Senior Business Development Executive (12 month fixed term contract)

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Clients and Markets team as a Senior Business Development (BD) Executive based in Birmingham on a 12-month fixed term contract to cover a period of maternity leave.

As a Senior BD Executive youll work closely with our Retail & Leisure sector and Pensions teams. You will be responsible for managing activities that support the delivery of the firms client strategy and sector priorities with a strong focus on developing and maintaining high-quality marketing collateral.

About you:

We are seeking an individual with experience in law or the professional services sector who demonstrates self-motivation positivity and tenacity and thrives as a collaborative team player with a can-do attitude and the ability to build strong relationships at all this role you will take ownership of enhancing its scope and impact by proactively identifying improvements to systems and processes and introducing innovative ways to apply expertise for the benefit of projects the team and the wider firm.

You will be able to operate at a strategic level bringing broader objectives into discussions and decision-making while remaining adaptable and delivering high-quality outputs within tight deadlines. Strong organisational and project management skills exceptional attention to detail and outstanding grammar and communication abilities are essential as is the ability to consider different perspectives and use a persuasive approach to agree solutions.

We value curiosity drive and a willingness to learn alongside a collaborative mindset to support colleagues when needed. Excellent IT proficiency particularly in Word Excel and PowerPoint is required and experience or qualifications in marketing would be advantageous but not essential.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work within a strong and supportive BD function and with dynamic partners and lawyers in high profile areas of the firm. Gowling WLG has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 26 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy up to a weeks extra annual leave.
• Free private medical insurance and the option to add family members.
• A generous pension allowance.
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary.
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years.
• Maternity paternity and adoption leave schemes.
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes.
• Offices in Birmingham city centre or in London overlooking Tower Bridge both with onsite restaurants.
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development.

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firmand to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour nationality ethnicity national origins) religion or belief age disability sexual orientation sex gender re-assignment and gender identity marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLGwe seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyones potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at

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