Job Description

Hill Dickinson LLP is a leading and award-winning international commercial law firm with offices in Birmingham, Hong Kong, Leeds, Limassol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Monaco, Newcastle, Piraeus and Singapore. With more than 1000 people including 200 partners and legal directors, the firm delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum, from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of commercial litigation.

Hill Dickinson acts as a trusted adviser to a wide portfolio of clients across a wide range of specialist sectors: from transport and logistics and international trade, through to retail, insurance, marine, health, education, manufacturing, public sector and banking and financial services.

Job role:

Bid Manager (FTC for 6 months with a possibility we may wish to extend)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (35 hours per week)Happy to talk flexible working

Hill Dickinson are proud to be named as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families 2025 for the second year running and so, we are happy to consider flexible working opportunities to help you balance your work and home life.

Team:

Client Development

Location:

Liverpool, Manchester or Leeds

Benefits:

At Hill Dickinson we understand that incentives go far beyond a good salary, so we have created a comprehensive benefits package tailored around our people.
Here are some examples of what we offer:Annual leave starting at 25 days Annual bonus scheme Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days Optional private medical insurance via BUPA Annual fitness allowance Flexible pension scheme ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme Medicash EAP with access to counselling Enhanced family leave policies Access to confidential, expert support via Fertifa in relation to reproductive health and wellbeing Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back-up care per year via Bright Horizons. Life assurance Group income protection Annual travel season ticket loan Hybrid working and dress for your day policy Bespoke training and development opportunities Financial contribution towards home working equipment

Role overview

The bids team is responsible for securing new business through new and existing client wins. We collaborate with teams across the firm's three divisions - business services, healthcare, and marine - to produce high-quality responses to opportunities of all sizes. Operating in a fast-paced environment, we work with stakeholders from each of our global offices on a day-to-day basis.

Key responsibilities:

Project managing tenders from initial assessment of the opportunity, including bid/no bid qualification, through to drafting, submission, preparing teams for presentations and post submission feedback and reporting. Identifying winning themes that convey an understanding of client requirements and differentiate our offering to those of our competitors. Generating written responses and marketing materials that are completed to a high standard and are compelling, clear, and compliant. Developing and maintaining a library of precedent text for tenders including capturing all deal/transaction information to be utilised in future bids. Managing internal stakeholders throughout the tender process. Researching and establishing procurement cycles and engaging with procurement professionals within key target and key client organisations to contribute to the firm's sales pipeline. Providing input to the lessons learnt process from involvement with previous submissions. Take responsibility for additional projects, as directed by the Head of Bids and Proposals.

What are we looking for:

Important criteria:Prior experience in a tender management and a bid writing capacity. Experience of handling both private and public sector tender opportunities, ideally in the health sector. Experience of working in professional services; specifically legal services Proven ability writing concise written bid responses based on highly technical information. Degree or equivalent qualification in creative writing, English or Marketing. Strong organisational and planning skills. Exceptional project management skills. Excellent and engaging communication skills. Advanced IT skills across a broad range of applications including MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint. Ability to deliver under pressure and meet deadlines, working with a proactive approach under own initiative.
It would be beneficial for you to have some of the following:Understanding of layout and graphics and knowledge of InDesign is advantageous. APMP (Association for Proposal Management Professional) Foundation Certification or strong understanding of proposal best practice.
If you don't meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to apply and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief.
We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths.
Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process. At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre-employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.