Business Development Specialist - Melbourne

HWLE Lawyers; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Career development

Modern offices

Strong culture

Job summary

HWLE Lawyers in Melbourne is seeking a commercially minded Business Development Specialist to join our Marketing team. You will be the key BD and marketing contact for your allocated practice group, helping grow client relationships and win opportunities.

You will collaborate with practice group heads, partners, and the bid team to shape client pursuits, deliver compelling tender responses, and develop events and thought leadership.

Qualifications

• A degree in marketing, business, communications, law or other related discipline and have several years of transferrable business development experience.
• Strong copywriting skills for bid responses and external publications.
• Strategic thinking and attention to detail.
• Ability to work well autonomously, while also enjoying collaborating with the broader national team.

Responsibilities

• Be the key business development and marketing contact for your allocated practice group.
• Collaborate with national and state group heads to develop and maintain group strategy.
• Provide business development and profile-building advice and coaching to partners.
• Work with bid team members to identify opportunities, shape client pursuits and deliver compelling tender responses.
• Partner with marketing to develop and deliver client events and thought leadership communications.

Skills

Copywriting

Strategic thinking

Attention to detail

Autonomy

Collaboration

Education

Marketing/Business/Communications/Law degree

Job description

• Candidates are welcome to apply from Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney
• Flexible work arrangements including remote work policy (3:2)
• Generous leave policies including purchased and parental leave

About us

HWLE is not your typical law firm. Our rapid rise to become the largest legal partnership in Australia shows that in our case, the differences are real. We deliver first class legal advice to our government and commercial clients in every state and territory across Australia. Firm wide, we have over 270 Partners and 1,900 people.

The opportunity

We are seeking a commercially minded Business Development Specialist with a strong background in professional services or related industry to join our Marketing team. In this role, you will be the key business development and marketing contact for your allocated practice group.

You'll work with

• National and state practice group heads to develop, implement and maintain group strategy.
• Partners in providing business development and profile building advice and coaching.
• Bid team members and partners to identify opportunities, shape client pursuits and deliver compelling commercial tender responses and other bids.
• Marketing team members to help develop and deliver client events and thought leadership communications.
• A broad range of firm stakeholders by providing industry and client insights and a commercial approach that supports informed decision-making.

To succeed in this role, ideally you will have

• A degree in marketing, business, communications, law or other related discipline and have several years of transferrable business development experience.
• Strong copywriting skills for bid responses and external publications.
• Strategic thinking and attention to detail.
• Ability to work well autonomously, while also enjoying collaborating with the broader national team.

What we offer

• Unrivalled career pathways: Our 180 day career forecasting sessions provide the platform to fast-track your progression.
• Work flexibility: We believe that a good work-life balance is important and offer a flexible remote work policy (3:2).
• Location: Work from one of our conveniently located modern offices, each offering a contemporary workplace and access to end-of-trip facilities.
• Great culture and a huge networking platform: Be part of a firm renowned for its friendly and down-to-earth culture. We also have sports clubs, social clubs and monthly firmwide drinks.
• Impact: Join a firm consistently ranked at the forefront of the Australian legal market, where your work is recognised nationally.