Office Services Trainee Office Assistant

Full-time

Permanent

Overview

Department: Office Services

Location: Edinburgh

Working hours: This is a full time role, 9am-5pm Monday-Friday (35 hours per week)

Reporting to: Office Services Team Lead

J ob Type: Permanent

Closing date: Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and interviews held on a rolling basis.

Your responsibilities

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being part of a workplace community, likes variety in their day, and is keen to build confidence in a professional office environment. It would be ideal for someone taking their first step into an office-based role, or for someone with strong administrative experience who is ready for a fresh challenge. This is a full-time, fully office-based role in our Edinburgh Caledonian Exchange office. Being in the office every day means you will be right at the centre of the team: learning directly from experienced colleagues, building strong working relationships, getting hands-on support, and playing an important part in keeping the office running smoothly.

Key experience and skills

• Organised
• Approachable
• Adaptable
• People-focussed
• Willing to learn

At Lindsays, we're a full-service law firm with a strong reputation for helping individuals, families, businesses, and charities navigate life’s opportunities and challenges with confidence and trust.From our offices across Scotland, our team combines expertise with a commitment to care and consideration, guiding our clients through the moments in life that matter most.With strong residential property and private client departments, we also have an expanding range of corporate and commercial services, encompassing company law, corporate finance, intellectual property, technology, employment, charity law, rural property, commercial property and construction, all of which enjoy an excellent reputation in the marketplace.With 56 Partners and over 300 staff, our goal is to have the right staff with the right skills to ensure we best advise and support our clients. We are committed to investing in our people and believe in helping our staff succeed.

Diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion play an integral part in the people strategy at Lindsays. We are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where our people feel valued and can reach their full potential.

Equal opportunities

Lindsays is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity and freedom from unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, disability, religion or beliefs, age or sexual orientation. For information on our Candidate Privacy Notice, please click here.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Questions?

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Rewards and benefits

Generous holiday allowance

30 days annual leave, and 9 fixed public holidays.

Flexible holiday options

Holiday purchase scheme to top up your annual allowance.

Support for life events

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay entitlements, plus contractual sick pay.

Financial security

Pension scheme to support your future.

Protection for your family

Death in Service Benefit.

Help when you need it

Discounted legal fees and access to a travel loan scheme.

Investing in you

Career development support to help you grow and progress.

Healthcare scheme

Access to online GP appts, counselling and health & wellbeing resources.

Discounted gym memberships

Discounted gym memberships for all employees.

Why work at Lindsays?

No matter your career stage or role, when you work at Lindsays, you’ll be part of a firm where talent is nurtured, careers are developed, and a healthy work-life balance is encouraged.

We offer a positive culture, varied work, and competitive benefits. And we support our people to achieve their goals.

Life at Lindsays

Life at Lindsays is rewarding. And we don’t just mean the benefits package or the work.

Our culture is welcoming and supportive, and as one of our early-stage solicitors put it, ‘Everyone wants you to succeed’.

Life at Lindsays

We encourage all applicants

We value the fact that our people bring different experiences, backgrounds and lives outside of work into their legal careers, and we actively support non-traditional routes into law.