The Middle East practice mainly comprises of Finance, Corporate, Litigation, Real Estate and Capital Markets Departments. The role of the Legal Support Secretary (LSS) is to provide a first class professional support service to the Middle East Partner\'s/Lawyers in the Abu Dhabi office.

Key Responsibilities

The support provided will be as part of a team with shared responsibilities, and the LSS will be expected to refocus tasks and priorities periodically as required by the practice area. The LSS reports to the Office Manager and is expected, on a daily basis, to create a positive working relationship with the fee earner(s) and the team with whom they work. There are six high level categories, detailed below, which describe the core areas of the support service which a LSS provides.

Client Support - supporting client activities and requirements in a proactive manner

Team Support - working collaboratively with other LSS team members to provide a responsive and professional support services to fee earners

Document Management/Production - managing document processing from beginning to end, involving the Document Production Unit in London if required

Administrative Support - maintaining overall support through core administrative and communication activities

Financial Support \xe2\x80\x93 liaising with the billing team

Diary/Meeting Management - co-ordinating fee earner work by maintaining and managing schedules and acting as the key contact point for fee earners both internally and externally

Specific areas of focus will vary over time and according to the requirements of the team of fee-earners, but the LSS will be required to perform tasks within each of these categories at some time.

Key Working Relationships

Along with all Secretarial Services staff, a key attribute of the LSS\'s success will be dependent on the positive and collaborative working relationships which they build with colleagues in the Practice Area. The key working relationships for the LSS will be:

Fee earners to whom they provide first-line support

Office Manager

Fee earners\' clients

Other LSS in Team

London DPU

Qualifications

Skills & Experience:

Minimum typing speed of 60+ wpm

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word

Previous work experience in a professional services environment

A-Level standard or equivalent

Excellent Communication skills

Self-Management and Organisation

Problem solving, judgment and decision making

Working with others as a part of a team and on your own initiative

Client focus

Networking and organisational awareness

About the Firm

Clifford Chance is one of the world\'s leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three key markets of the Americas, Asia and Europe and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution. Clifford Chance has 33 offices in 23 countries, one of which is in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Equal Opportunities

It is the Firm\'s policy to treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. Furthermore, the Firm will ensure that no requirement or condition will be imposed without justification which could disadvantage individuals purely on any of the above grounds.

The policy applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

The Firm will regularly review its procedures and selection criteria to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated according to their relevant individual abilities and merits.

The firm is committed to the implementation of this policy and to a programme of action to ensure that the policy is, and continues to be, fully effective. All staff are required to comply with the policy and to act in accordance with its objectives so as to remove any barriers to equal opportunity. Any act of discrimination by employees or any failure to comply with the terms of the policy will result in disciplinary action.

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