Job title: Bid Manager
Location: Christchurch. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role.
Salary: Up to £ 51,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

• Manage the bid process, including (but not limited to) creation of the bid plan, tracking progress, setting up reviews, providing background material to reviewers
• Establish the bid team and bidding environment, including Project Share
• Ensure that effective governance (i.e. Assurance Framework and other review mechanisms) and mandated reporting policies are adhered to, as well as other best practice (Shipley colour) reviews utilised as required
• Derive bid budget; monitor costs, timescales and resources used, and take action where these deviate from agreed budget or agreed task contingency
• Identify, assess and manage risks to the success of the bid and take action with appropriate management support
• Take ownership of the customer proposal / formal response, managing the structure, ensuring relevant inputs are received, and owning the editing and formatting of the final content
• Close down of the “project” at the end of a bid, including personal performance reviews, project lessons learned and harvesting of reusable collateral (i.e. improved propositions, updated processes, reusable modules)