply to the firm, managers, or employees.

As a COFA, you must take all reasonable steps to:

• ensure that Serenity Law LLP and its managers and employees comply with any obligations imposed upon them under the Accounts Rules.
• ensure that a prompt report is made to SRA of any serious breach of the Accounts Rules which apply to them.

Serenity Law LLP has an obligation to keep and maintain records to demonstrate compliance with its obligations to SRA (paragraph 2.2 of the Code of Conduct for Firms).

Therefore this role is expected to keep a record of all breaches that occur. These records are a key tool in understanding the risks in the business: It is a key responsibility to identify where things have gone wrong and whether there are any systemic problems inherent to Serenity Law’s processes. It is the role holder’s responsibility to agree with Serenity Law leadership on how best to maintain records within the firm's risk management strategy.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of Compliance experience.
• LLM Qualification.
• Must be authorized to carry on reserved legal activities by the SRA or another approved regulator.
• Comprehensive understanding of SRA rules & regulations.
• Strong understanding of how to create & maintain reporting & recording systems in line with SRA requirements.
• Ability to review & assess, providing gap analysis to improve efficiency & compliance.
• Experience in preparing reports for audits & assessments with very strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills – verbal & written.

Application Process

We want to hear from candidates who are excited about the job, so please email us a 30-second video telling us why you want to work for our company and role, and how it's something for you. Please use loom to create the video.

Don't share your previous experience or skillset in the video. All candidates who don't follow this process will not be considered for an interview.

Please email the loom link and previous articles you have written to steague@ serenitylaw.co.uk.

Use the heading "Excited Compliance" as the email heading.

The requirements for the video:

Use loom to create your video.

Use the heading specified above and send your loom video application link to the dedicated email address.

Must not list any of your skills or previous experience within a similar role in the video application.

Explain why our company culture talks to you and why you would love to work with our company.

Our hiring process is designed to ensure that the right people apply so that the right people receive an interview invitation. If you do not follow this application process step-by-step, your application will not be viewed at all. This is because

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 24 per week

Salary: £199.00-£200.00 per day

Benefits:

• Work from home

Work Location: Remote