Pursuits Executive/ Senior Pursuits Executive - Bristol, United Kingdom - Burges Salmon

Burges Salmon

Verified Company

Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are on the search for a
Pursuits Executive or
Senior Pursuits Executive to join us on a permanent basis, working on a hybrid basis from our Bristol or Edinburgh office.

This is an exciting and fast-paced role in a close-knit, ambitious team with lots of opportunity to develop as we continue our strategic growth plans.

Our Pursuits team are central to delivering our business development strategy, working side by side with our legal teams to understand and anticipate the needs of our clients.

We're looking for someone with excellent commercial acumen and project management skills to work closely with our Head of Pursuits, Senior Pursuits Manager, Pursuits Manager and Pursuits Assistant to increase win probability and win rate of competitive opportunities and tenders for target sectors and key client relationships

What you'll be doing

Working with the team to embed best practice project management and pursuits process to support strategic opportunities.
Supporting procurementdriven tenders particularly Public Sector via online portals, ensuring accuracy of submissions according to procurement parameters.
Leading key meetings in the Pursuits/Project lifecycle from kickoff, submissions review, pitch preparation and debrief.
Writing proposal documents, ensuring brand alignment.
Resolving challenges and risks, managing feedback, in an efficient way, to minimise overall impact to project management plans.

What we're looking for

A selfstarter with a methodical approach to work and organisation
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to instil confidence and build relationships at a senior level.
Excellent project management and prioritisation skills, adapting to change.
Commercial awareness and experience within a business development/ bids environment is ideal.

About Burges Salmon

Our six core values - Ambition, Collaboration, Commitment, Fairness, Quality and Respect - are at the heart of everything we do and help to shape our unique culture.

As well as high quality work and exciting development opportunities, we offer our people a professional, friendly and sociable working environment with a real sense of community.

A full overview of all the benefits of working at Burges Salmon can be found on the 'working at Burges Salmon' section of our careers page.

We are delighted to have been named
RollOnFriday's 'Best Law Firm to Work At' 2023, for the second year in a row, and also named as one of
The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2023 for the second year running.

Our commitment to excellence has recently been recognised by the IIP, which awarded us
Platinum certification for investment in people.

INDBS

Benefits:

Competitive Salary

25 days annual leave

2 paid days leave volunteering

Pension and life assurance

Private medical insurance

Parental leave

Flexible working

Personal/Professional development

Cycle to work

Social club