Commercial Legal Executive Assistant (18 Months)

Emerson; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Commercial Legal Executive Assistant to support its VP and leadership team. This role focuses on enhancing operational efficiency through project management, administrative tasks, and maintaining compliance across global teams. Candidates should possess a Law degree and strong organizational skills, while embracing a culture that prioritizes collaboration and employee growth.

Benefits

Flexible competitive benefits plans

Medical insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid parental leave

Vacation and holiday leave

Qualifications

• 3 years of meaningful work experience.
• Advanced MS Office and PPT skills are essential.
• Excellent oral and written English skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance to the VP Commercial Legal and leadership teams.
• Organize meetings and take minutes.
• Support Legal Operations with tool implementation.

Skills

Project Management

MS Office

English

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Law Degree or equivalent

Tools

PPT

Job description

Description

Job Summary:

The Commercial Legal Executive Assistant will support the Vice President Commercial Legal and the Commercial Legal Leadership Team providing support on various organisational administrative and project management related matters on a global and regional level (AMER Asia Pacific Europe MEA). This role is a fixed-term position for a duration of 18 months.

In this Role Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Provides assistance to the VP Commercial Legal and the Commercial Legal Leadership Team to ensure the Commercial Legal teams strategic objectives are driven in an efficient and effective manner including but not limited to:

Collating and analysing policies and information from different World Areas in order to support streamlining and consistency of process

Organizing meeting cadences taking minutes and following up and supporting action points with attendees

Coordinating training as required

Supporting Legal Operations with the implementation and enhancement of tools used by the Commercial legal team such as the Contracts Lifecycle Management Matter Management and Travel Approval tools

Creating PPT presentations

• Collaborates with members of other Law Department functional groups in order to support Law Department wide initiatives;
• Collaborate with members of the Legal team and other Emerson partners to make sure the team is in compliance with administrative requirements;
• Assists with analysis and compiling data for reports;
• Maintains files relevant databases and general work processes to improve the efficiency and productivity of the Commercial Legal team;
• Advances strategic improvement opportunities and other tasks as assigned;
• Supports day to day administrative tasks such as preparing expense reports cost estimates; collating documents requiring signature arranging international travel visas and itineraries etc.
• Organizes events conferences;
• Any other matters required to support the Commercial Legal team as requested by the VP Commercial Legal.

Who You Are:

You model collaboration across the organization. You learn quickly when facing new situations. You deliver messages in a clear compelling and concise manner. You enjoy multi-tasking; applies knowledge of the organization to advance multiple objectives. You readily learn and adopts new technologies.

For This Role You Will Need:

• 3 years of meaningful work experience
• Advanced MS Office and PPT skills
• Excellent oral and written English
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills reliable and good attention to detail
• Strong project management skills
• System process approach
• Willingness to work flexible hours to support a team spread across different locations

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Law Degree or equivalent experience

Our Culture & Commitment to You!

At Emerson we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued respected and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation collaboration and diverse perspectivesbecause we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our dedication to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship training or leadership opportunities we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible competitive benefits plans to meet you and your familys physical mental financial and social needs. We provide medical insurance plans Employee Assistance Program tuition reimbursement employee resource groups recognition and much more. Our culture prioritizes work-life balance and offers flexible time off plans including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal) vacation and holiday leave.

Our training programs and initiatives focus on end-to end development from onboarding through senior leadership. We provide a wide range of development opportunities including face-to-face and virtual training mentorship and coaching project management and on-the-job training.