Business Development Executive (12 month contract) Birmingham or Manchester Salary range: £30,000-34,000 a year depending on experience Role Overview Vario is a market leading alternative legal services provider within the law firm, Pinsent Masons. It is unique in the legal sector. Vario is a practice group within Pinsent Masons which incorporates; Flexible Services, Consulting and Technology, Legal Project Management and Managed Legal Services (MLS). This role sits within our MLS team. As the Vario team grows, we are looking for a Business Development Executive to support marketing activity for the four service lines across the Vario group: Consulting & Technology, Legal Project Management, Flexible Services and Managed Legal Services. Working on a global scale, the successful candidate will be pivotal in building the Vario group's brand and reputation. This is a 12 month fixed term contract. The Vario Marketing & Business Development team is split between Birmingham and Dusseldorf and consists of one Senior BD Executive, one BD Executive, one BD Assistant and a Business Development & Marketing Manager. Together, this collaborative and interactive team collaborates through joint projects, weekly meetings and knowledge sharing. You will receive coaching and guidance from our Marketing & Business Development Manager as your career progresses. Our standard working hours are 9.30am-5.30pm, however, we are happy to consider flexible working requests. Candidate Overview We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience: Significant marketing experience within a business to business role, ideally obtained in a professional services environment Experience of the end to end events life cycle Experience of producing high quality, client-facing marketing material What can we offer you? Agile working (the opportunity to work from home, subject to diary commitments) 25 daysâ annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to purchase or roll over 5 days. Contributory pension of up to 5%. Private healthcare policy Death in service cover (4 x base salary). Eligibility to apply for an interest free season ticket loan, an interest free gym membership loan and/or an interest free rental deposit loan. Cycle to work scheme. What happens next? Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email. We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate. Our strength lies in our differences. We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a founding member of the Mindful Business Charter, signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. Itâs with different perspectives that weâll find solutions to our clientsâ most complex challenges. Itâs how weâll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents. Our in-house recruiter, Bhavika Upton, would be happy to have an informal chat about this role, provide this job advert or our application form in an alternative format, and/or discuss any reasonable adjustments to be made either during the recruitment process or after offer stage. You can contact Bhavika by emailing careerspinsentmasons.com LI-BOBU IND