Legal Secretary

Job description / Role

Salary between 12,000 and 14,000 QAR depending on experience

Our client is always looking to invest in the highest-quality talent, recognising that their success is built on the diverse and unique strengths of each of the members of their Firm. The firm has international presence and now clients benefit from approximately 2,600 lawyers and professionals in more than 75 locations spanning 50-plus countries across Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and CIS, the UK and the US who are committed to challenging the status quo to offer creative business and legal solutions.

Our client is a truly polycentric international law firm that fully embraces the diversity of its geography, cultures and legal traditions. The Firm has no headquarters, no dominant national culture, and proudly offers clients talent from diverse backgrounds and countries with deep experience in Civil Law, English Common Law and US Common Law.

Purpose of Role:
To provide reception, secretarial and administrative services for one or more fee-earners. Performs a range of administrative and secretarial duties.

Responsibilities:
- Answer calls and take messages when required. Forwarding messages in a timely manner.
- Accurately type amended agreements and correspondence by the fee-earner. Checks own work for correct use of punctuation and grammar.
- Composes types and sends out letter / e-mails with the approval of the fee-earner if client related.
- Maintains the diary, arrange appointments, meetings and travel as directed by the fee-earner.
- Prepares and assembles bibles or documents for client meetings.
- Performs a variety of administrative routines and ad-hoc work within the general guidelines, as directed by the fee-earner.
- Creates and maintains effective filing systems where the information could be of a highly sensitive/confidential nature.
- Assist fee-earners in entering their time accurately and timely in Carpe Diem.
- Coordinating with Accounts and fee-earners in sending invoices to clients by drafting cover letters and ensuring invoices are billed correctly and sending to the clients.
- General day-to-day secretarial duties.
- Will be based full time on reception

Requirements

At least 2 years as a Secretary, preferably with a legal background. Legal experience a definite advantage.



Candidates must reside in Doha

Unfortunately due to the high volume of candidate applications only the successful candidates will be contacted.

About the Company

Connect Executive Search Middle East is a full service selection and placement agency that is focused on supplying the best pool of talent to the Middle East. Offering an unrivalled level of service, our aim is to connect organisations with leading professionals through our team’s sector specific knowledge and in-depth understanding of the Middle East market.

We cover multiple sectors as following:

• Emiratisation & Government • Healthcare & Life Sciences • Legal & Business Support • OIL, Gas & Energy • Industrial and Engineering

At Connect Executive Search Middle East, finding employees the work they are best suited for, and by finding employers those candidates who are the right fit within their organization, we provide value to society as a whole. By finding the right balance between the needs of the employer and the changing wishes of employees, we will bring supply and demand closer together. It is our mission to inspire individuals and organisations to work more effectively and efficiently, and create greater choice in the domain of work, for the benefit of all concerned.