Bid and communications coordinator

Critical Playground LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Price & Myers is seeking a bid and communications coordinator to join its team. The role blends bid coordination with communications and business development support to win new work and showcase capabilities to clients and industry professionals.

You will report to the head of bidding and communications and collaborate with partners, associates and technical teams to deliver high quality submissions and compelling communications campaigns.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Ability to work as part of a team and use initiative.
• Experience producing high quality bids and supporting business development.
• Familiarity with bid content, design production and documentation.
• Knowledge of procurement portals and supplier questionnaires.

Responsibilities

• Bidding: identify opportunities and manage bids and proposals with deadlines.
• Content and design: prepare submission materials including CVs and project information.
• Portal management: register and submit through e-procurement portals like Delta and ProContract.
• Pre-qualification and compliance: manage supplier questionnaires and accreditations (SSIP, ISO, Constructionline, BSA/HRB).
• Knowledge management: maintain CMAP CRM and OpenAsset library.
• Bid follow-up: record outcomes to improve future submissions.
• Communications support across the bid and comms team.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Bid coordination

Content production

Design production

CRM management

OpenAsset

Delta e-procurement

ProContract

Tools

CMAP

OpenAsset

Delta

ProContract

Job description

Price & Myers is seeking a bid and communications coordinator to join its team.

Bid and communications coordinator

The bid and comms coordinator is a key member of the bidding and communications team, helping Price and Myers to win new work and communicate what we do.

The role combines bid coordination with communications and business development support. We are looking for someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills, who enjoys working as part of a team and is confident using their initiative. They will help us produce high quality bids, identify and pursue new opportunities and communicate our work, experience and ideas to clients and the wider industry.

The Bid Coordinator reports to the head of bidding and communications and works closely with the communications manager, partners, associates and technical teams across the practice.

The principal responsibilities of the bid coordinator are

Bidding:

• identifying opportunities - reviewing procurement notices, competition websites and contract platforms to identify suitable opportunities
• bid coordination - coordinating and managing bids, competitions and proposals, including managing deadlines and contributions from the wider team
• content and design production - preparing and collating submission materials, including practice information, CVs, project information and supporting documentation
• portal management - managing registrations and submissions through e-procurement portals such as Delta and ProContract
• pre-qualification and compliance - responding to supplier questionnaires and maintaining information relating to practice accreditations, including SSIP, ISO, Constructionline and BSA/HRB
• knowledge management - maintaining and updating our CRM system, CMAP and our digital assets library, OpenAsset
• bid follow-up - recording outcomes and feedback to inform and improve future submissions
• communications support

Public relations:

• social media - assisting in coordination of the Practice's social media programme, monitoring social media platforms, creating engaging social media content
• website support - developing and curating website content
• recording press coverage
• providing wider design teams with information and materials to support project PR campaigns

Business development:

• producing, organising, coordinating, recording and following up on the Practice-to-Practice P2P presentation programme

Events and networking:

• supporting the organisation and delivery of the Practice's programme of internal and external events, including professional, networking and social events

Awards:

• assisting with the administration. preparation, submission and recording of award entries. Publicising award shortlisting and wins