Winning Proposals & Growth Lead

One YMCA Group; Hexton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

YMCA Chiltern Group is seeking a talented Bids & Commercial Development Lead to strengthen funding, tender and commercial submissions. You will coordinate tenders, grants and proposals, align with priorities and drive robust governance and pricing strategies to maximise income and social impact.

Working with operational leaders, finance and governance to shape evidence-based service models, you’ll build templates, evidence libraries and pipelines, delivering persuasive submissions that support

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading tenders, grants or commercial submissions.
• Strong proposal-writing skills with a clear commercial focus.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and manage tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead coordination, development and submission of tenders, contracts, grants and commercial proposals.
• Own bid governance, approvals, resource planning and quality assurance.
• Shape service models, pricing and mobilisation plans with operational colleagues.

Skills

Bid development

Proposal writing

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Job description

YMCA Chiltern Group is seeking a talented Bids & Commercial Development Lead to strengthen funding, tender and commercial submissions. You will coordinate tenders, grants and proposals, align with priorities and drive robust governance and pricing strategies to maximise income and social impact.

Working with operational leaders, finance and governance to shape evidence-based service models, you’ll build templates, evidence libraries and pipelines, delivering persuasive submissions that support