Bid Coordinator (Maternity Cover)

at  Stride Treglown

Stride Treglown is an employee-owned, carbon neutral, B Corp, multidisciplinary design practice.
We create long-term positive impact for our clients and the communities we help shape. We do this by designing better places, building resilient partnerships, and empowering people. Our multidisciplinary team of 330 architects, masterplanners, town planners, landscape designers, and other specialists deliver nationally significant projects from nine regionally embedded UK studios. Collectively, we offer our clients deep local knowledge and national specialist expertise. We’re great team players who strive for excellence and care about how we achieve it. That’s why we promote design that isn’t driven by ego, but by purpose.
We are now looking to recruit a Bid Coordinator to cover a period of maternity leave, to be based in either our Bath, Bristol or Plymouth Studios. Working alongside the Head of Bids, you would have a keen interest in joining a creative winning work team in a large design practice. Is this the job for you?

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE

• InDesign, MS Office
• Administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to manage competing deadlines and priorities
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to be part of a team – excellent inter-personal and team working skills

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Knowledge of Bid Management. APMP Foundation Level would be advantageous
• Experience within architecture or the built environment
• Excellent attention to detail

• Analysing contracts notices on a daily basis and coordinating distribution to the Senior Leadership Team for consideration
• Manage the bid qualification (bid go / no go) process for new opportunities
• Ensure all information, clarifications and correspondence is distributed to the teams
• Manage the bid schedule to ensure timely delivery of compliant bids
• Develop win themes, writing plans, discriminators and advantages
• Manage virtual bid teams and inputs from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from technical experts, business support functions and sub-consultants
• Manage commercial aspects of the bid, ensuring all services/project stages are included in the final price to the customer
• Contributing to the written proposal – both in terms of content and presentation (InDesign)
• Arrange all post-bid reviews with customers, post-contract award and support the development of presentations