Assistant Proposals Manager

Willmott Dixon; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Incentive bonus

Car scheme

MEA (motoring expenditure allowance)

Car leasing scheme

Job summary

Willmott Dixon is seeking an Assistant Proposals Manager (Bid Coordinator) to support our Midlands construction business. The role is hybrid with a requirement for office presence ahead of key bid deadlines, located in the Midlands region with possible posting in Birmingham or Nottingham.

You will assist and coordinate proposals teams to produce winning submissions, ensuring high-quality, engaging content that resonates with customers, while managing deadlines and stakeholder inputs across

Qualifications

• Experience in a Bid Writer, Assistant Submissions Manager or Bid Coordinator role.
• Proficient in MS Office including Excel, Word, Outlook and Project.
• Understanding of different proposal processes.
• Strong written abilities with a degree in English, History, Marketing, or Communications.

Responsibilities

• Assist with research into appropriate proposal opportunities and opportunities.
• Oversee relevant portals and ensure submissions are made by deadlines.
• Act as a key contact for internal teams regarding proposal content.
• Coordinate timely responses from stakeholders.
• Rewrite/edit proposal responses to ensure consistency of themes and messaging across submissions.
• Coordinate with graphic design to present polished submissions.
• Support multiple projects and teams in producing high-quality bids.

Skills

Bid coordination

Proposal writing

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Education

English/History/Marketing/Communications degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Microsoft Project

Job description

Willmott Dixon has an exciting new opportunity for an Assistant Proposals Manager (Bid Coordinator) to join our Midlands construction business. These roles are vital to supporting our business growth strategy and ensuring that our win team continues to secure new projects within the region.

With local offices in both Central Birmingham and Nottingham, we are open to the successful applicant residing in either region. This will be a hybrid role, but an office presence will be required in the lead up to important bid deadlines.

Within the role you will be responsible for assisting and coordinating proposals teams to produce winning submissions. You will support the submission of consistent, high quality, engaging proposals that delight our customers.

Responsibilities

Within this role you will be responsible for supporting the win strategy and coordinating the proposal content. The role will involve:

• Assisting with research into appropriate proposal opportunities.
• Overseeing the relevant portals and ensure that submissions are made in line with the required deadlines.
• Acting as a key point of contact for internal teams in relation to creating the correct proposal content.
• Being responsible for coordinating timely responses for proposal content from the relevant people within the business.
• Re-write/edit proposal responses from a variety of stakeholders, ensuring consistency of responses in terms of themes, messages, key phrases and keywords
• Working with colleagues in graphic design to co-ordinate the presentation of the submission.
• Working across multiple projects, supporting multiple teams in the production of quality bids.

Essential Criteria

• You’ll have experience in a Bid Writer, Assistant Submissions Manager, or Bid Coordinator role.
• Able to use Microsoft suite of office programmes including Excel, Word, Outlook and Project.
• Understanding of the different proposal processes.
• Strong written abilities/degree qualification in English, History, Marketing, or Communications.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working in a proposals/bid writing role within the construction industry.
• Have or working towards a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) qualification.
• APMP membership and accreditation.
• InDesign/Photoshop experience.

Additional Information

• At Willmott Dixon we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in, and we are happy to support agile working wherever possible.
• We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.
• In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.