Legal Secretary

1 week ago


Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates MENA Recruit Pty Ltd Full time

We are looking for an outstanding legal secretary to join the busy Abu Dhabi office of an international law firm. You will do various secretarial and administrative tasks to support assigned two partners and three lawyers, ideally for a January 2024 start date.

The role is due to a departure in their Abu Dhabi office, and they require the secretary to be technically strong, experienced with handling bills every month, and have a proactive approach.

Role involves:

Providing a high level of client care and support while producing a high volume of consistently excellent work.

  • Maintaining a general knowledge of the Firm's practice areas/groups and a specialised knowledge of the assigned attorneys' practice areas and clients to enhance and promote communication between attorneys and their clients and to provide excellent and personalised client care to support attorney/client relationships.
  • Prints various documents including, scanning and sending single and multiple documents using digital sender, multi-function device (MFD). Sends copies of documents via the Firm's external email program with appropriate disclaimer. Sends emails with administrative rights on behalf of the attorney as requested.
  • Through ongoing professional and on-the-job training, continues to build upon a solid knowledge of legal secretarial processes, procedures and technologies required by the legal secretarial profession and the Firm's practice areas/groups.
  • Following the Firm's established document processing methods and procedures, creates, spell checks, edits, and proofreads work products to ensure accuracy and completeness. Transcribes handwritten materials and/or dictation. Prepares and creates new documents, presentations, spreadsheets and so forth. Has excellent knowledge of correct formatting techniques.
  • Preparing matter openings, conflict checks, and arranging for matter closings. Coordinates with the Support Services for file retrieval and the maintenance of the Firm's master files for all matters on which the attorney works. Sets up and maintains attorney's work files, including regular filing. Prepares files for central storage and/or storage off-premises using the Firm's electronic records management system.

A detailed job spec can be provided.

We are looking for a minimum of 3 years of legal secretarial/PA experience at partner level.

Salary ranges from 24,000 to 30,000 AED per month. Benefits include working from home every Friday. They also pay an annual discretionary bonus, top international (excluding America) medical, optical and dental for self and dependents, and annual flight home for self and other benefits.

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