Proposal Executive

Blue Legal; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist law firm in London is seeking a Proposals Executive to enhance their proposal creation process. The role involves managing pitches, drafting new content, and supporting proposal automation efforts. Ideal candidates will have 2-4 years of experience in proposals within the legal or professional services sectors and a strong command of Microsoft Office. This position offers an opportunity to develop business development and interpersonal skills in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of proposals experience in the legal profession or professional services.
• Educational background related to English Language or Journalism.
• High competency in Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Manage project timelines for pitches.
• Support the Proposals Manager with large pitches and template creation.
• Write content for proposals including partner biographies.
• Edit and proofread content to fit proposal standards.
• Revamp the proposals library for new systems.

Skills

Proposals writing

Project management

Client communication

Editing and proofreading

IT competency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education

Degree in English Language/Literature/Journalism

Job description

Blue Legal have partnered with a specialist law firm who are looking to hire a Proposals Executive to join their team in London. They seek someone who is talented and passionate about creating work winning proposals and pitch documents. You will work alongside the Proposals Manager and join a dynamic and fast paced team. This role offers plenty of opportunity to learn and develop your pitching, business development and interpersonal skills whilst working in international team of like-minded people.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Taking overall project management responsibility of select capability statements/ pitches.
• To support the Proposals Manager with large panel pitches and undertaking tasks such as setting up templates, creating project plans and organising meetings, completing standard sections.
• Assisting the Proposals Manager in managing client web portal communications and uploading content onto client portals.
• You will be responsible for writing new content. This includes writing partner biographies, to meet the requirements of new proposal automation software templates.
• You will help the proposal manager to re-structure, format, editing and proofread any incoming content, ensuring that it conforms to the firm’s standard guide and fits new proposal automation templates.
• Working with the Proposals Manager, the wider Business Development team, and subject matter experts across the organisation to revamp the firm’s existing proposals library ready for upload onto the new system.

Candidate:

• Must have 2 – 4 years’ proposals experience in in the legal profession and/ or professional services.
• Must be educated to level with a background in English Language/ Literature/Journalism/ writing will be considered an advantage.
• High competency in IT Microsoft packages particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Please note: Due to the specific sectors we work in, only candidates with valid work experience in a Law Firm, Accountancy Firm, Management Consultancy, Property/Construction Firm, Financial Services Firm or a high profile relevant Association or Agency will be considered. We regret that our clients will not accept applications outside of these areas.

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