Legal Secretary

Salary/Rate:£24000 - £26000 per annum
Job type:Perm
Location:North Yorkshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis is pleased to be partnering with a highly regarded and well-established legal services firm based in the heart of York. The firm is now seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to join their team on a permanent basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and highly organised Legal Secretary to support solicitors specialising in Probate and Estate Administration within a supportive and professional environment.

What will you be doing?

  • Preparing legal documents and professional correspondence.
  • Providing comprehensive secretarial support to solicitors.
  • Managing diaries and appointments.
  • Preparing financial records and assisting with the distribution of funds.
  • Liaising with clients in a professional and courteous manner.
  • Handling incoming telephone enquiries efficiently.

What skills are we looking for?

  • A minimum of six months experience in a similar legal secretarial role.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • A strong team-focused approach with the ability to work independently when required.

What's on offer?

  • Team building initiatives including corporate volunteering, regular wellbeing events, office treat days, colleague of the month recognition and a Christmas party.
  • Professional development through structured, funded and fully supported training.
  • A bonus scheme, subject to eligibility criteria.

To apply, please submit your application below. For further information, contact Emma.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

Job ref: EJ/6577Post Date: 02.02.26

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