Bid Advisor

Mills & Reeve LLP; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A national top-ranked law firm is looking for a Bid Advisor to manage the bid process and produce high-quality tenders. The successful candidate should have at least two years of bids writing experience in a professional services environment. Key skills include project management, strong writing and proofreading capabilities, as well as commercial acumen. This role offers the opportunity to develop within a supportive team and work across various sectors that the firm covers.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Wide range of benefits

Support for personal development

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years' bids writing experience in professional services.
• Strong proofreading and editing skills.
• Good IT knowledge and tender portal skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce tenders across the firm ensuring bid best practice.
• Manage and draft the bid process materials.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders through bid processes.

Skills

Project management

Writing and editing

Commercial acumen

Client focus

Research and analysis

Communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Marketing qualification from the Chartered Institute of Marketing

Job description

Are you a Bid Advisor looking for a new opportunity and the chance to join a national, top ranked law firm? If so, then we would love to hear from you!

The role

You will be responsible to produce tenders across the firm ensuring bid best practice and providing practical support on all aspects the bid process. The role encompasses both managing the bid process and drafting the material, so skills in both areas are essential.

Within this specialist role, you will project manage the bid process, utilise the firm's bid automated system, including a centralised knowledge base with over 10 years of bespoke bid content to draw upon to create and produce content. We are integrating our bids system with the AI module and see this as a real game changer in efficiently identifying existing content. This role requires someone who has had at least two years' bids writing experience, preferably in a professional services environment.

You must have managed the bid process and be able to liaise confidently with internal stakeholders, advising and guiding them through both private and public sector bids process. You must also possess strong writing, proofreading /editing skills and a keen attention to detail. You will need to have good IT knowledge / tender portal skills, proven project management and communications skills. The successful candidate will be proactive self-starter who is motivated to contribute on a strategic and operational level. There is also the opportunity as part of your development to support and learn to coach legal teams through to presentation stage with appropriate support from senior members of the Bid Team.

As a member of the Bid Team, you will work across the entire range of sectors covered by this leading national law firm, producing business-winning tenders. You will interpret the requirements for bids, advise legal teams on approach, and prepare, coach and mentor them for presentations and pitches to clients. The Bid Team has thrived on a culture of individual and team development. There will be opportunities to support strategic projects and input into the continuous development of systems and tender best practice. Also, as part of your development, you will work together with senior members of the Bid Team on larger / strategic tenders.

The person

Given this role, it is likely that your background and experience will include a minimum of two years bids experience, ideally within legal services or a professional services environment.

The role additionally requires someone who has:

• Commercial acumen: understanding of our business and clients / prospective targets businesses and their industries
• Ideally a marketing qualification from the Chartered Institute of Marketing
• Client focus and the development of relevant ‘sales' messages
• Project management
• Ability to work under pressure whilst keeping your sense of humour
• Delegation and communication skills
• Flexibility
• Ability to draft in compelling, plain English style
• Research and analysis skills
• Balancing a demanding workload
• Ability to influence and persuade key stakeholders
• Confidence to talk to clients

Who will I be working with?

You will be expected to manage your own workload but draw upon the support and guidance of the Head of Bids and assistance of the Bid Managers, Bid Advisers and Bid Assistants. At various points of the tender process, it is likely you will work with members of the wider Marketing Team including the Head of Client Care, Head of Business Development and various members of the Business Development Team, as well as a range of, lawyers and business support specialists.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The benefits

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits. Click here to find out more about our core benefit offering.

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

The firm

Mills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it.

We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations. Our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieving more for clients.

By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. We're also ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, and have been awarded Platinum Investors in People. Our mantra is “Achieve more. Together.”, which we feel embodies our purpose and is more than just a catchphrase!

Our values are the principles that help us fulfil our purpose. Our people shaped them and live them every day.

• We're ambitious - We aim high, we embrace new ideas and we're passionate about our work
• We're open - We communicate openly and honestly to build trust, and we do what's right
• We care - We're committed to each other, our clients, our communities and the planet
• We collaborate - We're easy to work with, we offer help willingly and we get things done – together

And finally

Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.

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