Team Leader – Legal Support

Location: Dubai
Working pattern: Hybrid
Salary: AED 35,000–40,000 per month

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a leading international law firm in Dubai in a senior Team Leader position, taking responsibility for the management and development of a legal support function across the Middle East.

This is a broad people management role suited to an experienced legal support professional who enjoys leading and developing teams, improving ways of working and building strong relationships with senior stakeholders.

The Role

You will take responsibility for the day-to-day leadership of a team of legal support professionals, ensuring a consistently high standard of support across the business. The role will involve:

• Leading a team of 8+ legal support professionals, ideally with experience managing teams across multiple offices
• Managing, motivating and developing the team, including regular one-to-ones, performance management and career development
• Overseeing workloads, workflow, team coverage and resource allocation
• Coaching and mentoring team members and identifying training and development needs
• Managing performance issues and having constructive conversations where required
• Building strong relationships with Partners and senior stakeholders and effectively managing expectations
• Supporting the recruitment, onboarding and development of new team members
• Reviewing existing processes and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and service delivery
• Supporting wider operational projects and change initiatives
• Maintaining consistently high standards across the legal support function
• Demonstrating a strong understanding of both PE and TA roles and how these functions work together

About You

Current or recent international law firm experience is essential for this position.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have significant experience leading a legal support team of at least 8 people, ideally across multiple offices.

Your current title could include Team Leader, Secretarial Team Leader, Senior Legal Secretary, Senior PA, Team Coordinator or similar. We would also consider a strong Senior PA who is already managing a pool of secretaries and actively involved in their training and development and is ready to step into a broader leadership role.

You should be able to demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, confidence dealing with senior lawyers, and experience coaching and developing others. You will need to be highly organised, proactive and solutions-focused, with a strong understanding of how legal support functions operate within an international law firm.

Salary & Package

The salary is AED 35,000–40,000 per month, determined by the scale of direct reports currently under your leadership, your years of management experience and the complexity of the functions you oversee.

The role is Dubai based with hybrid working and represents a fantastic opportunity to take on a broader leadership remit within a highly regarded international law firm.

Please only apply if you have current or recent international law firm experience together with demonstrable experience managing or supervising a legal support team.

Ref: CH205759