At Hays Legal, we are passionate about the legal profession. Whether you are a lawyer, legal secretary or legal executive, our unparalleled recruiting expertise will help you find the best legal jobs. We’ve formed deep relationships with New Zealand’s key employers, from international legal practices to respected niche law firms and corporate, financial and public sector organisations. This enables us to offer a wide range of law jobs across all levels of seniority. So whether you are looking for a permanent position, contract role or temporary assignment, we’ll connect you with the right law job vacancy for you.

I am currently recruiting for the following Legal Secretary and Legal P.A. positions:

LEGAL SECRETARY, LITIGATION │ Christchurch (PERM)

• An experienced legal secretary is needed to join a well known firm!
• This is a small, tight-knit team based in the CBD that handle litigation work with a small amount of other areas of legal work.
• Duties include: dictation, file management, filing, photocopying, scanning of documents, diary management, email management, opening client matters and ID verification for AML purposes
• Hours are 8.30am - 5pm
• Modern offices

LEGAL SECRETARY, GENERAL PRACTICE │ Christchurch (FIXED TERM)

• We are looking for a superstar legal secretary to pick up a maternity leave contract starting from June and going through to the end of the year.
• You’ll be supporting several authors across conveyancing, trusts, wills and estates files
• This is a small firm based in the suburbs with plenty of parking and an easy, family-friendly culture
• Hours are 8.30am - 5pm, with some flexibility available around start and finish times.

LEGAL SECRETARY, PROPERTY │ Christchurch (TEMP)

• We need an experienced legal secretary or P.A. with property and conveyancing experience to lend a hand for a 4 week assignment
• Ideally starting ASAP, 8.30am - 5pm; open to part time hours if necessary
• Paying $24 - $30 p/h, depending on experience
• Nice location near the Christchurch CBD - great cafes and shops nearby

LEGAL SECRETARY, PRIVATE CLIENT TEAM │ Christchurch (PERM)

• I’m looking for an experienced legal secretary to join a great firm in the CBD!
• Join a growing Private Client team assisting with trust and estate work through dictation, typing, filing, etc. Experience in this area would be beneficial but we would look at anyone who has 2+ years of experience as a Legal Secretary or PA in any area of law
• This is a friendly culture that cares – professional yet flexible in their approach
• 8.30am - 5pm ideally
• Modern offices near great eateries and shops
• Competitive market salary on offer, based on your experience