Legal Secretary

Job description / Role

Our well respected and established Dubai based client is currently searching for a Legal Secretary to provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations Partners and other fee-earners in the group. Duties and Responsibilities will include:

- Amending documents and typing general correspondence;
- Management of the monthly billing process, including liaison with external clients and the interview revenue team regarding credit control;
- Full diary management, including the prioritising of meetings, travel arrangements and regular communication of appointments;
- Managing emails and telephone calls in the fee-earners' absence;
- Maintaining the document storage and retrieval system and other records on a regular basis;
- Ensuring incoming/outgoing post and faxes are dealt with promptly;
- Maintaining client and contact lists on relevant databases;
- Dealing with reimbursement of expenses;

Requirements

- A proactive self-starter with a mature attitude towards work;
- Excellent and accurate typing and document skills;
- Good IT knowledge;
- Previous transactional and/or litigation experience in a leading law firm is desirable;
- A good understanding of billing procedures;
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail;
- Strong organisation and time management skills;
- Strong communication and inter-personal skills;
- Proven initiative;
- Confident and trustworthy;
- Able to work as an active team member; and
- Willing to be flexible on working hours.

About the Company

Miller Hay is a privately owned boutique recruitment consultancy specialising in providing clients with secretarial and professional office support staff. We are experienced in placing top level Executive Assistants, Office Managers, Legal Secretaries, Administrators and Receptionists on a permanent and contract basis. Our range of industry sectors includes banking and financial services, professional services, FMCG and commercial as well as supporting the private offices of HNWI.

Located in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) our team is dedicated to supporting our clients in the region. With a passion for uncompromising quality, Miller Hay has a market-leading reputation for providing an honest, transparent and personal service where the long term needs of clients and candidates take priority over all else.