Secretary - DIFC
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**Role:** Secretary (Legal) **Reporting Line:** Team Leader **Requirements:** * 5\+ years of secretarial experience with a professional services company * Familiarity with legal documents and terminology * Excellent knowledge of MS Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook) * Experience with legal technology (document management systems, transcription software, dictaphone, etc) * Superior written and oral communication skills in English and Ara
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Requirements
- 5+ years of secretarial experience with a professional services company
- Familiarity with legal documents and terminology
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook)
- Experience with legal technology (document management systems, transcription software, dictaphone, etc)
- Superior written and oral communication skills in English and Arabic
- Ability to work with a team of lawyers and other colleagues
- Outstanding time-management and accurate typing skills
- Capability to effectively prioritize and meet deadlines
- Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to build relationships with senior executives
- Good problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Demonstrate a courteous and professional demeanor
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support to one or more lawyers
- Produce information by transcribing, formatting, inputting, editing, retrieving, copying, and transmitting text, data, and where needed, graphics
- Assist associates with processing, amending, and proofreading legal documents and in some cases, courtroom procedures
- Participate in the billing process by preparing invoices, reimbursable expenses and tracking client payments and billing queries with finance
- Maintains lawyer’s calendars by planning and scheduling conferences, teleconferences, meetings, and making travel arrangements
- File, organize, scan, copy and fax legal documents promptly
- Screen, direct, and prioritize incoming calls and emails to lawyers
- Adhere to the Firm’s policies and procedures
Relationships
- Lawyers
- Team Leader
• Business Support Teams
- Secretaries
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Essential to our success as a regional law firm is our ability to attract and retain the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are committed to a work environment where everyone can reach their potential and we have an inclusive culture which respects individual differences.
- We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved.
- Al Tamimi & Company is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and support those in the workplace who have a disability.
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