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Ref: OP472-29
Job description / Role
Legal Secretary
Salary: AED 15 18,000
Dubai, UAE
Our client is an established global Legal firm, who are recruiting for a Legal Secretary to join their Dubai office. Main purpose of this position is to provide secretarial and administrative services for one or more Fee-earners. Responsibilities will range from administrative to secretarial duties.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
Answer calls and take messages when required. Forwarding messages in a timely manner.
Accurately types 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.
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.
Requirements
Criteria:
2+ years as a Secretary with Legal background
Experience of Track Changes and Word formatting
Able to multi-task efficiently
Good organization skills
Excellent Computer skills (MS Office, Outlook, internet, etc.)
Audio typing skills 50 WPM
Ideally Western candidates preferred
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.