Legal Staff Other in Chicago, IL

Law Firm

Chicago, IL

Legal Staff Other in Chicago, IL

Legal Staff

2-4 yrs required

No

Job Title: Proposals & Pursuits Coordinator

Job Responsibilities:
- Support senior members of the central team on large, complex RFP activities.
- Work on RFP opportunities, ensuring the firm's best practice processes are followed throughout.
- Assist in identifying winning strategies and drafting persuasive key sales messages to differentiate what the law firm has to offer.
- Coordinate and manage inputs from a variety of stakeholders.
- Draft, edit, format, and produce RFP response documents using both standard content text and tailored content as appropriate to the opportunity, including drafting some content from scratch, such as executive summaries.
- Support attorneys in preparation for client presentations.
- Ensure all proposal opportunities are tracked within the firm's CRM system.
- Maintain a library of proposal-related content.
- Create proposal-related reports.
- Job duties and responsibilities are not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. The law firm reserves the right to revise or modify job duties and responsibilities at any time.

Education and Experience Information:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or above in marketing, communications, or a related field.
- Experience: 2-4 years working in a similar professional services environment in a bid/pitch-heavy role.

Skills:
- Proposals experience within a professional services environment.
- Excellent attention to detail, grammar, and proof-reading skills.
- Strong IT literacy.
- Confident and credible in dealing with senior stakeholders, including partners and senior managers.
- Self-starter who can show initiative and get on with tasks without the need for significant supervision and direction.
- Significant experience in a partnership environment in a similar role with an appreciation of the benefits of a focused client approach.
- Ability to learn about the firm quickly and grasp technical terms.
- Confidence to present ideas and views clearly and with conviction.
- Flexible and versatile approach to work and enjoy working with a team with different needs, styles, and requirements.
- Collaborative, resourceful, proactive, and creative.
- Ability to create and maintain visibility within the team.
- Tenacity and willingness to implement new ideas.
- Confidence and alertness to sensitivities, to challenge and take a robust commercial stance, where appropriate.
- Proactive and solutions-based approach as well as having a can-do approach to delivering the needs of the firm.

Other:
- Supervisory Responsibilities: None
- Equipment To Be Used: Personal computer and other office equipment such as telephone, calculator, fax machine, copier, scanner, etc.

Essential Job Functions:
- Ability to work calmly under pressure, juggling multiple deadlines and managing the expectations of demanding internal clients.
- Excellent drafting and writing ability, with an emphasis on creating an engaging “first time working product”.
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Ability to liaise with people at all levels, throughout different geographies, and time zones.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and willingness to approach senior partners and attorneys with new concepts and ideas.
- Ability to grasp and apply new ideas and communicate with various personalities at all levels.
- Must possess great interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to utilize technology, including computers and telecommunication devices.
- Ability to work long days as required.

Working Conditions:
- The position is remote, but the individual must be up to 2 hours of commuting distance from the law firm office, in case of emergencies or special circumstances.
- There may be occasional requirements to work beyond the regular schedule, and there is also the potential for in-office work requests as needed, making proximity to the office important.

Salary Information:
- Pittsburgh, Houston, Dallas: - per hour
- Chicago: - per hour
- This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position. Compensation is hourly and will be based on the number of hours worked annually, in accordance with the role’s non-exempt status.

Employee Benefits Overview:
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Medical Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Virtual Health Services
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Accident Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability Coverage
- Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Lyra Health Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Family Leave (for eligible Exempt and Non-Exempt staff)
- College Savings Plan
- Transportation Benefit
- Back-up Child Care Services
- College Coach Program
- Pet Insurance
- Paid Sick Time (for Exempt staff)
- Paid Time Off (available to all full-time, non-temporary employees)

The law firm offers a challenging work environment, business casual dress code, and a total compensation package that includes a competitive salary, flexible benefits program, tuition assistance, and a generous 401(k) plan.

The law firm is an Equal Opportunity Employer with Core Values of Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork & Respect, Innovation, and Impact. The law firm also provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with law, including in the application and interview process.

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