Paralegal

19 ديسمبر، 2022

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Paralegal

الوصف الوظيفي

Purpose

The JIGPC Paralegal assists and provides a range of legal support and administration to all members of the legal department. He/she supports the team by maintaining, drafting documents, and organizing files, and maintaining a legal library.

Principal Accountabilities

Summarizing cases and preparing reports for the lawyers within the legal department.
Conducting research, investigating facts, and developing legal arguments.
Drafting and organizing legal documents such as NDAs, MOUs, LOIs, legal correspondences, and contracts.
Organizing and archiving the documents related to completed and ongoing legal cases and files/matters handled by the lawyers within the legal department.
Keeping track of changes in legal framework and providing timely updates on these changes and following up with outside counsel for this purpose.
Preparing briefs, affidavits, legal correspondence, contracts, pleadings, appeals, and other legal documents.
Investigating facts (for example with the department who submitted a matter to the legal department) and statutes and searching public records and other resources to prepare legal arguments/position in relation to matters handled by lawyers within the legal department.
Gathering and analyzing statutes, decisions, and legal articles, codes, documents, and other data.
Keeping law library up to date by monitoring legal volumes and Official Gazette.
Any other task assigned by the General Counsel.

المهارات

Minimum Requirements and Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Law highly preferred, but not necessary.
Certificate of completion from accredited paralegal certification program of education and training, or an associate degree in paralegal studies. MA or BSc in Business Administration will be considered an advantage
Thorough knowledge of legal principles and practices, research techniques, legal terminologies and legal communication principles and practices
Proficient with Microsoft Office, specifically Outlook, Word, and Excel.
Strong oral and written communication skills, in both English and Arabic.
Excellent organizational skills, research skills, analytical skills, critical thinking skills, planning and organizing, information monitoring
With high stress tolerance
Attention to detail and accuracy and strictly observes confidentiality
Must be able to effectively multi-task, manage time-sensitive documents and have exceptional organizational skills in a fast-paced environment.
Must be able to function effectively in a busy, team-oriented environment.
Must have solid office administration experience.
Must be able to work well with others in a fast-paced team environment.
Self-motivated with a high sense of professional ethics and integrity.