Senior Bids Manager (Solicitor / Lawyer) - Legado Recruitment : Job Details

Location: NottinghamOur ref KL170

A national top 50 law firm is recruiting a Senior Bids Manager to focus on bids and tenders across the UK in both the private and public sectors, based in Nottingham with hybrid working (3 days a week in office).

Operating in the Business Development department, you will work within the National Tenders and Bids team that has an impressive win rate. This position has high-level exposure to the partnership, reporting to the Associate Director who head of the Bids team . This role will have a key focus across all sectors, service lines and offices and would also suit a qualified solicitor / lawyer seeking to move into a bid manager role.

Key responsibilities:

• Working collaboratively as part of a team, identifying and logging opportunities, bid planning, "Bid no Bid" scoping, drafting SQ, RfP, ITT and similar responses

• Capable of leading on and drafting all aspects of bid responses

• Able to coach teams in rehearsing for presentations and interviews and lead internal and external debriefs

• Use project management skills and techniques to ensure well-planned, organised and controlled processes to drive bids forward.

• Formulating best practice on win strategy for each bid, including consideration of commercial strategies and clearly articulating the reasons for adopting those strategies

• Managing meetings confidently, inspiring enthusiasm and support

• Working with lawyers to formulate models for an attractive and profitable offer

• A focus on continual improvement of the quality of submissions

Essential skills include:

• Legal knowledge or experience of managing bids in a law firm

• Extensive experience of drafting bid responses for both the private and public sectors

• Manager level experience

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship skills

• Ability to work effectively, including under pressure, to meet multiple deadlines

• Excellent ability to work in a team and autonomously

• Excellent writing, communication and influencing skills

• Strong project management skills and techniques to help create and manage complex plans

• Proficient with Microsoft packages