Legal - Immigration - Admin. Associate

Job Description

Line of ServiceTaxSpecialismImmigrationManagement LevelAdministrative& SummaryWe are part of the largest global legal network and have over 3,500 lawyers and legal professionals in over 90 countries (over 170 countries including immigration law and entity governance & compliance). Our Middle East Legal Network continues to rapidly grow. Our lawyers and legal professionals work alongside the wider PwC, providing a truly joined up client facing service offering. Our team often works with Tax, Structuring, Consulting and Risk Assurance Services and other professionals from within PwC to deliver a unique, comprehensive and integrated service to our clients.We are a thriving business across the Middle East with a regional hub in Dubai, looking to expand further.The Immigration practice provides advisory and compliance services to clients in relation to immigration and provides a unique opportunity to broaden your own skills and be at the cutting edge of legal services. We also look to embrace technology in everything we do. We are looking for an Administrative assistant/Associate with ideally two years experience and a Middle East Immigration background, to join the team and to help support its continued expansion.Our new Admin assistant/Associate will be fully integrated into the team and will work closely with lawyers and legal professionals of all levels. Like the rest of our team, we expect those in this role will enjoy an interesting, varied and challenging workload. The day-to-day work may involve research and gathering information for clients on immigration compliance, assisting Associates with preparing visa/work permit application packs, assisting drafting client alerts, as well as the managing of all team administrative tasks. It will involve liaising with our other specialist legal teams in the Middle East and with our Network firms in other jurisdictions, and generally working with the team to develop top quality service to our clients.Essential skills:- Fluency in spoken and written English; clear, articulate and confident in written and verbal communication skills- A high level of computer literacy, including a good working knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and legal databases/case working tools- Well organised and able to deal with large amounts of information- Excellent attention to detail- Primarily a team player but also able to complete specified tasks under own initiative- Ability to adapt and be flexible- Highly driven and proactive- Respect for confidential information REQUIREMENTS: Desirable skills:- Proficient Arabic language ability highly desirable- Middle East immigration experience with a focus on the UAE (mainland and freezone jurisdictions) and Saudi Arabia

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About Company

PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value theyre looking for.

Were a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network.

In our 3 key areas of business or Lines of Service Assurance, Tax, and Advisory we work with our clients from business start ups to the worlds leading organizations to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.

We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow.

PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the Central Cluster and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets - UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.

PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 4500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm.