Mills & Reeve
Senior Business Development Advisor - 12 month fixed term contract (0651)
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Senior Business Development Advisor
Here at Mills & Reeve, we are hiring a Senior Business Development Advisor to join our national Marketing team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role will be based in our Leeds office.
The Role
Join Mills & Reeve as a Senior Business Development Advisor on a 12-month fixed-term contract (FTC) and play a key role in driving the growth of our Leeds office and Energy sector practice. Working closely with partners, lawyers, and business leaders, you'll provide strategic business development support, identify new opportunities, strengthen client relationships, and help deliver sustainable revenue growth.
This is a highly visible role where you'll influence decision-making, lead key initiatives, and support the continued success of one of the firm's priority sector markets.
The Person
You'll be an experienced business development professional with strong commercial awareness, excellent communication skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders. You'll thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities while delivering high-quality outcomes. Relationship-focused, proactive, and strategic in your thinking, you'll enjoy turning opportunities into results and helping others succeed.
Experience of using AI and modern marketing tools to drive innovation and effectiveness will be highly valued.
The Activities
- Develop and deliver business development plans that support the growth of the Leeds office and Energy sector.
- Drive strategic client development, cross-selling, and relationship-building initiatives.
- Lead and support bids, pitches, and tender opportunities.
- Manage pipelines, identify market opportunities, and provide commercial insight to key stakeholders.
- Deliver thought leadership campaigns, profile-raising activities, and networking opportunities.
- Monitor performance, budgets, and ROI while ensuring progress against agreed objectives.
- Act as a trusted advisor to partners and lawyers, coaching and guiding them on effective BD activity.
- Champion innovation, collaboration, and the use of AI to enhance business development performance.
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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
The Benefits
As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits. Click here to find out more about our core benefit offering.
Pre Employment Screening
If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three-year employment history, and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.
Use of AI During the Recruitment Process
Technology is changing rapidly, and we are increasingly using AI software in our day-to-day lives, as well as using it to support our learning and professional development.
Here at Mills & Reeve, we embrace the use of technology and AI and we recognize that candidates may use AI tools to support their applications. As a regulated industry, we expect candidates to use such tools responsibly, honestly, and in a manner that allows us to make a fair and accurate assessment of their individual skills, experience, and suitability for the role.
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The Firm
At Mills & Reeve, our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieve more together. It's a state of mind in every client relationship we start and every choice we make. And it's what clients consistently say distinguishes us from your average law firm.
You can expect a close and attentive working relationship with a team that's responsive when you need them. You'll receive advice tailored to your individual needs. Wherever in the world you or your business needs support, we'll draw on our network to give recommendations.
We're driven by our values – we're ambitious, we're open, we care, and we collaborate. We embrace new ideas, communicate honestly, and are easy to work with. We're committed to you, our planet, our communities, and each other.
We've been listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list as one of the best big organizations, and we've recently been reaccredited Platinum Investors in People status – a standard achieved by only 8% of assessed organizations.
And Finally
Everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team, and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.
To find out more about our diversity and inclusion work, visit our website.
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