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Legal Counsel Compliance
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Exciting Opportunity to Join a Leading Telecom Organization in Qatar
We're Hiring: Legal Counsel Compliance | Doha, Qatar
Who should apply
- Bachelor's degree in law (LLB); LLM/Postgraduate qualifications. Candidates with compliance/governance certifications will be preferred.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant legal experience, with a focus on compliance, regulatory, and corporate law. Candidates with proven experience managing cross-border compliance and legal matters shall be given preference.
- Strong knowledge of Qatari law and/or GCC regional legal frameworks.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Legal Counsel – Compliance to join our Legal Affairs team in Doha. This role is central to ensuring that QNBN and its subsidiaries operate in full compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies, both in Qatar and abroad. The successful candidate will oversee compliance frameworks, conduct compliance audits, review contractual and other instruments, and provide expert legal advice across the business, while contributing to a strong culture of compliance and governance.
Key Responsibilities
Compliance Framework & Oversight
- To devise and implement a robust compliance framework to ensure operations across Qatar and subsidiaries abroad comply with all relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies.
- Conduct compliance audits and reviews of policies, contracts, and decisions to identify risks or gaps.
- Recommend and implement corrective measures while aligning frameworks with evolving regulations.
Advisory & Contract Review
- Draft, review, and advice on contracts, guarantees, undertakings, and other legal documents.
- Advise on data protection and ESG-related matters.
Training & Culture
- Deliver internal awareness and training programs to embed a compliance-driven culture
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping compliance and governance within a leading telecoms/technology organization. You'll work closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams, gaining exposure to high-level legal and regulatory matters that impact Qatar and beyond.
Interested candidates are invited to apply via LinkedIn or by sending their updated CV to with the subject line "Legal Counsel – Compliance".
Only shortlisted candidates with prior compliance experience will be contacted for further steps.
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Senior Contracts Administrator
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Requirements:
- Graduate in Law or Engineering, Post-Graduation in Business Management will be added advantage
- 10+ years of experience, with 5 years in the GCC in senior contracts/claims roles
- Proven expertise in contract law, claims management, risk assessment & dispute resolution
- Professional specialist certifications in Contract/Claims Management preferred, like NCMA, FIDIC, RICS CIArb etc
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and oversee all aspects of contract administration across major projects
- Manage and lead the claims function, including preparation, evaluation, and defence of claims
- Provide strategic support for dispute resolution, arbitration, and negotiations
- Ensure compliance with contractual, legal, and company standards
- Mentor and guide contract administrators and claims specialist
- Liaise with clients, consultants, and subcontractors on complex contractual and claim-related issues
- Liaise with project director, finance, and legal teams
Additional Requirement
- Proven ability to handle high-value and complex contracts & claims
- Excellent leadership, negotiation, and communication skills
- Strong track record in GCC projects, preferably large-scale infrastructure or construction
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multicultural project environment
This is a fantastic opportunity to play a
senior leadership role in both contracts and claims management
in the GCC, contributing to the successful delivery of major projects.
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Contracts Specialist
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The Contracts Specialist plays a key role in managing, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and legal documents related to bids, tenders, and project execution. This role ensures that all contractual obligations are met in accordance with legal, regulatory, and internal standards while supporting various internal teams in contract lifecycle management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Bid Management team to develop standard product and service contracts for tender invitations and proposals.
- Draft, review, and oversee the internal approval process of customer contracts, ensuring compliance with legal, commercial, and corporate standards.
- Negotiate contract terms and conditions with customers and secure final approvals and signatures.
- Monitor and manage ongoing contracts to ensure compliance, including handling contract variations, renewals, and change orders.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders, legal, commercial, finance, and operations to align contract terms with bid requirements and project objectives.
- Prepare prequalification, tender, and contract documentation in line with company procedures and contract strategy.
- Provide advisory support during contract administration and assist in resolving contract-related issues throughout the project lifecycle.
- Contribute to the contract close-out process, ensuring all obligations are fulfilled and documentation is completed.
- Support other related functions as required and demonstrate flexibility in assisting cross-functional needs.
Qualifications & Skills Required
- :Bachelor's degree
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GCC regio
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Qatari laws and regulation
s related to tenders and contracts - .Proficient in using contract management and document control software tools
- .Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
- .Fluency in Englis
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Arabic or bilingual proficienc
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.Note: this is a 3-months contract only. Candidates under Family-Sponsored or can secure Secondment are the only ones who will be considered
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Visa Consultant
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Visa Consultant (Arabic Speaker)
Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Qatar
Job Summary
We are hiring a Arabic-speaking Visa Consultant with expertise in Schengen, UK, USA, and Canada visa processing and strong sales skills. The ideal candidate should deliver exceptional client service and successfully convert leads into confirmed clients.
Key Responsibilities
Visa Consultation & Processing
- Advise clients on visa requirements, eligibility, and documentation.
- Assist in preparing, verifying, and submitting documents.
- Schedule biometric appointments, embassy interviews, and track applications.
- Ensure compliance with embassy and immigration guidelines.
Sales & Business Development
- Convert inquiries into confirmed clients through effective consultation.
- Offer customized visa solutions and handle objections confidently.
- Meet and exceed monthly and quarterly sales targets.
- Promote express visa services, travel insurance, and related add-ons.
Client Relationship Management
- Follow up with clients to ensure successful conversions.
- Build and maintain long-term client relationships for repeat business.
- Provide visa and travel advisory as needed.
