Proposal Writer

About Us

Walker Morris LLP is a Leeds-headquartered UK law firm operating internationally through a network of high-quality, like-minded firms around the world. With over 25% of our work having an international element, we serve household-name clients across various sectors, including energy and infrastructure, financial services, logistics, manufacturing, pharma, real estate, and retail and consumer.

We pride ourselves on being a different type of legal business – one not bound by convention but driven by a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for breaking with tradition to deliver real competitive advantage. This approach has gotten us noticed, introducing opportunities from existing and new clients for more complex, higher-value work.

We are growing at pace and expanding our team in response to demand. As a Business Development Manager, you will be joining at a crucial time for the business, working in a dynamic Bids team involved in every new major business development opportunity. You will collaborate with the team to introduce and constantly develop best practice bid processes, take ownership of the production of our informal proposals & credentials documents, oversee and maintain a central library of firm information, and be responsible for the upkeep of our credentials document creation system.

You will lead on the delivery of bids and tenders, respond to PQQ invitations, involve yourself in major bids, and take responsibility for preparing winning proposals across a wide range of specialist sectors. Your key skills and qualifications include experience of working in a bids / business development team, ideally in legal or similar professional services, knowledge and experience of best practices in bidding, including bid processes, evaluation of opportunities, developing win strategies, project management, commercial acumen, including pricing and risk, working with technical authors to convert knowledge into high-scoring answers, a creative mindset with a desire to help our lawyers stand out through the look and feel of our proposals as well as the quality of the proposition, robust time and project management, with the required ability to manage and prioritise busy workloads, ability to communicate effectively, with a confidence to constructively challenge and influence senior lawyers, excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills, a good eye for detail: strong design and layout skills are advantageous, strong knowledge of all MS packages, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, experience of Adobe InDesign and basic knowledge of print process is an advantage, and a flexible approach to working hours and travel to the office to meet the demands of a project.