Senior Bid Coordinator

Senior Bid Coordinator

A leading architectural practice is seeking a creative and highly organised Senior Bid Coordinator to join its London team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Bid Coordinator to take ownership of key and high-value submissions, support wider work-winning activity and contribute to the continued development of a successful bids function.

The Senior Bid Coordinator will manage multiple submissions across a range of sectors, helping to produce compelling, accurate and visually strong proposals.

The Senior Bid Coordinator Role

The successful Senior Bid Coordinator will be responsible for managing the end-to-end bid process while supporting strategic work-winning activity across the practice.

Responsibilities will include:

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• Managing the full bid process from initial opportunity through to final submission
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• Coordinating bid programmes, internal deadlines and stakeholder input
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• Managing procurement portals and different submission methods
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• Producing high-quality bid documents using Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign
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• Writing, editing and reviewing bid responses
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• Ensuring submissions are accurate, consistent and aligned with internal standards
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• Building strong relationships with partners, senior stakeholders and technical teams
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• Supporting the development and implementation of work-winning strategies
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• Producing proposals, presentation materials and supporting documents
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• Maintaining internal bid libraries, including CVs, project case studies and photography
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• Reviewing bid outcomes and supporting lessons-learned activity following wins and losses
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• Identifying opportunities to improve bid processes and introduce efficiencies
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• Collaborating with business development and marketing colleagues
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• Supporting multiple bids with differing deadlines and stakeholder requirements
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• Helping the wider bids team deliver longer-term strategic objectives
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The Senior Bid Coordinator

The successful Senior Bid Coordinator will ideally have:

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• Previous experience in bid coordination
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• Experience within architecture, construction, consultancy or the wider built environment
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• Strong knowledge of the end-to-end bid process
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• Excellent Adobe InDesign skills
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• Strong bid writing, editing and proofreading ability
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• Experience using procurement portals
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• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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• Exceptional attention to detail
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• Strong time management and organisational skills
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• The ability to manage several live bids and competing deadlines
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• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and partners
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• Experience using CMAP and OpenAsset would be advantageous
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In Return

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000

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• 25 days' annual leave
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• Annual leave increases with length of service, up to 30 days
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• 5% employer pension contribution after three months
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• Discretionary profit share scheme
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• Referral bonus
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• Life assurance at four times salary
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• Agile working
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• Core working hours
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• Work from home up to two days per week
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• Study sponsorship opportunities
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• Bespoke training opportunities
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• Annual professional subscription fees covered
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• Employee Assistance Programme
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• Family leave policies, additional annual leave
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• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
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• Sabbatical opportunities
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• Season ticket loan
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• Bike2Work scheme
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• Electric car scheme
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• Subsidised gym membership
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If you are a Senior Bid Coordinator considering your career opportunities, please contact Megan Cole at Brandon James.

REF: 22478MC