Senior Bid Advisor

Role Overview

As a Senior Bid Advisor, you’ll play a key role in maintaining and strengthening the firm’s impressive bid win rate. Joining a collaborative Bid Team of seven, you’ll take responsibility for managing and delivering tenders across the firm, working closely with partners, lawyers and senior stakeholders.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines bid project management with high‑quality content drafting. You’ll ensure bid best practice is followed at every stage of the process, while also contributing strategically to complex and high‑value bids. You’ll be supported by a Head of Bids who actively champions team development and progression, with real opportunities to grow your career.

You’ll bring significant bid experience, ideally gained within a professional services environment, and be confident operating at both a strategic and operational level.

• End‑to‑end project management of bids across public and private sector opportunities
• Drafting, editing and producing compelling bid content using plain English and clear sales messages
• Advising and guiding stakeholders through the bid process with confidence and credibility
• Using the firm’s automated bid system and centralised knowledge base, including AI tools, to work efficiently and effectively
• Collaborating on strategic bids alongside senior members of the Bid Team
• Supporting legal teams through to presentation stage where required
• Ensuring accuracy, consistency and attention to detail across all submissions
• Contributing to continuous improvement of bid systems, processes and best practice
• Supporting wider strategic projects and team initiatives

• Commercially astute, with a strong understanding of clients and their industries
• Excellent writer, with strong drafting, editing and proofreading skills
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple deadlines and work under pressure
• Proactive self‑starter with strong project management and communication skills
• Confident influencing and persuading senior stakeholders and speaking with clients
• IT literate, comfortable using tender portals and embracing AI‑enabled bid tools
• Flexible, collaborative and positive with a good sense of humour
• A CIM marketing qualification would be advantageous, but is not essential

We offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.