Bid Manager

20 hours ago


West Bromwich, Sandwell, United Kingdom St John Ambulance Full time

About St John Ambulance

We are a leading charity that provides essential first aid services, training, and campaigning. Our mission is to save lives through our work in communities, supporting and enabling people to access and receive physical and mental health first aid.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Bid Manager to join our team. As a Bid Manager, you will be responsible for managing and producing tender responses across various business areas, including Commercial Training, First Aid, and Health & Safety Supplies. Your primary goal will be to support the organisation in achieving revenue targets, business growth, and strategic objectives through effective bid management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage the bid management process, ensuring all bid documents meet deadlines and have undergone appropriate levels of scrutiny.
  • Chair and organise bid kick-off meetings with internal stakeholders.
  • Feed information into the Bid Writer in a timely and organised fashion.
  • Ensure all bids are of consistent high quality to meet customer or commissioner expectations.
  • Lead on writing, creating, and preparing expressions of interest, prequalification questionnaires, ITT responses, and standalone proposals and presentations.
  • Maintain the Bid library, working with functions and the operation to collate relevant, up-to-date supporting information for proposals.
  • Complete the bid/no bid tool and agree with relevant key stakeholders to ensure tenders are aligned with both the relevant departments' strategy and operational capability.

Requirements

  • Experience in managing, writing, or coordinating bids, tenders, proposals, or grants.
  • Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritise work to tight deadlines.
  • Ability to work under pressure, working on multiple simultaneous deadlines.
  • Understanding of what makes a winning proposal and ability to see a bid through a client's eyes.
  • Research and analytical skills to understand the commercial context of opportunities and how to add value.
  • In-depth knowledge of tender and proposal processes, with knowledge of public sector procurement an advantage.
  • Good copywriting skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent spelling and grammar.
  • Influencing skills, to help and advise internal partners at each stage of the tender and proposal process.
  • Continuous improvement attitude – sharing knowledge and best practice in workshops and training sessions.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Bid Team, working closely with operational and technical specialists to ensure excellence in quality, accuracy, and presentation. If you are a motivated and self-driven individual with excellent communication and writing skills, we encourage you to apply for this role.


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