Bids Executive – Legal
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary :
Are you ready to join our clients growing team as the new Bid Executive?
Our client is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Leeds, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong. With more than 850 people including 185 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.
They act as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.
Job Role : Bids Executive
Hours : 09:00 – 17:00, Monday to Friday (35 hours per week)
As the winner of two Working Families’ awards for ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Recruitment 2022’ and ‘Best UK employer for Flexible Working Award 2020’, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.
Department : Business Development & Marketing
Location : Liverpool
Benefits : We understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.
Here are some examples of what is offered
25 days’ annual leave
Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
Flexible, agile and home working
BUPA
Permanent health insurance
Flexible pension scheme
Medicash
EAP with access to counselling
Enhanced family leave policies
Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year
Life assurance
Annual travel season ticket loan
Dress for your day policy
Bespoke training and development opportunities
Financial contribution towards home working equipment
Role overview
Introduction to the role:
Reporting to the Head of Bids and Proposals and working as part of the Business Development and Marketing team, the key aim of the Bids Executive is to contribute to the generation of new business through the development and delivery of consistently high quality, business-winning tenders.
Introduction to the team:
The bids and proposals team is responsible for securing new business through new and existing client wins. We collaborate with teams across the firm’s three divisions – business services, healthcare, and marine – to produce high-quality responses to opportunities of all sizes. Operating in a fast-paced environment, we collaborate with stakeholders from each of our global offices on a day-to-day basis.
Key responsibilities:
Delivering high quality technical content for pre-qualification and tender submissions across the firm.
Identifying winning themes that convey an understanding of client requirements and differentiate our offering to those of our competitors.
Developing marketing materials for the teams across the firm to showcase our service offer and USP.
Managing internal stakeholders throughout the tender process.
Reviewing responses and proofreading.
Developing and maintaining a library of precedent text for tenders including capturing critical information to be utilised in future bids.
Developing corporate presentations and other pitch presentation proposals.
Taking responsibility for additional projects, as directed by the Head of Bids and Proposals.
What we are looking for
Essential:
Proven ability writing concise content.
Degree or equivalent qualification.
Strong organisational and planning skills.
Exceptional project management skills.
Excellent and engaging communication skills.
Advanced IT skills across a broad range of applications including MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.
Ability to deliver under pressure and meet deadlines, working with a proactive approach under own initiative.
Flexibility in approach and a willingness to work outside normal office hours, if required.
Desirable:
Understanding of layout and graphics and knowledge of InDesign is advantageous.
APMP (Association for Proposal Management Professional) Foundation Certification or strong understanding of proposal best practice.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.
We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.
An equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background.
Next Steps
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More Information
- Address L1, Liverpool, Merseyside
