About UsWe're an award-winning innovative tech consultancy - a team of creative problem solvers.
Since 1993 we've been finding better, more sustainable ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world's leading organisations and delivered solutions that millions of people use every day.In the last 30 years we won several awards, including a prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for our Enterprise Agile delivery approach.Operating from 26 locations across the world, we bring together teams of creative experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who enjoy working and learning in our collaborative and open culture and are committed to world-class delivery.We want to continue to grow our team with people just like you!About the RoleWe're seeking an experienced and confident bid manager, someone capable of handling our largest, most complex and most strategically important bids.This is a hands-on role, with end-to-end responsibility for managing bids and for shaping and writing responses.
You'll:Project-manage bid responses, supporting a wide variety of subject matter experts and contributors to create their best workAuthor clear, compelling, compliant responses that help us score highly against published evaluation criteriaContribute your own experience and insights to elevate our approachSupport colleagues across the business to upskill on managing and contributing to bids, to build our capabilityWe're looking for someone who is comfortable project-managing, contributing to, and writing the bulk of the content for bids, all at once.You'll work with teams of subject matter experts to deliver compelling bids, proposals and presentations that show clients exactly how BJSS can go the extra mile for them.You'll join a close-knit team of Bid Managers, Bid Coordinators and reviewers who work together to achieve excellent results for every bid.
If you're up against a deadline, need advice on how to tackle a response or want some help with the administrative aspects of the submission, we'll make sure you've always got the support you need.The whole team also works with the wider business to improve our approach to bid and proposal creation.Your responsibilities will include taking a leading role in this continual improvement, fielding queries from colleagues and modelling 'what good looks like'.About YouIdeally, you'll bring:Recent experience in a hybrid bid management/writing role, managing and writing content for formal bid and proposals in the public and private sectors (this is a hybrid role where you will be expected to both manage and write)Experience in the technology sector, including the kinds of work we deliver at BJSS – we'll need you to hit the ground running and be ready to write and manage bids after a short onboarding periodExperience in another related field (e.G., professional services), so you can cross-pollinate ideas from other industriesFirst-class writing skills, with the ability to write clear, well-structured, well-phrased and persuasive proseExperience in questioning, researching, reviewing, evaluating and (where needed) challenging contributions, to make sure responses are as good as they can possibly beExperience leading large, varied and time-poor bid response teams to success on complex bidsAn ability to form strong working relationships and influence at all levelsEvidence of where you've taken responsibility for key initiatives in your workplace, and the positive difference this has made.Some of the PerksFlexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and otherLife Assurance (4 x annual salary)25 days annual leave plus bank holidaysHybrid working - Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight knit communities we have created at our local offices.
But we offer plenty of flexibility and you can split your time between the office, client site and WFHDiscounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brandsAn industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referralsFlexible holiday buy/sell optionElectric vehicle schemeTraining opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles, including unlimited access to O'ReillyGiving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into techYou will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSSWe have a busy social calendar that you can choose to join– quarterly town halls/squad nights out/weekends away with families included/office get togethersGymFlex gym membership programme