Word360 is an award-winning tech-enabled translation and interpreting company that specialises in working within the health and social care sectors supporting large organisations with their communication needs. Our clients include the NHS, local authorities, other public sector clients.
Main Purpose of Job
We are looking for an outstanding Bid Manager to join our team and lead the creation and management of public sector strategic bids that are completed with properly constructed professional submissions to an industry leading standard. Over time this Manager will be responsible for building a winning bid team to support this growing function within our business.
Working closely with the Bid Writer and supported by the Chief Commercial Officer, sales and marketing teams, the role will involve:
Responsibilities and Duties
- Anticipate and identify upcoming opportunities through tender sites,
- Work with departmental teams on to identify strength to create winning bids
- Review past tenders and identify areas for improvement to create winning bids
- Search out and participate in engagement events MEQs, RFQs
- Anticipate, research and prepare materials for future bids to streamline bid processes
- Apply winning techniques and principles to create winning tenders
- Evaluate unsuccessful bids; gaining, interpreting and addressing feedback to ensure future success
- Creating a glossary of responses/bid library and create a streamlined bid process
- Educate and support the marketing department in producing parallel content for marketing activities in respective sectors.
- Manage Bid pipelines to ensure opportunities align with targets
- Develop and create additional materials to support the bid process such as supporting documentation
- Support the marketing team to write content for our target markets.
Skills and Attributes Required
- Anticipate and identify upcoming opportunities through tender sites,
- Work with departmental teams on to identify strength to create winning bids
- Review past tenders and identify areas for improvement to create winning bids
- Search out and participate in engagement events MEQs, RFQs
- Anticipate, research and prepare materials for future bids to streamline bid processes
- Apply winning techniques and principles to create winning tenders
- Evaluate unsuccessful bids; gaining, interpreting and addressing feedback to ensure future success
- Creating a glossary of responses/bid library and create a streamlined bid process
- Educate and support the marketing department in producing parallel content for marketing activities in respective sectors.
- Manage Bid pipelines to ensure opportunities align with targets
- Develop and create additional materials to support the bid process such as supporting documentation
- Support the marketing team to write content for our target markets.
Benefits
- Holiday Allowance: 24 days of holiday per year, plus bank holidays, and an additional day off for your birthday.
- Loyalty Reward: Earn an extra paid holiday for every two years of service, up to a maximum of 29 days.
- Comprehensive Training: Enjoy a structured onboarding process, full training, and ongoing development opportunities, including annual group training to help you excel.
- Employee Recognition: Celebrate achievements with our employee awards and development programs.
- Health and Wellness: Benefit from health insurance, free gym memberships, free cinema tickets, and more.
- Career Growth: Your efforts drive your success. With our ambitious growth plans, you’ll continually expand your expertise and opportunities.
- Cycle to Work Scheme: Join the cycling revolution with our support.
- Pension Scheme: Secure your future with our workplace pension plan.
- Paid Sick Leave: Rest assured with paid time off during illness.
- Social Events: Engage with colleagues and innovate through business-wide social events.
Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing is an important part of Word360's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.
We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.
Additional Information
If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability, and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.