Bids Assistant

TLT

  • Manchester Bristol Area
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 day ago
Varied. Valued. Vital.Business SupportBids AssistantA Bristol or Manchester based role with a national remit.Open, collaborative, and supportive - just three words to describe our working culture. Joining us as Bids Assistant, your hard work will be valued, your ideas recognised and you’ll be empowered to develop and progress in your career.Your OpportunityTLT's bid team has a strong track record of winning new business from across the public and private sectors using an efficient and structured process. We are appointed to some of the most prestigious legal panels across our focus sectors and national footprint. You will assist and support the bid team in producing bids that showcase tailored solutions demonstrating our expertise and innovation. To achieve this, it is important for you to develop an understanding of TLT's sectors, offering and why we are different.Your responsibilities will include:Mailbox, portal management and bid preparation
  • Manage all communication received into our bid inbox in a proactive and structured manner.
  • Maintain our portal database and accounts making sure all information is complete, accurate and submitted on time. Download all bid documents to our specific bid SharePoint site.
  • Responsible for bid preparation tasks including, creation of bid matter numbers, updating our bid tracker system, creating a consistent SharePoint folder structure with documents created and stored in line with our bid guidelines.
  • Support in the preparation of the bid activity schedule, highlighting tasks, responsibilities and deadlines.
Bid support
  • Support the bid team in reviewing client requirements.
  • Arrange bid kick off meetings, review meetings and sign-off meetings with key stakeholders.
  • Create bid and presentation templates aligned with the client’s evaluation criteria and TLT's brand.
  • Complete standard qualification information, CVs, team structures, matter examples and due diligence requirements.
  • Work with the bid team to support co-ordinating our internal subject matter experts to deliver legal and business services content in line with deadlines.
  • Check written content for grammar and consistency ensuring it reflects TLT’s tone of voice.
  • Collect and collate bid feedback.
  • Support in the creation of presentation materials for pitches.
Content management support
  • Capture and categorise best in class answers incorporating both legal and business services text, experience, CVs, directory quotes, etc. for inclusion within our bid precedent library.
  • Support with bids reporting.
  • Maintain our panel and framework review schedules.
Knowledge, skills and experience
  • Enthusiastic, confident, pro-active and persistent
  • Good attention to detail
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
  • Good organisational skills – able to work at pace, multi-task and have strong time management skills
  • Able to work well under pressure
  • Good humoured, resilient and positive outlook
About TLTFast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.Our BenefitsWe value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLT.com

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