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Ref: QP103-374
Job description / Role
Job purpose
• We are searching for a legal technologist to be an integral part of the firm's adoption of new legal technology software in the MENA region. We are looking for someone with strong IT-skills and experience in the legal industry to work alongside lawyers and paralegals to develop a technology system to support our legal packaged services division.
Key responsibilities
• Inputting and assisting with the design of the content of legal technology platforms, including (in the initial part of the role) implementing software customization to a specific product;
• Coordinating with the core legal teams and the IT team on project delivery, liaising with software developers on the roll-out, and maintaining and dealing with technology support questions from internal and external clients (where relevant);
• Testing new legal technology against pre-defined criteria and evaluating performance in the MENA region;
• Becoming the "go to person" for functionality, training, amendments and extension of these legal technology platforms;
• Tracking usage and feedback, issue spotting; and
• Connecting with global and other regional innovation / legal technology teams to understand and communicate to the MENA region their legal technology innovation projects being undertaken within the firm.
Requirements
The ideal candidate will:
• Have a proven high level of IT literacy, coding training/experience will be highly regarded;
• Have a legal training background (for example a law degree and/or completed the LPC or be overseas qualified, or equivalent);
• Ideally have experience using legal technology software such as e-discovery/e-due diligence software, document automation (e.g. Contract Express or Hotdocs), workflow products (e.g. Neota Logic, Mattersphere), portal technology (e.g. HighQ, SharePoint), etc;
• Have an interest in new and emerging technologies such as AI, machine learning, block chain technology, data room analytics and document review platforms;
• Have a proven track record of strong organizational skills;
• Have excellent attention to detail;
• Be proactive, with strong persuasive skills; and
• Be resourceful and persistent in finding solutions.
• Have excellent English communication skills
• Be currently based in the UAE
About the Company
RecruitME are a specialized recruitment consultancy supplying top tier business support staff to Dubais leading multinational organizations. We carefully source, screen and select only the very best candidates to assist our clients in making easier recruitment decisions faster.
Differentiating ourselves from standard recruitment agencies our consultants have been carefully chosen for their backgrounds in business support for leading multinational organizations. Having been both the client and the candidate previously, we have an insiders understanding of the recruitment process and our clients needs.
What we do:
Specializing in business support positions we can assist in introducing a small selection of experienced administration, finance and human resource candidates with the relevant experience to benefit your business. Our careful screening process ensures that we have met with and can give a concise overview of each candidates skills and current situation before you meet them.
We pride ourselves on sending our clients only the very best available candidates in the market to ensure a simplified, hassle free and timely recruitment experience for all involved.