Website Al Tamimi
Founded by Essam Al Tamimi in 1989, Al Tamimi & Company has become the leading law firm in the Middle East & North Africa with offices in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The firm employs more than 350+ lawyers and has over 850 staff in total. Al Tamimi & Company is a full service law firm that specialises in a broad range of practice areas. It provides its clients with professional legal expertise, quality strategic advice and maintains a superior level of client service. Al Tamimi & Company's lawyers are made up of a combination of internationally qualified lawyers and local lawyers who have extensive knowledge and experience of working in the local legal community.
Secretary – Corporate Commercial
JOB DESCRIPTION
Reporting Line
Team Leader
Requirement:
- 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
- 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 demeanour.
Primary Job Purpose:
- Writing common forms of legal correspondence
- Help prepare legal documents.
- Assist associates by using their thorough knowledge of how to file legal documents and in some cases, court room procedures.
- Generate a lot of legal content that is used for communication between attorneys and their clients.
- Carry out tasks that require them to answer phones, run errands, coordinate meetings and greet visitors, when necessary, support senior members of a department and backup team leaders in the event of the team leader’s absence.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Must familiarize themselves with legal terminology.
- Expected to perform typing and transcription of documentation as required by the associate/partner.
- Compose and type letters, memos, correspondence and reports.
- Participate in the billing process, new matter and closing matter request forms, enter monthly timesheets as well as reminder for client payments and following up client billing queries with finance.
- Participate in meetings for minutes, amend routine legal documents and correspondence as well as proofread when required.
- Expected to adhere to the Firm’s policies and procedures.
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