Secretary 2 (Legal Assistant) Office of the Public Trustee

The Public Trustee is committed to the proper administration of estates of deceased persons, incompetent persons, children, and missing persons. It is also committed to providing informed consents for health care, placement to continuing care homes, or home care services using an approach that is client-centred, respectful of human rights and freedoms, and in the clients' best interests if prior wishes, values, and beliefs are not known.

The Public Trustee of Nova Scotia is independent of government. It is set up as a corporation to protect the financial and personal well-being of its clients and offers a wide range of unique services. Its authority is set out in numerous provincial laws.

About Our Opportunity

As a Legal Assistant within the Public Trustee’s Office, you will provide high-quality specialized legal assistance, case management, secretarial, and administrative support for the solicitors on staff with the Public Trustee's Office.