Proposal Manager

Bid Solutions; Hereford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Level Peaks Associates is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to join its Business Development team in Hereford. You will own the end-to-end bid lifecycle, ensuring submissions are compliant, commercially robust and delivered on time.

The role offers structured, deadline-driven work with the potential to provide project coordination support across live programmes as needed, leveraging strong planning and organisational skills to drive bid success.

Qualifications

• Experience managing competitive tender responses or complex proposals.
• Excellent written communication and editing skills.
• Strong organisational, planning and coordination abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple bids and proposals, developing bid plans and schedules.
• Coordinate contributions from technical, commercial, finance, operations and partners.
• Chair kick-off meetings and reviews; lead production of proposal documents.

Skills

Tender management

Written communication

Organisation & planning

Attention to detail

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Are you a highly organised bid and proposal professional looking for your next challenge? Level Peaks Associates is seeking an experienced Proposal Manager to join their Business Development team in Hereford.

About the Role

As Proposal Manager, you'll take ownership of the end-to-end bid and proposal lifecycle — from opportunity qualification through to contract award. Working closely with technical, commercial and operational teams, you'll ensure every submission is professionally managed, fully compliant, commercially robust and delivered on time.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives on structure, deadlines and quality, and who wants to play a key role in supporting Level Peaks’ continued growth. Where business priorities require, you may also provide project coordination and administrative support to live programmes, drawing on the same planning and organisational skills you bring to bid management.

What You'll Be Doing

• Managing multiple concurrent bids and proposals, developing bid plans, submission schedules and resource plans
• Coordinating contributions from technical, commercial, finance, operations and partner organisations
• Chairing kick‑off meetings, progress reviews and submission reviews
• Leading the production of high‑quality proposal documentation, including drafting, editing and refining content
• Producing compliance matrices and ensuring all mandatory and contractual requirements are addressed
• Conducting final compliance and quality assurance checks prior to submission
• Supporting capture planning, competitor research and market opportunity analysis
• Maintaining the company's bid library, case studies, CV database and past performance information
• Providing project coordination support during mobilisation or live programme delivery, where required

Experience & Skills Required

Essential

• Experience managing competitive tender responses or complex proposals
• Excellent written communication and editing skills
• Strong organisational, planning and coordination abilitiesExperience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing competing priorities
• Excellent attention to detail
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Desirable

• Experience within Defence, Security or Public Sector procurement
• Knowledge of UK procurement processes and competitive tendering
• Experience supporting project delivery or contract mobilisation
• PRINCE2 Foundation, APM or equivalent project management qualification
• Familiarity with JIRA, Primavera 6 or similar project management tools

Security Requirements

• BPSS Clearance
• Security Check (SC) Clearance

The Details

• Location: Hereford
• Reporting to: Bid Director
• Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience, plus discretionary annual bonus and other benefits