We are recruiting for a Bids Assistant to join our busy team in Bristol. This role is being offered on a full time basis.

We're looking for thoughtful professional who brings both depth and perspective. You're someone who can see the big picture while staying grounded in the details. You've built your expertise over time, and now you're ready to collaborate in a way that lifts others up.

You're not just skilled - you're curious, adaptable, and committed to making legal work more accessible and impactful. You know how to navigate complexity, communicate clearly, and build trust across teams and clients.

If you're passionate about using your insight to drive meaningful outcomes - and you care deeply about people along the way - we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Bids Assistant you will:

Mailbox, portal management and bid preparation

• Manage all communication received into our bid inbox in a proactive and structured manner.
• Maintain our portal database and accounts making sure all information is complete, accurate and submitted on time. Download all bid documents to our specific bid SharePoint site.
• Responsible for bid preparation tasks including, creation of bid matter numbers, updating our bid tracker system, creating a consistent SharePoint folder structure with documents created and stored in line with our bid guidelines.
• Support in the preparation of the bid activity schedule, highlighting tasks, responsibilities and deadlines.

Bid support

• Support the bid team in reviewing client requirements.
• Arrange bid kick off meetings, review meetings and sign-off meetings with key stakeholders.
• Create bid and presentation templates aligned with the client's evaluation criteria and TLTs brand.
• Complete standard qualification information, CVs, team structures, matter examples and due diligence requirements.
• Work with the bid team to support co-ordinating our internal subject matter experts to deliver legal and business services content in line with deadlines.
• Check written content for grammar and consistency ensuring it reflects TLT's tone of voice.
• Collect and collate bid feedback.
• Support in the creation of presentation materials for pitches.

Content management support

• Capture and categorise best in class answers incorporating both legal and business services text, experience, CVs, directory quotes, etc. for inclusion within our bid precedent library.
• Support with bids reporting.
• Maintain our panel and framework review schedules.

What You Bring

• Enthusiastic, confident, pro-active and persistent
• Good attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Good organisational skills - able to work at pace, multi-task and have strong time management skills
• Able to work well under pressure

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT's successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.

Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.

In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You'll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We're happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLT.com