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Job description / Role
Legal PA – AED 20,000
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Our client is one of the world’s premier and globally established law firms. They are currently looking for a Legal PA to provide efficient, client focused, and professional legal administrative service support to the lawyers in its Abu Dhabi office.
You will be reporting into the Head of Operations and Assistant Business Services Manager. Your role will be to focus purely on administrative support. Your responsibilities will include (but will not be limited to):
• Extensive diary management/email management
• Arranging departmental meetings
• Client care; dealing with enquiries; filtering calls
• Arranging conference calls/video-conferences
• Maintaining diaries, booking appointments, arranging meeting rooms, arranging client lunches and organizing travel arrangements (including arranging necessary visas)
• Preparing routine correspondence and legal documentation (including audio typing)
• Managing expense claims
• Managing incoming communication (including e-mail and voicemail).
Requirements
This is a very exciting role which requires a flexible and proactive secretary with an enthusiastic approach to team working. This position would suit someone who has excellent administration skills, is organized and able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines, excellent verbal and written communication skills, is accurate, discreet, well presented and approachable. Experience of working in a legal environment or client service experience is advantageous.
About the Company
KERSHAW LEONARD "WE CHANGE PEOPLES LIVES"
Who we are:
Founded in September 1999 The Kershaw Leonard Group was based upon professional recruitment practices laid down by the UK Institute of Employment Consultants whose values are still at the core of our success today.
Inherently we believe that recruitment is a people business not a CV processing business and as such we take time and care to make sure we understand the needs of both our Clients and our Candidates.
Such attention to the care side of our business together with the sheer length of time we have been established has given us a unique position. We regularly attract top class candidates who only want to work with Kershaw Leonard as they trust our confidentiality and professionalism. Similarly, more than 75% of the clients we work with come back for more when they have a new position to fill.
What we do:
Kershaw Leonard Group places exceptional talent on a Global scale. Our winning strategy is to partner very closely with a small number of clients so we can really understand their objectives, needs and aspirations in a way that allows us to intuitively know the kind of cultural fit they are looking for when the time comes for them to recruit new talent. Then once that talent is on board and part of the client’s team, to assist wherever is needed to improve performance and leadership skills
Why Us:
The Kershaw Leonard Group is more than just a recruitment agency. In addition to KL Recruitment, KL Consulting offers a vast spectrum of skills from our experienced behavioural psychologist and consultants with almost two decades of HR Director level experience in the region.