Senior Legal Professional

Job description / Role

My client, a legal institution in Dubai, is looking for a senior legal professional to join their operations team. This role would suit lawyers with general management experience who are looking for a role outside of private practice, or legally qualified personnel.

Areas of Responsibility

Applicants must be able to undertake the following duties:

• Management of claims (including receiving documents and ensuring documents are correct, sending notices, maintaining case lists/registers).
• Manage the day to day administration and operations of the office including budgeting, finance, procurement, procedure manuals, general services, human capital, quality assurance and information technology.
• Prepare draft budget, plans (strategic, resource, etc) and identify requirements (eg. staff training, branding, communication) for approval.
• Assist in anticipating, planning, guiding and evaluating the work of the office, while making it possible for the Manager to be present or represented in all necessary meetings.
• Undertake legal research/analysis in regard to current claims; technically support various cases and claims.
• Assist the Manager in the development and implementation of promotional materials and events that communicate the values and competencies of the office.
• Other special projects/duties as required from time to time.

Our client‘s working hours are 8am – 5pm, Sunday to Thursday, and on offer is a generous salary and benefits package, including comprehensive medical insurance, schooling allowances and return business class flights annually.

Requirements

To be considered for the role, applicants must have each of the following:

• Law degree from reputable university with admission to practice in at least one common law jurisdiction (UK, US, AU, NZ, CA preferred)
• At least 5 years of legal experience required including legal professional experience, and good management and operational experience, including experience managing a team of up to 10 direct reports and the ability to undertake all duties listed in the areas of responsibility (below)
• Near-native level English.

The following criteria are preferred, but not mandatory:

• Courtroom experience
• UAE legal jurisdiction experience
• Arabic language skills

Competencies

Applicants must also demonstrate the following competencies:

• Passion for excellence and delivery
• Excellent English communication skills
• Innovation
• Customer service focus
• Teamwork
• Development of self & others
• Leadership skills
• Judgment & decision making

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.