We are pleased to announce that we have an Apprenticeship opportunity in our Bids and Contracting team as an Apprentice Proposal Lead.

ABOUT US:

Tunstall is a market-leading health and care technology provider.
We’re passionate about ensuring our team reflects the brilliant and unique qualities of the people and communities we support. Our incredible team of 3,000+ people provide lifesaving and life changing technology and services to millions of customers across 18 different countries.
At Tunstall you’ll find a place where you’re valued and celebrated for being yourself. We empower our people to deliver the very best teamwork, innovation and thought leadership by creating an environment where we champion diversity and inclusion. We demonstrate our commitment to diversity and inclusion at each step. From our open, fair, and transparent recruitment processes, through to the many development and career growth opportunities we provide.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING IN THIS ROLE?

As an Apprentice Proposal Lead, you will be supporting the Bids and Contract team in the overall coordination and management of individual tenders on behalf of the Bid Team.
You will participate in a structured Level 3 – apprenticeship Bid and Proposal coordinator programme through a recognised training provider, designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills required in this role and to further your career in bids and contracts administration.
The ideal candidate:
You will be proactive, eager to learn and grow your career, with excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to write compelling business and tender proposals.
With a naturally collaborative and friendly approach, you will be willing to ask questions and challenge constructively, building effective working relationships with colleagues across the business to help define our service offer. A high attention to detail is vital to success in this role.
Apprenticeships are not just for entry level roles or school leavers. You may be a school leaver, graduate or someone already working looking to grow their professional skills or change to another career path. You must be 16 or over, but there is no upper age limit. We would love to see your application if the role and apprenticeship programme is of interest.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Ongoing coordination and management of the individual bid processes from a bid decision to submission ensuring adherence to governance processes and accurate audit trail, including:
• Circulation to the defined team
• Internal bid timeline management, including bid timeline plan, engaging and ensuring visibility of timescales to all contributors and stakeholders and delivery to these
• Facilitating, coordinating and leading tender meetings including start-ups, progress reviews and storyboard sessions
• Management and development of the written response - Engaging with cross-functioning teams to confirm accurate response allocations to enable all customer responses to be completed
• Management and coordination of the commercials – Engaging with the relevant pricing teams to ensure the pricing is completed and approved in line with the opportunity and internal governance requirements
• Coordination and compilation of the opportunity documents ready for submission
• Support the continuous enhancement of the bid standard response library and provide the Bid Team with high-quality written content for PQQs, tenders, business proposals, case studies, and other relevant materials as needed.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating the bid standard response library, ensuring supporting and source documents are managed proactively and in a timely manner.
• Defining areas for improvements in tender documentation and associated supporting information gaining support and agreement from the internal stakeholders including Sales and operational teams.