Job Description

Business Development Assistant

Role

Business Services

Location

London

Practice Area/Department

Business Development

Job Title

Business Development Assistant

Position

Full Time - Permanent

Description

Before you meet us, get to know us

RPC is a modern, progressive and commercially-oriented City legal services business. From our offices in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore we provide advice to both UK and international clients.

What we do

Our legal practice spans a wide range of industry sectors and is broadly split into two discrete areas: insurance and corporates. Working on both contentious and non-contentious matters, our clients range from large multinationals to growth UK corporate firms and other professional practices, and include many household names.

Why we're different

We have a confident, accessible and enterprising approach that sets performance, service and value at the top of the agenda. Our goal is to do the usual things unusually well, make the complex simple and help our internal and external clients build better, stronger businesses.

Business Services at RPC

Working at RPC means being part of a collaborative and creative environment, which is flexible, transparent and friendly. We value our business services teams and recognise that individual contributions at all levels are essential to the success of RPC as a whole.

RPC's business services teams include:

• Brand Marketing & Sales
• Client Services
• Executive Office
• Facilities
• Finance
• Legal Project Management
• Information Technology
• People & Talent Development
• Risk & Compliance
• Secretarial Support

Role Overview

The role:

Reporting to the Business Development Manager (BDM), this position has responsibility for the delivery of marketing and business development services to the Commercial Disputes Group.

The department is one of the firm's largest practices areas separated into a number of sub-groups; each has its own industry focus, client base and approach to marketing.

The role would be suitable for a Graduate/Business Development Assistant who is looking for a full mix role but in a mid-sized law firm where they can make a strategic impact and help shape the growth of this dynamic group.

The role has a primary focus on marketing and business development but will be involved in other go to market initiatives including strategic events and other commercially important activities.

Duties and responsibilities

Business intelligence

• Understanding the service profile and key audiences of each practice area serviced and its nuances

Business planning

Assisting the Head of Practice Development and BDM to develop, with the relevant partners, a BD/Marketing plan for each business area

Managing activities

Working alongside fee earners to implement the planned activities for area of the business and ensure budgetary control of those activities including:

• Marketing collateral
  • Working with fee earners and others in BD & Marketing to develop marketing collateral (e.g., capability statements and other promotional materials)
  • Maintaining capability statements and fee earner biographies on a rolling basis and being the "go-to" person for those documents
• Digital
• Working with the Senior Communications Executive and Digital team to ensure that social media and other online networking opportunities are exploited
• Working with the Senior Communications Executive and Digital team to ensure relevant and up-to-date information is included within the firm's intranet (EDGE) and on the firm's website
• Bid support
  • Assisting the Head of Practice Development and BDM on practice-led pitches and the Proposals Manager on panel pitches throughout the tendering process where necessary, including for example: research, attending meetings with the bid team, sourcing pitch content and drawing together drafts, producing supporting materials and handouts, assisting in production of final documents
• Directories
  • Assisting the Head of Practice Development and BDM in co-ordinating and collating the Commercial Disputes directory entries for submission to Chambers UK and Legal 500
• Seminars and events
  • Briefing and discussion with the Events Manager on each event
  • Working with the CRM Executive and Events Manager to ensure accurate and carefully targeted invitation lists for each event
  • Briefing and discussion with Events Manager and graphics on the design and production of supporting collateral, (eg invitations and seminar packs)
  • Ensuring budgetary awareness for all events
  • Supporting and attending events and planning meetings, rehearsals as required (liaise with Events Manager)
  • Working with the Events Manager to ensure appropriate event reports and analysis of invitees and attendees etc
• Direct Marketing
  • Supporting the BDM and working with the CRM team on client mailings
• General
  • Sharing best practice and knowledge with others in BD & Marketing
  • Assisting the Head of Practice Development and BDM in drawing together any required information for management reporting

Knowledge, skills and experience

Experience:

• An understanding of business-to-business marketing, business development and relationship management within professional services
• Experience working in professional services an advantage

Qualities and skills:

• Stature and gravitas - professional, credible, impactful and confident with persuading and influencing where appropriate
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Flexible - is happy to work outside normal working hours when required
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Effective relationship builder -able to interact with individuals at all levels across the business
• Shows initiative
• Is a self-starter and has the ability and confidence to run with things
• Being an ambassador of the firm
• Strong operational and project management skills
• Good drafting and grammar skills

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