22 HR / Training / Recruitment jobs in Wallsend, North Tyneside

Our Business Development team is firmly embedded within the business and works closely with our partners offering real expertise in winning new business and delivering an excellent client experience. Our success comes from really understanding our clients, their business and sectors and working in strategic partnership with them. But that's not enough. We know that to secure new business and further growth, we have to really differentiate ourselves in a crowded market - our Business Development team is a crucial part of this strategy. The Team The Bids team project manages the delivery of our bid and proposal process, and co-ordinates strategically significant firm-wide pitches and panel reviews. The team assists with new opportunities to help expand our presence in core sectors and enhance our key client relationships. The team continuously develops and improves the model for best practice in new business bids to maximise the return on time and investment in this area., The successful candidate will work closely with the entire Bids team to deliver the bid process from initiation to implementation and post-process debrief / follow up. You'll work as part of a tightly-knit team to develop and deliver compelling and high-quality responses to new business opportunities, ensuring that the firm submits pitches of the highest quality, and that success rates - and the firm's return on investment - are maximised. You will be working with colleagues across the firm in multiple locations and different roles to bring together the different elements of the pitch, so day-to-day you will be building relationships and providing clear guidance on the bid process.

As a strong candidate, you'll have excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects/deadlines. You'll also be passionate and have a flair for writing. To be successful in this role you'll need as a minimum;

• Experience of managing multiple projects/deadlines simultaneously
• The ability to work well within a team
• Strong writing skills
• Experience of working in a business development / marketing / procurement role would be beneficial
  
  We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we're more than just suits!
As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it's important to us that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing and we're very happy to talk flexible working. Through our DEI initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have an Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women's career development and we're in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). Find out more about DEI at WBD here . We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.