Team Leader – Legal Support

Location: Dubai
Working pattern: Hybrid
Salary: up to around AED 35,000 (possible flexibility to slightly increase for the right candidate)

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 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 the team delivers a consistently high standard of support across the business.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing, motivating and developing a team of legal support professionals
• Overseeing workloads, workflow and resource allocation across the team
• Conducting regular one-to-ones and supporting performance and career development
• Coaching and mentoring team members and identifying training needs
• Managing performance issues and providing constructive feedback where required
• Ensuring appropriate team coverage and effective allocation of work
• Building strong relationships with Partners and senior stakeholders
• Supporting the recruitment and onboarding of new team members
• Reviewing existing processes and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency
• Supporting wider operational projects and change initiatives
• Ensuring consistently high standards of service across the legal support function

About You:

Previous experience within an international law firm is essential for this position.

We are particularly interested in speaking with candidates currently working within an international law firm who have experience managing or supervising Legal Secretaries, PAs, EAs or other legal support professionals.

Your current title could include Team Leader, Secretarial Team Leader, Senior Legal Secretary, Senior PA, Team Coordinator or a similar position.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Strong people-management and team leadership experience
• A solid understanding of how legal support teams operate within an international law firm
• Experience coaching, mentoring and developing team members
• Confidence managing performance and having difficult conversations when required
• Excellent stakeholder-management skills and the confidence to work closely with senior lawyers
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach
• Experience improving processes and ways of working
• Excellent communication skills and a high level of professionalism

This is a fantastic opportunity for an established Team Leader or an experienced Senior Legal Secretary/PA already managing or supervising others who is ready to take on a broader leadership position.

The role is based in Dubai with hybrid working, and the salary budget is flexible for the right candidate.

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