People Team Assistant in Leeds

At Wrigleys Solicitors, we’re looking for a People Team Assistant to join us in Leeds. We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a generous holiday entitlement and purchase scheme, a pension, private medical insurance, an employee assistance programme, life assurance, employee wellness initiatives, agile working, and invitations to social events throughout the year. Wrigleys is a well-established, reputable firm of specialist Solicitors with offices in Leeds, Sheffield, and Newcastle. We represent clients across the UK and are considered one of the leading expert practices outside of London. At Wrigleys, we pride ourselves on delivering specialist legal services to our clients within a professional yet friendly and authentic environment. Our culture is built on our purpose of putting people at the centre of what we do, and our values guide us in all aspects of our work with clients and each other. Together with our supportive leadership team, we offer a collegiate culture where everyone has a voice, and we encourage collaboration, innovation, and growth.

What you’ll be doing as People Team Assistant at Wrigleys Solicitors:

• Working as part of a collaborative team, you will play a key role in supporting a variety of activities, including employee engagement, internal communications, and the coordination of training and recruitment processes.

This role would suit someone with experience in administration, events, operations or coordination, who is looking to apply their skills in a people‑centred environment and continue developing within a supportive team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage shared inboxes and handle routine queries.
• Support candidate screening, shortlisting and maintaining the applicant tracking system (ATS).
• Assist with drafting job descriptions and job adverts.
• Contribute to social media activity promoting the firm and People initiatives.
• Support early careers activities, including careers fairs, insight events and inductions.
• Prepare interview packs and recruitment documentation.
• Help coordinate onboarding for new starters.
• Provide support on a range of People projects.
• Draft and share internal updates, newsletters and communications.
• Proofread and format content to ensure consistency with tone and branding.
• Assist with the design of internal documents and materials.
• Maintain intranet pages and digital channels.
• Support coordination of internal events and colleague engagement activities.
• Contribute to data analysis to support engagement and wellbeing initiatives.
• Coordinate scheduling and logistics for training sessions and workshops.
• Maintain accurate training records and support reporting.
• Provide wider administrative support to the team as needed.

What we’re looking for in a People Team Assistant:

• Previous experience in administration, coordination or office support is essential.
• An interest in improving processes and enhancing efficiency.
• Confident arranging meetings, managing inboxes and general coordination tasks.
• Experience supporting events would be an advantage.
• Familiarity with social media platforms is beneficial.

Application Process:

Our selection process for the People Team Assistant position is transparent. We prioritise keeping all candidates informed at every step, ensuring there is no uncertainty. We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition and need us to make adjustments to give you the best possible recruitment process, please do let us know by contacting our recruitment team.

Equality and Diversity:

Individual differences are embraced at Wrigleys, and by putting people at the centre of what we do, we strive to create an inclusive working environment in which colleagues feel supported and can be themselves.