Business Development Assistant

Birketts is an ambitious full service, top 100 UK law firm, operating in East Anglia, London and the surrounding areas. With a rich heritage spanning over 150 years we’ve built an enviable track record advising businesses, institutions and individuals inthe UK and internationally.

Throughout our history our ethos has remained simple: we provide clear legal advice and value and insight to our clients. We believe that through this approach and a combination of technical excellence and high quality service we can develop long-lastingpartnerships and become our clients' solicitor of choice.

**Purposoe of role**:
Birketts LLP is keen to recruit a Business Development Assistant to come and join the Business Development and Marketing Team on a full time permanent basis in our Norwich office. Birketts can offer flexible, hybrid working with some days from the officeand others working from home.

Reporting into the Business Development Manager, this is a supporting role (non-sales), where you will support the delivery of business development services, in particular the process for responding to proposals and tenders and other new business opportunitiesof strategic importance to the firm.

**Accountabilities**:
This varied and interesting role will see you become involved in a multitude of different tasks and activities. Supporting sales and sector teams means a strong understanding of the local marketplaces we operate within will be key.

**Key Accountabilities include**:
**Tenders, pitch and proposal documents**:

- Working with our business development team, assisting in the production of tender documents, proposals and presentations, playing a key role in supporting the tender process across all practice and industry groups.
- Assisting in the maintenance of a proposals database for holding and sharing tender information.
- Coordination role in ensuring SharePoint is up to date with current information to feed into Pitch Perfect.

**Legal directory submissions**:

- Responsibility for co-ordinating the production of the firm's annual legal directory submissions, guiding practice teams to ensure they submit on time and to a high quality standard to ensure continued high rankings and maintaining a database of clientreferees.

**Research and business development**:

- Assisting the business development team to identify and research potential targets and update the CRM database as necessary.
- Supporting the firm with the collation of information and entries of relevant award submissions

**Marketing Materials / Collateral**
- Driving coordination in the production of marketing collateral and maintaining this proactively and take on new collateral requests from across the team.

**What are we looking for?**
- Good written and verbal communication skills with an excellent eye for detail.
- Demonstrating consistent excellent service delivery to internal clients.
- Effective project management skills including the ability to plan ahead and prioritise conflicting demands to meet deadlines for the team.
- Team player who is proactive with a 'can do attitude'.
- Works effectively under pressure.
- Demonstrates a keen interest in self-development and showing initiative.

Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Word and PowerPoint essential). Experience of Excel and desktop publishing tools such as InDesign would also be useful, as would a working knowledge of Prezi, although training will be given. CIM or equivalent would be beneficialalthough not essential.

**Equal Opportunities**:
**Benefits**:

- 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays
- Long Service holiday award - 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service
- Agile Working Policy
- Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee)
- Staff Profit Share / Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share)
- Paid Charity day
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Subsidised gym membership
- Eye Care Voucher
- Private Healthcare - BUPA (after probation)
- Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
- Dress for your Day Policy.