Paralegal

Job Description and Qualifications
Position: Paralegal
Reports to: General Counsel
Department: Legal
Location: Jizan, Saudi Arabia
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.

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.
Req No.
41380BR
Employment Status
Full Time
Organization
Middle East, Egypt & Turkey
Business Sector / Division
MEIET Corporate
Region
Middle East, Egypt, Turkey (MEET)
Country
Saudi Arabia