Charterhouse is assisting a leading Law Firm and management services group in its search for an Executive Legal Secretary/Coordinator to join their Dubai office.
About the role The Executive Legal Secretary will support a team of Lawyers with all aspects of secretarial duties, as well as oversee a team of secretaries. This role will be responsible for diary and email management, travel arrangements, processing of expenses, preparation of documents, formatting, audio typing and billing.
The Secretary will provide high level administrative and client services support and will also take on some paralegal duties, assisting with research and case bundles.
Due to being the team lead for the other secretaries in the team, this role will also monitor and delegate workloads, assist in any training to the secretarial team and be involved in any interview processes. This is a full-time role in a fast-paced environment and will see you working within a diverse team.
About you To be considered for this role, the successful candidate should have a minimum of 6 years legal secretarial experience working for another international Law Firm with regional exposure.
This role is ideal for a Senior Executive Legal Secretary, looking to take on coordinator responsibilities or already be responsible for managing a team of Legal Secretaries.
Our client is looking for someone who is enthusiastic, extremely organised and self-sufficient with team leader skills. The candidate must be a team player with strong attention to detail and work well in a fast-paced setting and must also possess excellent communication skills in English.