Legal PA to the Partner and Team

Irwin & Dow

Dubai, UAE

Ref: NP447-234

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients including over half of the Fortune Global 100. The firm has offices throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia and represents clients with new ventures and mid-sized companies in emerging industries. The firm is committed to quality and dedicated to understanding the business and culture of its clients.

The successful candidate will be a highly self- motivated individual who can provide comprehensive PA and secretarial support to the Partner and his team. This role requires a very confident and highly articulate individual as this is a demanding position with extremely high volumes of administration, especially complex diary and travel management. Candidates must be forward thinking and able to offer innovative and creative solutions to the team to maximize efficiency.

Additionally, the role will include managing all files, archiving and updating client/ contact lists on relevant databases, liaising with external clients/ contacts in a professional manner and building strong working relationships plus managing the monthly billing process and dealing with the team's expenses.

The role will demand a high level of typing, including amending documents, taking minutes in meetings and general day to- day correspondence. Typing skills should be fast and accurate.

Requirements

Our client is looking for a candidate who has a minimum of three years experience working for a leading law firm, in a relevant legal secretarial role or high-level PA position. The candidate must be extremely organised and demonstrative of good IT and excellent typing skills. They will need to have a good understanding of billing procedures and a good eye for attention to detail. Ideally, our client requires an active team member, with a strong personality, who understands the role and the pressures involved. Candidates must possess exceptional English skills, both verbal and written with high caliber document production skills.

Fantastic offices, great benefits and a lovely working environment, make this role that something special!

About the Company

Irwin & Dow was established in 2013 to provide clients with a unique and highly personalised recruitment service, providing the very top calibre of candidates across the business support and secretarial function.

We provide a refreshing approach, working in close partnership with clients and candidates across diverse industry sectors; large MNC’s, government & semi -government entities, SME’s, local businesses and in the start-up and UHNWI support framework.

Great people equal great success: all our candidates are interviewed personally by a member of the team, and we develop longstanding and in-depth relationships with our clients, understanding their corporate culture and goals to ensure a successful outcome for both parties.

Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount, and we are pleased to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.

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