Senior Bid Specialist - Public Sector

Transform

England

Hybrid

GBP 50,000 - 70,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday with an option to buy/sell

Day off for your birthday

Pension eligibility with matched contributions

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Cycle to work & electric car schemes

Job summary

A dynamic consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Bid Specialist to elevate the quality of public sector proposals. The role involves ensuring compliance and competitiveness, driving strategies that demonstrate social impact, and managing multiple bidders. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in public sector bidding and a deep understanding of procurement laws. This full-time position offers the chance to make a tangible impact on communities while advocating for inclusivity and diversity in the workforce.

Qualifications

Extensive experience in public sector bidding / tendering in the UK.
Solid understanding of procurement law and social value obligations.
Strong track record of developing and winning bids with social impact.

Responsibilities

Elevate the quality of public sector proposals for compliance and competitiveness.
Establish bid quality standards and review processes.
Lead strategy development for major tenders and monitor public sector policy.

Skills

Public sector bidding

Persuasive writing

Project management

Stakeholder management

Analytical mindset

Education

Formal bid qualification or membership (e.g. APMP)

Job description

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Transform is a fresh alternative to Big Consulting. As an end-to-end transformation partner, we define, design, build and operate systems that solve our clients’ toughest challenges and seize their biggest opportunities. That often means combining strategy, data, AI, technology, and change management. Sometimes we manage and operate the systems we create; other times, we hand it over for the client to run – standing by to make improvements when things change. It all comes down to making an impact: improving lives, supporting citizens, streamlining workflows, and making the world a better place. We specialise in public sector and public-facing organisations—from government agencies and local authorities to energy, utilities, transportation and healthcare. We also work for some of the world’s most dynamic brands across automotive, retail, financial services, and consumer goods.

In 2024, Transform acquired Cadence Innova, the UK’s leading public sector change consultancy. The result is a fresh kind of partner: together, we’re able to deliver change from the very first ideas through to deployment—building on our deep relationships at every level of government.

We're part of the Next 15 group, a multi-national organisation spanning over 25 brands. We combine the financial robustness and breadth of services of a large organisation, with the nimbleness and innovation of a smaller brand.

If you are keen to help us build the workforce of the future, we should talk.

We’re all in! That's what gets us out of bed every day. We hope you feel the same.

The Role, Public Sector Bid Specialist

You will own and elevate the quality of Transform’s public sector proposals, ensuring they are not only compliant and competitive, but also deeply aligned with social impact, cultural fit, and emerging public sector priorities. You’ll drive strategy, frameworks, and capability so that every bid succinctly articulates Transform’s values, is compelling in narrative, demonstrates measurable social / environmental / cultural benefits, and meets or exceeds evaluation criteria.

Key Responsibilities

Establish bid quality standards and review processes for all public sector tenders (PQQs, RFPs, RFIs, ITTs etc.)
Support writers from practices in win theme and storyboarding sessions, including building an understanding of Transform’s solutions so that they can support the writing of responses around it
Perform or lead internal reviews of draft responses - ensuring clarity, consistency, compliance, persuasive content, correct tone, cultural alignment
Support bid writers from the Transform practices in refining outline or draft responses – adding content, shortening, making consistent across questions
Work with the Framework Manager to maintain and refine a bid library / knowledge base of best answers, case studies, proof points, metrics (especially social impact & culture) to speed up drafting and ensure consistency, including development and maintenance of AI / tech solutions in this space
Lead bid-strategy development for major tenders: win themes, differentiators, value proposition, social value articulation, cultural fit
Monitor public sector policy, procurement rules, social value / Social Impact frameworks (e.g. public services social value legislation in the UK, relevant TOMs / other frameworks), to ensure bids are compliant and optimised
Analyse past bid successes / failures to learn what works (especially in social impact and culture) and feed continuous improvement

Social Impact & Cultural Fit Focus

Define how Transform frames social impact (employment, diversity, community benefit, environmental benefits etc.) in proposals; ensure robust metrics, case studies, and delivery evidence
Ensure that “cultural fit” (Transform’s values, working style, inclusivity, team / partnership approaches) are woven into proposals - not just in statements but in demonstrated behaviour
Engage with stakeholders (internal and external) to gather social impact inputs, community or partner data, evidence, stories

Stakeholder Management

Work closely with bid teams: subject matter experts, operations / delivery, finance, legal to pull together high-quality content
Partner with the leadership teams to ensure alignment between strategic goals, brand / positioning, and what’s being promised
Liaise with external partners (e.g. community organisations, CSR / sustainability bodies) where needed to support social impact commitments

Process & Governance

Design / enforce a structured process for bid governance: timelines, responsibilities, review cycles, version control
Ensure bids meet all procurement / regulatory / legal / compliance requirements (both general bidding rules & those specific to social value etc.)
Maintain risk assessment for bids and mitigation strategies (both commercial risks and reputational / delivery risks for social impact / cultural claims)

Measuring, Reporting & Improvement

After bid submissions (and ideally after outcomes), gather feedback and data to assess performance: win rate, scores / feedback, how social impact elements were viewed, where cultural fit scored or didn’t
Use that to improve templates, content, bid strategies
Report on key metrics to senior leadership: quality, social impact delivery vs promise, compliance, cost of bid effort etc

Key Skills & Experience

Extensive experience in public sector bidding / tendering in the UK (central government, local government, health, education etc.)
Solid understanding of procurement law, frameworks, social value obligations / legislation (e.g. the Public Services (Social Value) Act, relevant PPNs, TOMs or other measurement frameworks)
Strong track record of developing and winning bids where social impact / cultural alignment figured heavily
Excellent written and verbal communication; persuasive writing, storytelling
Strong project management: managing multiple bids, deadlines, cross-functional contributors
Comfortable with ambiguity; balancing speed with quality
Attention to detail, high standards of accuracy and consistency
Strong stakeholder management, able to influence senior leadership and delivery teams
Analytical mindset: able to use data / feedback to drive improvement
(Desirable) Formal bid qualification or membership (e.g. APMP). Experience in evaluation / scoring panels or understanding scoring methodology.

Our culture is built on

Being one team; looking out for each other as a team
The world never stops changing and we’ll never stop learning
Infinity & Beyond; we’re crazy ambitious, not afraid to fail along the way (it’s just falling with style)
Integrity is everything; we’re honest with each other and with our clients
Diversity is our superpower; everyone’s story is different, and we celebrate differences
We’re all in; we take on tough, complex challenges with lots of moving parts and we’re committed to the work, our clients and each other

Our benefits include

Holiday entitlement, 28 days with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
Day off (on or in the week of) your birthday
Pension eligibility, up to 5% matched contributions
Life assurance
Enhanced maternity and enhanced paternity and shared parental leave
Cycle to work & electric car schemes
A range of other benefits from our flexible benefits package

At Transform we believe in a culture of inclusivity, we celebrate difference and believe that diversity makes our business more relevant, our work more meaningful and our people more empowered. We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all, and we actively seek applications from all ethnicities, orientations, beliefs, gender identities + those with neurodiverse traits and disabilities. We want you to have the best opportunity to show us who you are and what you can do. Please do let us know if you need any adjustments now or at any point in the recruitment process.

If this sounds like you, please get in touch to discuss in more detail.

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