Senior Bids Executive - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Bevan Brittan

Bevan Brittan
Bevan Brittan
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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  • Senior Bids Executive
  • Location
  • Birmingham, Bristol or Leeds
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Join a team that makes real changes


Bevan Brittan is a UK-Top 100 commercial law firm providing a comprehensive range of legal services from offices in Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds and London.


The firm advises businesses across construction, energy & resource management, higher education and financial services, complementing the firm's market leadership within housing, local government and health and social care.


We currently employ over 580 staff, including 87 Partners, and our award-winning teams provide construction, commercial, corporate, property, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal advice and is one 'The Times Best Law Firms 2023'.

Bevan Brittan is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.


The Team
We've had 10 years of growth and our Bids team supports the ambitious growth plans of the firm.

In particular, over the last 5 years, we've successfully managed a steady increase in the number tenders with a particular focus on winning new work across central and local government, NHS and Housing providers.


You will be part of a vibrant Business Development & Marketing Department working with colleagues across business development, marketing, events and the Bids Team, plus working closely with some exceptional Partners who are leaders in their field.

- "Bevan Brittan are an exceptionally good legal firm who provide a highly professional and cost effective service". - _Legal


The Role
The Bids Executive provides day-to-day project management and supports/leads on agreed tenders by working closely with nominated Partner lead(s).

The Bids Executive role will work closely with the Senior Bid Manager with a need to coordinate and prioritise their workloads based on the demands of the firm.

On joining the team, you would undertake a variety of work including:

  • Assisting in the delivery of compelling, high impact and high quality bids so as to maximise the success ratio
  • Supporting the Senior Bid Manager to implement successfully a coherent and efficient tender process and practice throughout the firm
  • Ensuring that information about tender wins and losses are communicated, and that feedback and recommendations for action are captured and acted upon
  • Producing work that is of high quality and in keeping with the Bevan Brittan brand by regular communication and work with BD&M team colleagues
  • Providing efficient and effective bids project management and support
  • Supporting the Senior Bids Manager in all aspects of their role
  • Daily tracking of opportunities and circulating direct, adverts or national, regional, local hubs
  • Information management of procurement hubs
  • Management of new tender opportunities from initial notification through to submission
  • Creating InDesign images for tenders responses and presentations
  • Ensuring tenders go through the BIDs checklist
  • Updating tender portal adding tender documents, compliance documents, methodologies
  • Ensuring CVs are up to date and recorded on the internal databank
  • Developing and continually refreshing libraries of information e.g. credential database, quality policies, experience sheets etc.
  • Assisting Bids Manager in completing any feedback such as tender debriefs or weekly analysis
  • Additional bids support cover when the Bids Manager is out of office


The BD&M department are based in Bristol, however we are open to applicants based in our other office locations of Birmingham or Leeds.


Find out how far you can go

Essential skill set requirements:

  • Previous bids or legal service tenders experience essential, ideally in a legal or professional services environment
  • Excellent IT skills is a must including internet, intranet, portals, submission of bids online, communication, spreadsheets, databases
  • Excellent organisation skills
  • High attention to detail
  • Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure and tight deadlines
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Ability to build working relationships at all levels of seniority
  • Strong business acumen to provide opinion and challenge to others

Preferred skill set requirements:

  • Proactive
  • Constructive
  • Team player
  • Understanding the need for information to be up to date, relevant and consistent
  • A motivated, selfdriven, results orientated individual
  • Problem solver
  • Experience in InDesign preferred but not essential training can be provided

Work-life Balance


We offer a substantial benefits package to all employees, which includes 25 days holiday (plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days), a generous pension scheme and private medical insurance through Vitality (including "phone a GP service", discounted gym membership and 'Vitality' Partner discounts).

All of our people are entitled to a biennial private health assessment through Nuffield Health and
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