Bid Executive

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  Location

  (UK) and Bristol

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  Job Reference

  21620

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  Functional Area/Experience

  Business, Accounting & Finance / Fresh Graduate

Job Description & Qualifications

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!

About the role

We have an exciting new position available for a Bid Executive to join our Workplace Solutions Team. This team focuses on delivering the best of Hargreaves Lansdown’s products and services to UK employers and driving up engagement with their employees. Your role is to write compelling bid responses to Employee Benefit Consultants (EBC) for our Workplace Solutions products.

The Bid Executive will also be involved pre-bid phase, by completing research questionnaires about our proposition to Employee Benefit Consultants. This is a highly networked role across HL that requires an ability to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines.

What you’ll be doing

• Writing quality tender responses for Workplace’s products opportunities through direct and intermediary sales channels.
• Leading the creation of new business presentation pitch deck/materials is also a prerequisite of this position as a panel of external decision makers will often assess our propositional capability and credibility before the winning provider is declared.
• Managing completion of EBC research questionnaires to ensure that all aspects of the proposition and wider HL services/controls are accurately represented (usually one per EBC each year).
• Preparing and coordinating prospective employer clients visits at Hargreaves Lansdown.
• Supporting the team in best positioning and representing at relevant industry ‘thought leading’ conferences and seminars.

About you

• Outstanding written communications skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to multi-task.
• A high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Desire to learn.
• Organised to deliver to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work, and be resilient, in a fast paced and changeable environment.

Interview process

The interview process for this role is 2 stages covering competency-based questions.

Working Schedule

This role is based in our Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This is a permanent full-time role, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern of working in the office and at home.

Why us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review 
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure 
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday**  
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working  
• Enhanced parental leave 
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution 
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)  
• Private medical insurance* 
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care 
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP 
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions 
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities 
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches 
• Two paid volunteering days per year 

* dependant on role level 

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year ​

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.