Legal Practice Assistant Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.Location: Upper Poppleton, York. This is a full-time office-based role. MUST LIVE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE TO YORK YO26Salary: £28,000.00 per annum + benefitsTorque Law is a specialist employment law practice based just outside York, named Niche Law Firm of the Year at the 2024 Yorkshire Legal Awards and Featured in the Times Best Law Firms List 2025, the firm was established by Tiggy Clifford and Emma Whiting in 2016. Now a 15-strong team, we offer HR legal advice to employers and senior executives, advise on settlement agreements and business immigration and provide employment law training.We are seeking a full-time Legal Practice Assistant to join our busy team and provide essential administrative support. This role is integral to ensuring smooth operations and delivering excellent client service.Core responsibilities: Providing support to Partners, Fee Earners, and the Practice Manager across a wide range of business and legal administrative activities. This includes assistance with client matters as well as practice-related tasks to ensure the smooth running of the office. This diverse role encompasses a wide variety of responsibilities, including but not limited to:Administration
Administration on legal matters: scanning, reviewing and collating documents, preparing bundles of documents.Answer and direct calls professionally and efficiently.New client/matter administration: compliance checks, engagement letters, preparing advice notes, file closure paperwork and archiving, general file administration.Assist with the preparation of bills.General office administration and assistance.
Marketing & Events
Create engaging content for social media, newsletters, and promotional materials.Prepare and send mailers to clients and subscribers.Assist with basic marketing tasks, including updating content and supporting promotional initiatives.Assistance with event preparation: PowerPoint presentations, printing handouts, name badges and other literature.
Skills/KnowledgeEssential
Ability to communicate clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing.Good working knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.Capable of working effectively as part of a team and independently when needed.Ability to work with high standards of accuracy and use own initiative.Willingness to undertake all relevant training.
Desirable
Working knowledge of MS Forms, Canva, Mailchimp and Wordpress.Previous experience in a legal or professional services environment.Familiarity with case management systems - you will receive training on our case management system (Leap).
Interested? Please apply with your updated CV. INDHS Equals One is an advertising and recruitment agency working on behalf of our client to promote this vacancy. You may be contacted directly by the employer should they wish to progress your application. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to provide specific feedback if your application is unsuccessful.
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