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Vacancies
Publications Officer (HEO)
Deadline: 11.55pm, Monday 12 October
Salary: £40,014 – £42,859
Contract type: Permanent
We are recruiting permanently for a Publications Officer in the Communications team. This is a role for someone who takes pride in getting things right — who understands the importance of a well-designed, produced, and accessible document.
As Publications Officer, you will be the central point of expertise for publication production across the Law Commission’s project teams. You will guide colleagues through the full production lifecycle, often to tight timescales from finished text to final printed or digital product working closely with external designers, translators and printers to deliver high-quality, accessible publications on time and within budget. This is a role that requires creativity and the ability to work with autonomy.
The Law Commission produces a wide range of publications reports, consultation papers, summaries — each with its own timeline, and requirements for different formats. You’ll be the person who holds all of that together, guiding colleagues through the process with confidence and keeping everything on track even when timelines are tight.
This is primarily a publications role, but we’re a joined-up communications team and there will be real opportunities to get involved in the wider work — whether that’s digital, media, press relations and, especially, our growing programme of communications in Wales.
Law Reform Team Manager – Commercial and Common Law
Deadline: 11.55pm, Wednesday 21 October
Salary: £75,674 – £85,257
Contract type: Fixed term, for a period of up to 12 months
We are recruiting for a Law Reform Team Manager within the Commercial and Common Law Team on a 12-month fixed-term appointment. This is an opportunity to make a real difference to the law in England and Wales, leading a team of specialist law reformers working on challenging and high-profile law reform.
Law Reform Team Managers (of which there are four posts) hold a key leadership role at the Law Commission and are essential in the delivery of our high-profile law reform work. This is an exciting opportunity to work with the Law Commissioner, Professor Solène Rowan, across all the team’s law reform projects.
The postholder will provide advice, challenge and offer expertise to lawyers and staff in their team and the Commissioner on law reform practice, including on robust legal policy analysis and development, stakeholder relations, Parliamentary handling, financial planning and negotiations for securing new projects.
The postholder will lead a team of approximately 12 staff, with direct line management of the Grade 7 Law Reform Lawyers and overall responsibility for the leadership, management and development of the wider team of eight staff through the line management structure.
There may be an opportunity for the role to be extended or made permanent, subject to business need and the relevant approvals.