Bid Executive
- Recruiter
- Fieldfisher
- Location
- Lancashire
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 15 Jan 2019
- Closes
- 31 Jan 2019
- Sectors
- Business Opportunities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
The Firm
Fieldfisher is a European law firm with market leading practices in many of the world's most dynamic sectors. We are an exciting, forward-thinking organisation with a particular focus on technology , finance & financial services , energy & natural resources , life sciences and media.
Our growing European network of offices supports an international client base alongside our Silicon Valley and China colleagues. We also work in a number of other jurisdictions through dedicated country teams.
Among our clients we count social media sites and high street coffee chains as well as pharmaceutical, life sciences and medical devices companies, energy suppliers, banks and technology leaders.
Clients choose to work with us because we deliver commercial, pragmatic and innovative solutions through our exceptional legal expertise and experience, on time and on budget.
Our network has more than 1000 people working across 20 offices providing highly commercial advice based on an in-depth understanding of our clients' needs.
We operate across our offices in Amsterdam , Beijing , Belfast , Birmingham , Bologna , Brussels , D??sseldorf , Frankfurt , Hamburg , London , Luxembourg , Manchester , Munich , Milan , Paris , Rome , Shanghai , Turin , Venice and Silicon Valley.
In 2017, Fieldfisher was named Law Firm of the Year in Western Germany at the Juve Awards, and Law firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards. 2018 saw Fieldfisher named Law Firm of the year at the Legal Business Awards 2018.
Fieldfisher's Condor Alternative Legal Solutions won the award for 'New Business and Service Delivery Models' at the FT Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards 2017. Fieldfisher also won Personal Injury Team of the Year at the Solicitors Journal Awards 2017.
The Team
The Marketing & Business Development team has more than 20 members based in London and Europe and works closely with sector and practice groups helping to develop profitable revenue streams through client acquisition & development programmes and to raise the profile of the firm as a thought leader.
The Role
The role is primarily supporting the team in winning new business opportunities for both practice and sector-based legal teams. This will involve working with the Bids Manager to build standard response databases, project managing designated bids, assisting the development of proposition collateral for pitches and continuously improving the quality and speed of the bid submission process,. It would suit an ambitious individual who is keen to learn.
Responsibilities
Assist in the delivery of bids for a range of our clients and prospects - tenders, RFPs and informal proposals Create repositories for TRIP standard information within the bid library and maintain content, pulling from TRIPs or requesting from stakeholders and updating regularly.
Manage and execute designated TRIP responses working with BD/bid lead and fee earner teams.
Support the Bids Manager in compiling high value bids to an exceptional standard including formatting and proofreading.
Continuously improve the efficiency and speed of the bid submission process by maintaining the library of bid responses and tracking submissions through our CRM system.
Working with the Business Development team to ensure post-bid debriefs are diarised as appropriate
Key Skills & Experience
Previous experience working in the legal industry, ideally in a bidding or project management role.
Powerful and effective writing and content coordination skills.
Strong attention to detail with a pedantic approach to spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Strong project management skills.
Able to multitask, be proactive, prioritise and work to short deadlines.
Key attributes include good use of initiative, creativity, inventiveness and a strong work ethic.
Fieldfisher aims to ensure equality of opportunity and we are actively working towards improving the diversity of our staff. All applications will only be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role.
Fieldfisher recruitment processes are handled by our in house recruitment team. If you are an agency enquiring about partnering with us on recruitment, please direct your correspondence solely to the recruitment team and please do not submit speculative applications under any circumstances.
Fieldfisher is a European law firm with market leading practices in many of the world's most dynamic sectors. We are an exciting, forward-thinking organisation with a particular focus on technology , finance & financial services , energy & natural resources , life sciences and media.
Our growing European network of offices supports an international client base alongside our Silicon Valley and China colleagues. We also work in a number of other jurisdictions through dedicated country teams.
Among our clients we count social media sites and high street coffee chains as well as pharmaceutical, life sciences and medical devices companies, energy suppliers, banks and technology leaders.
Clients choose to work with us because we deliver commercial, pragmatic and innovative solutions through our exceptional legal expertise and experience, on time and on budget.
Our network has more than 1000 people working across 20 offices providing highly commercial advice based on an in-depth understanding of our clients' needs.
We operate across our offices in Amsterdam , Beijing , Belfast , Birmingham , Bologna , Brussels , D??sseldorf , Frankfurt , Hamburg , London , Luxembourg , Manchester , Munich , Milan , Paris , Rome , Shanghai , Turin , Venice and Silicon Valley.
In 2017, Fieldfisher was named Law Firm of the Year in Western Germany at the Juve Awards, and Law firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards. 2018 saw Fieldfisher named Law Firm of the year at the Legal Business Awards 2018.
Fieldfisher's Condor Alternative Legal Solutions won the award for 'New Business and Service Delivery Models' at the FT Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards 2017. Fieldfisher also won Personal Injury Team of the Year at the Solicitors Journal Awards 2017.
The Team
The Marketing & Business Development team has more than 20 members based in London and Europe and works closely with sector and practice groups helping to develop profitable revenue streams through client acquisition & development programmes and to raise the profile of the firm as a thought leader.
The Role
The role is primarily supporting the team in winning new business opportunities for both practice and sector-based legal teams. This will involve working with the Bids Manager to build standard response databases, project managing designated bids, assisting the development of proposition collateral for pitches and continuously improving the quality and speed of the bid submission process,. It would suit an ambitious individual who is keen to learn.
Responsibilities
Assist in the delivery of bids for a range of our clients and prospects - tenders, RFPs and informal proposals Create repositories for TRIP standard information within the bid library and maintain content, pulling from TRIPs or requesting from stakeholders and updating regularly.
Manage and execute designated TRIP responses working with BD/bid lead and fee earner teams.
Support the Bids Manager in compiling high value bids to an exceptional standard including formatting and proofreading.
Continuously improve the efficiency and speed of the bid submission process by maintaining the library of bid responses and tracking submissions through our CRM system.
Working with the Business Development team to ensure post-bid debriefs are diarised as appropriate
Key Skills & Experience
Previous experience working in the legal industry, ideally in a bidding or project management role.
Powerful and effective writing and content coordination skills.
Strong attention to detail with a pedantic approach to spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Strong project management skills.
Able to multitask, be proactive, prioritise and work to short deadlines.
Key attributes include good use of initiative, creativity, inventiveness and a strong work ethic.
Fieldfisher aims to ensure equality of opportunity and we are actively working towards improving the diversity of our staff. All applications will only be considered on merit and the applicant's suitability to meet the requirements of the role.
Fieldfisher recruitment processes are handled by our in house recruitment team. If you are an agency enquiring about partnering with us on recruitment, please direct your correspondence solely to the recruitment team and please do not submit speculative applications under any circumstances.