Legal Secretary ***immediate start***
- Recruiter
- Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment Limited
- Location
- United Arab Emirates, Dubai
- Salary
- £60000 per annum + annual ticket & family medical insurance
- Posted
- 08 Nov 2016
- Closes
- 06 Dec 2016
- Ref
- HA33624
- Contact
- Hannah Allan
- Job Title
- Legal Secretary
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Legal Secretary ***immediate start***
A Legal Secretary is required for a rewarding opportunity with a leading international law firm. The role will be based in Dubai and offers an excellent salary and benefits package (including annual ticket to home country, death in service, and family status medical insurance with BUPA).
Reporting into the Operations Director and supporting (in the main) the Banking & Finance, and Corporate/Commercial teams, your key Legal Secretary responsibilities will include…
1. Monitoring emails and post, and dealing with external and internal telephone calls and queries
2. Typing letters, correspondence, presentations, reports and legal documentation
3. Managing the Lawyers' diaries, making appointments, and coordinating internal and external meetings
4. Assisting with billing
5. Booking conference rooms, cars, refreshments and restaurants; and liaising with meeting attendees
6. Travel arrangements - booking and confirming reservations, producing itineraries, and dealing with related invoices and expense claims
7. Day-to-day administrative tasks
8. Document management
9. Key liaison point for clients when Lawyers are unavailable
10. Supporting Lawyers in marketing and business development activities
11. Understanding of the end-to-end billing process and Elite
You will be an experienced (at least two years with an International law firm) and first class Legal Secretary who, if asked, would say they were an all-rounder with a can do attitude.
This is a fantastic Dubai based Legal Secretary role offering an excellent salary and benefits package (including annual ticket to home country, death in service, and family status medical insurance with BUPA).
This is also a priority hire for my client. They need someone in situ within weeks so if you are immediately available or on a short notice period then I would encourage you to send me your CV today.
Please contact Hannah Allan our International legal recruitment specialist to discuss the role in more detail or apply through the vacancy for immediate consideration. If you have not been contacted within five working days you should assume you have not been successful on this occasion. Your details will be kept on file and we will contact you should a similar vacancy arise in the near future.
Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment are experts in International legal recruitment and have an extensive network (and sound understanding) of the International legal jobs market. We have developed a number of key relationships with both private practice and in house clients and have become an integral part of many clients recruitment strategies based on credibility and depth of service. Having helped a record number of legal professionals find permanent and locum work with some of the world's leading global names we can confidently say that we are experts in our field.
We are now actively hiring for a number of key clients situated in the Middle East, UK and Asia Pacific legal markets. Please contact Hannah directly to discuss your next career move in confidence.