YLLegal Clerk *External

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Legal Clerk

Police HQ Wakefield

One part time permanent post - 22.12 hours (working days flexible)

Salary : £24,747 per annum pro rata.

West Yorkshire Police is looking to recruit a part time office based Legal Clerk to join the Legal Services Department based in Wakefield for 22.12 hours.

Working as part of a small team, you will be responsible for providing an efficient and fully comprehensive clerical service to our Legal Services team. You will also have knowledge of and the ability to operate computer systems such as Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word and Excel.

Eligible candidates will come with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will need to be organised and be able to work to tight deadlines, ensuring that you prioritise your own workload. Experience of previous working in an office / legal environment is desirable although not essential.

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below :

• Generous annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus statutory Bank Holidays.
• Access to a range of Occupational Health facilities.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24 /
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For further information on this role please contact Emma Garner on

This post will close at 23 : 55 hours on 15th January 2026.

West Yorkshire Police is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010.

Applicants should be aware that it is not always possible to carry out adequate vetting checks on persons who have not been resident within the UK for the last five years. Therefore, where this applies, applicants may be refused because it was not possible to vet them to the appropriate standard.