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    Solirius Consulting delivers technical consultancy and application delivery to our clients in order to solve real world problems and allow our clients to respond to an ever-changing technical landscape. We partner closely with our clients, embedding our consultants into their businesses in order to provide a bespoke service, allowing us to truly understand our clients’ needs.

    It is this close collaboration with our clients that has enabled us to grow rapidly in recent years and will drive our ambitious future growth plans. We currently have over 250 consultants working with a variety of key clients from both the public and private sectors such as the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, FCDOS, UEFA, International Olympic Committee and Mercedes Benz; with plans to increase our client base further in the near future.

    We operate as a flat organisation and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate independently. We pride ourselves on being specialists at what we do, making the most of our consultants’ expertise in their fields in order to provide a best-in-class service to our clients. All our consultants have the opportunity to work on a range of different projects, providing a broad range of knowledge on which to develop their careers and progress in the direction they choose.

    The role

    We are looking for candidates to join our People and Operations Practice as a Junior Account Manager. You will be working closely with our Senior Leadership Team and Account Managers, managing the allocation of commercial opportunities to internal teams and supporting them in the development of winning written proposals.

    As well as managing opportunities, the role will involve liaising with teams and senior stakeholders internally and externally, analysing large amounts of information and developing compelling conclusions.

    Main duties

    • Evaluate incoming bid opportunities against company criteria, managing bid tenders and distributing them to the appropriate departments and teams; prioritise bids based on strategic alignment, potential profitability, and company capability.
    • Collaborate with teams on developing bid responses, ensuring accuracy, and alignment with client requirements.
    • Track bids in progress, outlining potential risks and benefits, as well as the outcomes, collating feedback and providing points for improvement.
    • Participate in bid strategy sessions to understand client requirements and competitive landscape.
    • Contribute to the development of written proposals and presentations
    • Establish and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
    • Representing Solirius, if necessary, at pre-bid meetings.

    About you

    You will be a motivated self-starter, who is highly organised and able to balance multiple priorities. You should have strong interpersonal and communication skills, both of which are essential to this role.

    This role will suit a graduate or junior at the entry-level stage, who is interested in beginning a career in business development with the view to progressing into account management in future.

    Specialist skills required

    • A strong degree in any discipline - particularly where analysing information and developing written conclusions forms a significant part of the syllabus
    • Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken word with an ability to successfully engage with team members, clients and stakeholders.
    • Proven ability to write reports, proposals (e.g. dissertations)
    • Attention to detail, and strong organisational and time management skills are essential.
    • Ability to analyse and condense large amounts of information.
    • Ability to work in a challenging, fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines.
    • A good understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Word and Excel) and Google Suites.

    Package and benefits

    • Competitive salary, dependent on experience
    • Flexible working / Work from home
    • Generous annual discretionary bonus
    • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
    • 5 days allocated development training per year
    • Contributory pension
    • Gym membership
    • Private healthcare cover
    • Annual away days and social events

    Equality and diversity

    Solirius Consulting is an equal opportunities employer.

    We are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages and respects all individuals and in which all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity, marital status or any other protected characteristics.

    Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.