Job Description

Bids Manager - Fixed Term Contract

Manchester / Leeds / Birmingham / Edinburgh / Glasgow / London

Role Overview

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We're naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We'll truly value your ideas. You'll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you'll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You'll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.

Our people are our success, and we work as one team.

We are recruiting a Bids Manager - Energy, on an initial fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity, to run until the end of September 2027. This role will manage strategic Energy sector bid opportunities across tender and presentation stages, working closely with Bid Partners and key stakeholders to advise on bid strategy, messaging, structure and content direction.

The role sits within our Central Bids team, which forms part of the Business Development department and is made up of bids specialists from both the legal and other sectors. The team is spread across our UK offices and this role can be based out of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow or London. Successful applicants will be given the opportunity to take on a senior role within an established, high-performing bids function, supporting strategic Energy sector opportunities while also coaching and managing a Bids Executive.

Our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm, and w e operate a 3 days in the office, 2 days from home working model, however as an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.

Candidate Overview

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:

• Extensive experience managing bids and advising on bid approach and strategy, ideally within a legal services firm.
• Experience writing and editing copy for client-facing documents, with the ability to create clear, compelling and consistent bid responses.
• Experience managing strategic tender opportunities from qualification through to submission and presentation stage.
• Experience coaching presentation teams and supporting stakeholders through client pitch preparation.
• Experience managing, guiding or supporting junior team members, including reviewing work and providing constructive feedback.

What happens next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Talent Acquisition team will share the outcome with you by email.

We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It's with different perspectives that we'll find solutions to our clients' most complex challenges. It's how we'll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.

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