Job title: Consumer Duty Policy Associate
Division: Supervision, Policy & Competition
Department: Consumer Policy and Outcomes (CPO)
- Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £43,100 to £50,266 and London from £47,300 to £55,166 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
- This role is graded as: Associate – Level 8 - Regulatory
- Your Internal recruitment contact is Louis Van Den Burg via louis.vandenburg@fca.org.uk
- Your external recruitment contact is Tahir Khan via tahir.khan1@fca.org.uk. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
About the FCA and team
We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.
SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition).
Sitting in Cross-Cutting Policy & Strategy (CCPS), the Consumer Duty Policy team owns the FCA's policy approach to the Consumer Duty. We maintain and develop the Duty's rules and guidance, providing expert advice on complex and novel issues, and supporting colleagues across the FCA to apply the Duty consistently and effectively to deliver good outcomes for retail customers.
Role responsibilities:
- Supporting colleagues across the FCA to apply the Consumer Duty in practice, to ensure it is effective in driving good outcomes for consumers. This includes answering queries and using your judgment to enable effective Supervision of the Duty and supporting project work to analyse firms’ behaviour and establish good practice under the Duty. It also includes providing advice to colleagues across the FCA on interpreting and applying the Consumer Duty in different contexts, ensuring it is applied consistently
- Contributing to the development of the FCA approach to policymaking in retail markets and supporting Policy colleagues to deliver this approach.
- Supporting the ongoing delivery of the Consumer Duty Rules Framework - an internal framework to help policy teams consider the Consumer Duty when developing rules and guidance and drive a more consistent approach to policymaking in areas where the Consumer Duty applies.
- Providing policy input to our high-profile communications and external engagement strategy, including events and other engagements involving senior stakeholders.
Skills required:
Minimum:
- Demonstrable experience drafting and briefing, able to product clear and concise written outputs
- Prior experience in supporting the delivery of project work, showing the ability to prioritise work efficiently and strong organisational skills
- Demonstrable experience in building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
Essential:
- Experience in analysing complex information and making judgements based on data and evidence
- Experience of working on policy development or delivery and providing policy advice.
- Good verbal communication and presentation skills
- The ability to work constructively, collaboratively and flexibly with others
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Colleagues spend a minimum of 50% of their working time in the office each month (60% for Directors and Executive Directors) across our London, Leeds and Edinburgh offices
- Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
- Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
- 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
- A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle
For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.
Our Values & Culture
Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support.
We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.
Disability Confident: Our Hiring Approach
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.
Useful Information and Timeline
- Job advert close: 3rd November 2026 at 23:59
- CV Review/Shortlist: 5th November 2026
- Case Study Assessment and Interview: 12th to 19th November 2026
- Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
