Senior Proposals Coordinator, Flexible

6 months ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom Morris & Spottiswood Full time

The Morris & Spottiswood Group are a leading provider of fitout, housing, maintenance and M&E services to the retail, banking, commercial, education, housing and healthcare sectors across Scotland and North West /West of England. Our offices are based in Glasgow, Livingston, Warrington, Carlisle and Leeds. A family firm, with a proud track record of excellence, we aim high, act responsibly and value our staff and customers.

We are looking for a Senior Proposals Coordinator who has a wealth of knowledge in the main contracting market. Experience of working on public sector and private sector bids, up to £10m, within the construction or services industry is an advantage. This is a varied and multi-skilled role that includes technical writing, desktop publishing/design, proofreading, leadership and ownership/management of quality submission documents. The right person will be highly organised, flexible, able to work to deadlines, have an eye for detail and be able to work under their own initiative.

**Summary of Key Duties**
- Work with the pre-construction and business development teams to create high-quality submission documents
- Share ideas to raise standards of submissions
- Engage with the wider bid and project teams to ensure all ideas are captured and developed
- Ability to support written content for quality submissions
- Ensure that Morris & Spottiswood branding is correctly applied to all materials produced locally
- Lead production of market-leading submission materials
- Contribute to writing, editing and production of submission documents as required
- Carry out independent and critical reviews of submission documents
- Attend post-tender review meetings to determine lessons learnt and ensure these are fed back into subsequent submission
- Coordinate and produce case studies, brochures, presentations and other such collateral/ communications material to support account and opportunity engagement

**Experience / Background**

Already being an experience Senior Proposals Coordinator is essential along with proficient bid writing experience. We are looking for someone with experience of working and improving bid strategies & solutions. Working well under pressure and to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment is vital, as is the ability to interact with internal and external clients to deliver results. Construction experience is desirable.

**Personal Attributes**
- Knowledge of Adobe products (Acrobat Pro and InDesign) is an advantage
- Demonstrable relevant experience in a similar role (able to demonstrate organisational skills)
- Strong interpersonal skills to work in a dynamic team with a variety of personnel in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
- Experience in producing graphical content (InDesign) or equivalent
- Excellent command of English language for editing text and response writing
- The ability to help drive and support the culture of openness and knowledge sharing required within the team
- Support and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
- Behaviours and attitudes in accordance with M&S core values to create a team culture and promote excellent communication.
- Knowledge and understanding of standard private and public sector proposal processes is an advantage
- A pro-active approach, using initiative and taking responsibility for own actions
- Assimilate large volumes of information and understand, plan and manage associated workflows
- The ability to develop relationships and rapport with internal colleagues, stakeholders and clients.
- Strong and effective verbal and written communication, team player and collaborative
- Framework and project PQQ/Tender submission experience

**Remuneration**/ Benefits**
- Competitive Salary
- Car Allowance
- Private Medical Insurance cover (BUPA)
- 5% Employers Pension Contribution
- Annual holidays: 25 days plus 8 public & ½ day additional holiday for your birthday
- Flexible, hybrid working arrangements (Office attendance will fluctuate depending on business needs)
- 5% Employers pension contribution
- Second opinion private GP services
- EAP programme
- Employee benefits porthole
- Electric car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme

**Other Information**

Standard hours of work: 8am-5pm Monday to Thursday, 8am-4pm on Fridays (1 hour lunch each day)

**Valuing People at Morris & Spottiswood**

One of our core values is to ‘Value People’. We are passionate about investing in people and genuinely take care about what we do and how we do it. This ensures that the working environment, staff, suppliers and the communities we serve always remain at the front-of-mind.

Put simply, a diverse and inclusive workforce opens our business up to a much wider talent pool and greater innovation and creativity through teams with different experiences, backgrounds and education.

**This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful team.



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