Senior Bid Coordinator

Scot JCB Ltd; Greater Manchester, Salford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading built environment consultancy as a Bid Coordinator. You'll manage the bid cycle, ensuring quality responses and collaboration with teams. This role offers a chance to contribute to sustainable projects and develop your career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Volunteering days

Mental health support

Medical insurance

Flexible working

Performance bonus

Car allowance

Qualifications

• Significant experience in delivering quality bid submissions.
• Experience preparing submissions across public and private sectors.

Responsibilities

• Manage all stages of the bid cycle.
• Create compelling bid responses with team collaboration.
• Proof and edit bid documents for quality.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

APMP Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office

InDesign

Job description

This is a Permanent , Full Time vacancy that will close in 23 days at 23:59 BST .

Your opportunity

Ridge and Partners is a growing built environment consultancy focused on helping clients create better, more sustainable places for people to live, learn, work and play. Our aim is always to deliver outstanding service to clients and provide our people with the support, opportunities, and environments they need to flourish.

We are looking for a curious and confident self-starter with the potential to become a key player in our busiest work-winning team.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

Responsibility for all stages of the bid cycle

Working with relevant members of the team to create and craft compelling bid responses that showcase the best that Ridge has to offer

Researching and gathering inputs from multiple stakeholders, where necessary

Managing the bid timetable to ensure bid team members respond in line with the bid plan, all deadlines are met, and all bids are compliant and commercially sound

Reviewing bid documents and pulling together previous relevant bids and best-practice answers

Proofing and editing colleagues’ bid response documents, ensuring each document contains the required information for a successful bid, with sufficient focus on the quality and innovation we bring to projects

Working with bid team members to ensure a consistent quality of bids

Continuously improving and enhancing the standards and effectiveness of our written responses in conjunction with the Bids and Marketing teams

Preparation of client presentations and capability statements

The skills and experience you need to have for this role

Significant experience of delivering quality bid submissions in a fast-paced B2B professional services environment

Demonstrable experience of producing and coordinating bid responses and draft documents

Experience preparing submissions across the public and private sectors

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Phenomenal attention to detail

Excellent time management, strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office – InDesign knowledge an advantage

Experience working with bid portals

Qualifications

APMP Certification an advantage

About us

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,000+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They’re the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you’re hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you’re motivated by ingenuity and if you’re always aspiring to be the very best.

The benefits package we have put together for you supports every aspect of your life.

Annual
leave

Annual
leave

A healthy holiday allowance that starts at 25 days pa, plus the option to buy, carry over or sell.

Community
spirit

Community
spirit

You can take three volunteering days each year to spend time on causes close to your heart.

Mental
health

Mental Health First Aiders are here to support you, backed up by Unum’s Help@hand app.

Financial benefits

A path to peace of mind: life assurance, pension scheme and income protection.

Physical
wellbeing

Your health is a priority for us too, so we offer medical insurance, private GP access and discounted gym membership.

Flexible
working

Flexible
working

Our flexible approach to hybrid working is there to suit you, your family and your team.

Career development

A pathway at Ridge that’s focused on your professional, personal or educational aspirations.

Extra
benefits

Performance bonus, car allowance and more based on your role - and progression.

We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If you’d like to discuss accessibility, accommodations or adjustments during your application and selection process, please contact us [e-mail] and we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.

A polite note to Recruitment Agencies
We enjoy great relationships with our agency partners within our framework, and fully believe in the value of a blended approach to finding the best talent. However, we are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from agency partners at this time – any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownerships on any introduction that you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

We are committed to nurturing strong partnerships within our agency framework, but there are occasions where we looking to enlist the help of others. If you would be interested in working with us in the future, please send a message [e-mail] , and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.