Embassy & Visa Center Coordination
- Liaise with VFS, TLS, embassies, and consulates for smooth processing.
- Stay updated on visa policy changes and common rejection reasons.
- Handle priority and express visa requests efficiently.
Reporting & Performance Tracking
- Maintain accurate records in CRM systems.
- Monitor conversion rates and provide performance reports.
Requirements
- Arabic fluency is mandatory.
- Experience in Schengen, UK, USA, and Canada visa processing.
- Strong sales and negotiation skills.
- Excellent customer service and communication abilities.
- Familiarity with VFS/TLS procedures and embassy coordination.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Experience:
- visa processing: 2 years (Required)
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Senior Immigration Specialist
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Job Overview:
The Senior Immigration Specialist uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Immigration discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the Immigration discipline. The Senior Immigration Specialist solves complex problems and uses discipline-specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior Immigration Specialist impacts a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities with the Immigration team and other related teams and ensures that they work within the appropriate guidelines and policies.
Responsibilities
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Identify trends and develop targeted program-level goals and initiatives using strong immigration experience.
- Advise on case-level filing strategies, including complex situations that require independent research and interpretation of processes and policies as a subject matter expert
- Develop associated processes, filing strategies, and proposed resourcing plans in collaboration with internal teams such as Recruitment, HR, Legal, Risk and Compliance, and Public Policy
- Educate HR and business partners on immigration policies and their impact on business and hiring strategies
- Collaborate with Global Immigration Program Managers to develop performance measurement and inspection mechanisms and tools to evaluate the overall health of the immigration program
- Implement regular reviews of current processes to ensure ongoing compliance, identify gaps and inefficiencies, and lead initiatives for continuous improvement
- Drive system enhancement recommendations through a technical lens
- Provide strategic communications advice to the Immigration Communications and Content team on short and long-term opportunities
Qualifications
Essential Qualifications and Education:
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Legal, Business Management, or any related field preferred
- 5 years of global immigration experience
- Deep understanding of immigration landscapes and trends across the region
- Experience in building, implementing, and managing large-scale immigration programs
- Experience in global immigration vendor transition and new country onboarding
- Experience in managing global and country-specific immigration audits
- Experience negotiating immigration concessions with government authorities
- Ability to adapt to change and collaborate effectively at all levels in a highly matrixed environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A solid sense of accountability, sound personal judgment, and the ability to adapt to change
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Senior Contracts Manager
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Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
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Role Summary:
- Provide leadership and direction to the Contracts Management and Commercial Management Teams;
- The Contracts/Commercial Management function includes the oversight of the contract/commercial deliverable requirements of the General Engineering Consultants (GECs) and Contractors, agreeing associated strategies, standards, procurement solutions and monitoring compliance by both the GEC's and Contractors of their contract requirements;
- Will work in association with all programme systems, covering the entire life cycle of project delivery, including project planning, design, tender, construction, maintenance, and handing over.
Responsibilities:
- Leadership for overall compliance of the processes and procedures necessary to deliver the Road Projects Department, identifying issues impacting compliance with successful delivery, and assisting in successful issue resolution;
- Highlight and address issues that could potentially impact successful programme/project delivery are brought to the attention of the Head of Section;
- Oversight of GEC cost estimates and methods to review proposals for budget constraints and compliance;
- Oversight of current cost estimates and cash flow projections;
- Oversight of cost estimates with the budgets for each project and the Master Budget;
- Delivery of comprehensive reports, commercial and operational to the PWA;
- Provide oversight and advice on contractual correspondence;
- Provide oversight and advice on claims;
- Provide oversight and advice on site instructions;
- Provide oversight and advice on extensions of time;
- Provide oversight and advice on payments;
- Provide oversight and advice on GEC changes and Claims;
- Provide oversight and advice on correspondence to the Tenders and Auctions Committees;
- Provide direction and guidance on procurement strategies;
- Manage the Tender process from issue to award;
- Provide advice in Staff Recruitment;
- Provide advice in Staff Training;
- Provide Contract and Commercial advice and guidance;
- Mentor staff;
- Provide Regional and Global expertise to assist Client's requirements;
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Collaboratively work with the Public Works Authority (PWA) counterparts to provide advice on compliance and agreement on matters in dispute;
- Collaboratively work with PWA in providing advice and support on commercial and contract issues;
- Interacts with the Corporate Regional and Global Offices to support PWA specific needs and to implement best international practices. As well as coordinating with Tender Committees and PWA departments inter alia, Engineering Service Department, Finance and Legal Department.
- western educated and more than 20 years experience with Chartership
Additional Information
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients' complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2024. Learn more at
What makes AECOM a great place to work
You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you'll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you've always envisioned. Here, you'll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community - where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID:
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Business Line:
Transportation
Business Group:
DCS
Strategic Business Unit:
ME and Africa
Career Area:
Survey & Estimation
Work Location Model:
On-Site
Legal Entity:
AECOM Middle East
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Paralegal Officer
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Conducting and handling all tasks and roles related to criminal Paralegal Officer mentioned in the attached document (Litigation Manuel) within the specific time frame.
*Key Accountabilities
Criminal Case Intake and Documentation
Document Review and System Update
Cheque Classification and Management
Cheque Processing
Other Accountabilities
Case File Preparation
Police Complaint Submission
Key Interactions
Competencies
Skills *
- Ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to work under pressure
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Arabic speaking preferred
- Awareness of local cultural and social factors, and labour law provisions
*Education *
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