Bid Writer

Lifeline Projects; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization in London is seeking a Business Development Officer to join their in-house team. The role involves developing funding proposals and business partnerships to support the charity's growth. Candidates should have experience in business development and fundraising, alongside strong communication skills. This position provides a chance to make a significant impact in public health and community programming.

Qualifications

• Experience in business development and fundraising.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to develop competitive funding proposals.

Responsibilities

• Identify relevant funders and opportunities for growth.
• Generate new business leads through relationships with funders.
• Produce competitive funding proposals and manage bid processes.

Job description

Overview

The post holder will form part of our small in-house business development team, developing funding and new business proposals to support the growth and sustainability of the charity's activities. This will comprise a blend of grant and trust funding proposals, responding to relevant tender opportunities, and pursuing other fundraising or business partnerships and opportunities as may benefit the charity.

Responsibilities

• Working with operational managers to identify relevant funders and funding opportunities to support continued growth and evolution of LifeLine's core activities in public health, community programming and young people's services
• Identifying, researching and vetting business development opportunities in order to present to Senior Management Team
• Generating new business leads through relationships with a range of funders and partners, including corporate contacts
• Contributing to an active bid pipeline to ensure efficient and effective work, with a focus on quality, consistency and impact of submissions
• Producing high quality, competitive funding proposals and tender submissions (typical values range from approximately £50,000 to £1 million)
• Contributing to the bid production process, liaising with partners and external bid writers whilst ensuring input from relevant operational and technical managers
• Supporting, through guidance and insight, the application of evidence and relevant project evaluation to the bid writing process and to organizational knowledge and expertise
• Working with LifeLine's finance team and operational managers to develop fully-costed project budgets and resourcing plans to submit to funders and commissioners as part of the tender process
• Managing relationships with funding partners, delivery partners, stakeholders and external consultants to ensure LifeLine's business interests and objectives are achieved and that we continue to build on our strong reputation for approachability, positivity, and being practically minded
• Identifying and managing risk during the tender process to support successful project implementations and handover to operational leads
• Working with project managers and operational leads to develop implementation plans to ensure management and resourcing requirements are met and key milestones achieved
• Working closely with the Head of Finance and Business Development Manager to deliver LifeLine's business and fundraising strategies
• Contributing to the vision and values of LifeLine as a community focused organization