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We are currently recruiting for a talented Bids Manager to join our Marketing and Business Development team, ideally based from one of our regional hubs in either Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield or Leeds.
Your Role and What You'll Be Doing In your role as Bids Manager, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end bid process, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, compelling bids & proposals that meet the firm's business objectives.
This role will work within the Business Development team, reporting to the Head of Bids & Proposals, and will collaborate with business unit aligned business development teams to secure new business opportunities.
Exact scope of this roles includes: Bid Production: Assemble and manage a bid team of SMEs & stakeholders to prepare and submit a winning bid whilst taking ownership of the end-to-end bid process, including identification and qualification of opportunities.
Proposal Development: Develop and write persuasive and tailored proposals that address client needs and highlight the firm's strengths.
Develop proposal templates to enable BD & fee earners to self-serve.
Strategic Planning: Work with the Head of Bids & Proposals to develop and implement bid strategies that align with the firm's business goals.
Collaboration : Coordinate with business development teams, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders to gather necessary information and insights for bids and proposals.
Quality Assurance : Ensure all bids and proposals are compliant with client requirements and internal standards through execution of bid procedures, governance and process, including bid feedback and lessons learnt.
Content Management: Ensure content is captured and stored for future use.
Identify content gaps and actively work to overcome.
Create frequently used content, boilerplates and company wide content and make available for others to use across different channels.
Post-Bid Review: Conduct post-bid reviews and debriefs to identify areas for improvement and share best practices across the team.
About You We're looking for a Bids Manager who is proactive and has the ability to build good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
Our ideal candidate will have the following: Demonstratable experience in bid management, preferably within the legal or professional services sector.
Good writing and editing skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, and compelling proposals.
Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple bids simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Experience of working in a multi-disciplined marketing, sales and business development team in a professional services organisation The ability to develop proposals that cater to both B2B and B2C clients.
An articulate communicator, who adapts style to meet the differing needs of the audience.
A team player with the ability to drive collaborative working and to work collaboratively in a team environment.
If this sounds like you and you want to join a thriving team hit the apply button below for consideration!
Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
Generous and flexible pension schemes.
Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid) Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported.
This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.
We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!
Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose.
We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.
Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are.
It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.
Additional Information As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process.
This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.
We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.
The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.
Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.