Pursuits Assistant

We are on the search for a Pursuits Assistant to join us on a permanent basis. 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 communication and prioritisation skills to contribute to the wider team's work in increasing win probability and win rate of competitive opportunities and tenders for target sectors and key client relationships

What you'll be doing

• Working closely with the Pursuits leads and Pursuit Project Managers to support opportunities utilising bid project management principles and tools, keeping timelines under constant review, driving forward key actions.
• Supporting procurement-driven tenders, particularly in the Public Sector via online portals, focusing on the completion and collation of relevant documentation associated with Selection Questionnaire/ Pre-Qualification Questionnaires and supporting CCS trainees in managing queries associated with Public Sector opportunities.
• Supporting milestone meetings from tender kick-off to submission review, presentation preparation and debrief.
• Sourcing best practice content from the Marketing Repository - editing and reviewing/ proofreading of proposal documents – in terms of content and messaging.
• Planning for pitch presentations including helping to create materials and liaising with document specialists as needed and organising rehearsals.
• Support on carrying out pitch feedback (internally and externally).
• Taking responsibility for the collation, completeness and integrity of data held in opportunity database.
• Playing a key role in the administration of established Pursuits processes such as debriefs, forecasting, mobilisation and the scheduling of workstream meetings, using trackers, logs and other relevant tools.
• Supporting the Pursuits team to deliver improvements and increase efficiency of the pursuit process.

What we're looking for

• Resilience and ability to work through set backs
• Proactivity and prioritisation skills 
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail

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' 2024, for the third 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.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident Leader, we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We're committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

If you have any questions regarding the role or the interview process, please contact Sophie Russell (Resourcing Advisor) at Sophie.Russell@burges-salmon.com

This job advert will close on 20th September. If you are interested in applying, please submit an application as soon as you can

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