Bids / Tenders Officer

1 week ago

Sunderland, United Kingdom Focus Resourcing Full time

Our highly successful client based on the outskirts of Sunderland, is recruiting for an experienced Bids/Tenders Officer to join them on a permanent basis.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a highly sort after organisation who are growing rapidly and have a reputation for excellence

You will join a successful and established team, delivering professional and winning written responses to agreed bid deadlines, within various projects and sectors including Housing Maintenance / Social Housing / Local Authority and Renewables Installations.

You will ideally have a degree level qualification in English, Marketing, Journalism or a relevant sector or accredited Construction related experience.

The Role:

- Co-ordinate qualitative responses to ITT, PQQ, Frameworks, DPS and public procurement opportunities.
- Build upon existing and develop new content for bid submissions, demonstrating use of best practice and evidence from existing contract portfolio to validate the company's capabilities.
- Managing and responding to all procurement opportunities and identifying winning themes and bidding strategies.
- Re-win existing contracts at renewal as well as win new clients and new work-streams.
- Develop case studies, gathering evidence for the bid library, reworking and updating existing content in line with specific questions and bespoke to individual client requirements.
- Write proposal responses after obtaining input from internal stakeholders including field operations and quality management, demonstrating effective mobilisation and programme management.
- Work closely with the Compliance Director to maintain and improve the existing bid management processes.
- Achieving objectives in customer satisfaction, social value and supporting the company's Carbon Net Zero objectives.
- You will be an experienced Bid Writer, capable of creating content from scratch as well as updating and improving historical submissions.
- You will have previous experience working as a bid writer, ideally within the civil engineering or construction sector.
- You will ideally have some experience managing or mentoring a team.
- You will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and timekeeping skills and be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, working to tight deadlines.
- You will need to have access to your own transport due to location.

Our client offer an excellent working environment, within bright modern and spacious offices. You'll work as part of a professional and experienced team, where personal development is highly promoted. Salary will be circa 30-35k dependant on experience,with excellent benefits and a genuine opportunity to develop and grow professionally.

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