Business Development Advisor (0502)

Mills & Reeve are hiring a Business Development Advisor into their established, national Business Development team. Ready to take your business development career to the next level? We're looking for a proactive, commercially minded Business Development Adviser to join a high-performing team and make an immediate impact. This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the heart of a dynamic professional services environment, supporting growth across key sectors, service lines, and offices.

The role:

• As a Business Development Adviser, you'll be a vital driver of delivering results; turning strategy into action and ensuring delivery across key growth initiatives.
• Working closely with a Business Development Manager, you'll support sector and service line priorities, helping senior colleagues focus on high value opportunities and client relationships.
• This is a fast paced role where you'll take ownership of projects, coordinate activity across teams and act as the link between strategy and delivery, bringing structure and precision to business development activity.

If you enjoy working collaboratively, and seeing tangible results from your efforts, this role offers real scope to grow and develop.

The person:

• Proven experience in business development, marketing, or sales support within professional services.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Confident communication and relationship-building skills, including with senior stakeholders.
• A solid understanding of how BD activity drives client growth and revenue.
• Experience using a range of BD and marketing tools, with an openness to leveraging AI.
• A proactive mindset with a focus on taking initiative and delivering with pace and precision.

Desirable:

• A relevant degree or marketing qualification.
• Experience in sector-led or account-based BD activity.
• Confidence to challenge and influence stakeholders constructively.

The activities:

• Supporting the development and delivery of strategic BD plans aligned to firm-wide objectives.
• Driving execution of annual plans, ensuring activity is delivered to a high standard and on time.
• Managing pipelines, tracking opportunities, and ensuring consistent follow-through.
• Coordinating sector meetings, preparing agendas, and following up on actions.
• Delivering hands on support for pitches, proposals and other BD opportunities.
• Supporting client growth through account plans, cross-selling initiatives, and client insights.
• Producing management reports, pipeline updates, and budget tracking.
• Conducting market and client research to identify opportunities and inform strategy.
• Building internal and external networks, attending events, and spotting new leads.
• Using BD tools, systems, and AI to improve efficiency and innovation.

You'll be trusted to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and collaborate across teams to deliver outstanding results.

The Benefits:

As you'd expect, we offer a competitive salary and a wide range of benefits.

Pre-employment screening:

If we offer you a role, we will conduct comprehensive pre-employment screening. This screening will include, but is not limited to, a basic DBS, verification of your right to work, a three year employment history and a self-declaration to assess your character and suitability for the role. Full details of our pre-screening employment process are available upon request.

The firm:

Mills & Reeve is centred on achieving more for clients, their businesses and the wider communities we serve. Our clients and their industries benefit from our knowledge and learning, and receive consistent experiences with no surprises. We tell them what they need to know when they need to know it. We build personal relationships, with advice individually tailored to individual need. And if clients need things we don't offer, we draw on our network to give recommendations.

Our 1,450 plus people and over 850 lawyers share one vision – achieving more for clients. By joining Mills & Reeve, you'll have the chance to build your skills and experience within a firm that's not only ranked in the top 50 UK law firms, but also one that truly values their people. We're also ranked in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, and have been awarded Platinum Investors in People. Our mantra is “Achieve more. Together.”, which we feel embodies our purpose and is more than just a catchphrase!

Our values are the principles that help us fulfil our purpose. Our people shaped them and live them every day:

• We're ambitious - We aim high, we embrace new ideas and we're passionate about our work.
• We're open - We communicate openly and honestly to build trust, and we do what's right.
• We care - We're committed to each other, our clients, our communities and the planet.
• We collaborate - We're easy to work with, we offer help willingly and we get things done – together.

And finally, everyone at Mills & Reeve brings a unique perspective and ideas to the team and we do everything we can to help each person to thrive. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive working environment, are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, and want to achieve the right balance for both our people and the firm. We encourage everyone to ask if they feel they need any workplace adjustments, and will do our best to support with these.