Bids & Proposals Specialist - Remote

We have an excellent opportunity to join an expanding market leader as a Bids & Proposals Specialist, for around 25 hours a week, ideally over five days a week. You will ideally be based in Yorkshire, so although it is a remote role, there will be a requirement to attend the Doncaster offices for meetings on occasion.

About the role
As Bids & Proposals Specialist, you will assume key responsibility for the carefully crafted business proposals that drive their continuing business growth and success.

Key Accountabilities:

• Monitor on-line portals to identify new business opportunities
• Carry out first assessment of potential opportunities.
• Coordinate, collate and submit tenders and proposals.
• Maintain bidding resource libraries
• Monitor and report on social value metrics
• Monitor portals to identify potential opportunities published as PINs.
• Develop and implement in-house processes to manage opportunity portfolios
• Able to navigate and utilise on-line tendering portals
• Good command of written business English, able to draft bid responses to approvals stage

Experience you ll need

• At least two years direct experience of online public sector tenders
• Aggregation services e.g. Contracts Advance
• Collating tenders
• Maintaining a bid resource library
• Learning and Development provision in the public sector
• Monitoring and reporting on Social Value metrics
• Some sales and/or marketing experience

About you
Talented, ambitious and accomplished, you ll probably be a Bid Co-ordinator right now, looking for the opportunity to take a step up, and develop your career towards proposals management in a professional services environment.

You ll certainly be capable and confident, with a broad background in the preparation of written proposals for public sector organisations across the UK. If your experience has been gained in a training and learning environment, so much the better.

Adaptable, creative and innovative, you will bring insight, ability, energy and enthusiasm to this vital part of our business development strategy. You will also have / be:

• Flexible and adaptable able to manage own remote workload
• Able to work to tight deadlines on multiple projects
• Confident, able to assimilate and disseminate information succinctly and accurately, verbally and in writing
• Ambition to develop professionally into more senior role within bid management
• Degree-level competence in written and spoken English
• Good general education to A-level standard

This role is subject to satisfactory references and a DBS check.

About the rewards
This position of Bids & Proposals Specialist is a part-time permanent role for around 25 hours per week, with an attractive salary of circa £30,000 to £35,000 per annum pro rata.

About the company
They are one of the UKs leading providers of a Managed Training Service, where organisations can exclusively source every type of learning solution. Their Clients include Local Authorities, Metropolitan Police Service, Central Government, the NHS, and large private sector organisations.

As a national training provider with an enviable pedigree of nearly three decades in delivering excellent training to the public and corporate sectors, they also hold centre status with several awarding bodies for providing qualifications.

If you want to be part of their success story, we d like to hear from you today!

How to Apply
Please note that eRecruitSmart is advertising the role of Bids & Proposals Specialist on behalf of the Hiring Company and your CV will be sent to the Hiring Manager who is responsible for the vacancy that you have applied to. Please only apply if you consent to these terms.

You must reside in and have eligibility to work in the UK. Please note, only suitable applicants will be contacted. If your address and contact details are not on your CV, you will not be considered.