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Job description / Role
Legal Secretary - Dubai
Miller Hay are recruiting for an experienced Legal Secretary on behalf of our client a top multinational law firm. This role will be based in their Dubai office and the successful person will be responsible for supporting a Senior Partner. Salary is 23,000 AED + benefits.
- Complex diary management
- Document production, including heavy amendments and formatting, track changes and working in multiple versions of documents
- Making travel arrangements as required, including flights, accommodation and airport transfers
- Heavy involvement in the billing process, including working with the partner and the accounts team to produce the monthly bills, checking the accuracy of the bills and sending them out in a timely manner
- Electronic and physical filing of correspondence and documents
- Preparing expense claim forms
- Inputting client development events and meetings in appropriate systems
- Assisting with secretarial and admin tasks as directed by the Office Coordinator
- Answering calls and making calls on behalf
- Multi-tasking and prioritising work
Requirements
- Minimum of five years experience in a law firm
- Fluent in English, both verbal and written (preferably mother tongue)
- Friendly and approachable manner.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Must be a team player with a can-do attitude. No job is too big or too small
- Willingness to build and improve secretarial skills.
- Minimum typing speed of 60 words per minute and high level of accuracy
- Advanced Outlook / Word / Excel / PowerPoint 2010 skills
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.