Bid Manager

Current Vacancy: Bid Manager

Location: Remote with some travel to attend meetings and events

Job Type: 1 2 months Fixed Term Contract

Reporting to: Chief Marketing Officer

ABOUT US

We are a well-established and trusted health economy partner, saving millions for reinvestment in health and social care through our Workforce, Financial and Care businesses.

We are dedicated to improving the health economy through expert advisors, established technology, and best practice process improvement. Our work has also been recognised with numerous HR and Finance industry awards.

All our employees work from the comfort of their own home. We now have over 400 employees based across the length and breadth of the UK, enjoying the flexibility of working remotely.

We are proud to say that we are currently the:

• 1st Best Large Company To Work For in the UK
• 1st Best Consultancy To Work For in the UK

3-star (out of 3) rated company by Best Companies, recognising Liaison Group as a 'World-class Company to Work For'.

JOB SUMMARY

The Bid Manager will lead the strategic direction and oversight of the bid function across three divisions, ensuring high-quality, consistent, and effective submissions. This role covers the end-to-end bid process-from initial reviews, planning, writing, and coordination to managing post-award or loss feedback-delivering bids that align with business objectives and achieve measurable success. You will have proven capability in delivering winning, multi-million pound product or complex services opportunities.

PRINCIPAL TASKS & ACTIVITIES

The Bid Manager will be expected to undertake the following (subject to change):

• Owning the end-to-end delivery of the bid response.
• Completing EOIs, PQQs, ITTs and Competitive Dialogue procedures, gaining input from cross-functional teams.
• Ensure Bid Governance processes are followed.
• Create and maintain bid scoring sheet and bid tracker/forecast.
• Write and maintain technical examples and other demonstrable evidence used for tenders, working closely with other key personnel.
• Coordinate tender information, deadlines, and responses.
• Organise internal and external meetings regarding tenders and framework opportunities.
• Conduct Bids induction to new starters.
• Collate, monitor, analyse and report upon social value activities, including Thrive platform reporting and KPI alignment.
• Maintain Social Value resources used for bids and communications.
• Monitor and communicate bid-related legislative changes (e.g., ED&I, Modern Slavery, PPN006, PCA2023).

ABOUT YOU

We're looking for a Bid Manager with a proven track record of delivering winning, multi million-pound bids for complex products or services. Your eye for detail, strong project management, and planning skills will be essential, alongside a desire to build on your commercial awareness and sector knowledge. Experience within the NHS or wider public sector is highly advantageous.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Highly motivated, positive, and innovative, with a customer focused, 'can do' attitude.
• An experienced manager who can inspire and motivate teams, ensuring deadlines are met and bids are of the highest quality.
• A strong communicator, both verbal and written, able to engage with all contributors and translate technical input into compelling, clear content.
• A deep understanding of social value drivers, key themes, and metrics, with experience delivering social value strategies and stakeholder engagement.
• The ability to produce easy to read, compelling, evidence based material that clearly articulates Liaison's value proposition and secures new contracts while retaining existing clients.

Experience and skills:

• 5 years' tender experience
• Preferred knowledge of the NHS
• Experience of framework organisations and agreements
• Experience of online website portals
• Proven bid team involvement
• Experience of executive summaries
• Works well under pressure and meets agreed deadlines
• A high attention to detail
• Prioritise workload
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point and Excel
• Minimum APM PFQ qualified to demonstrate project management skills

OUR VALUES

Our values are to work with Care and Honesty, to Inspire and Guide our colleagues and clients.

Care - We are proud to help the health economy save money. We care about people.

Honesty - We operate with the integrity and are honest with ourselves, our colleagues, and our clients.

Inspire - We are at the forefront of health economy innovation.

Guide - We provide guidance to ensure that clients can make the most of every savings opportunity.

HOW TO APPLY

If this sounds like the right fit and you want to work for an award winning, market leading company, please apply using the link to our current vacancies page and follow the steps:

We are proud to support our colleagues and will offer an interview to any candidate with a disability, should they match the skills and experience required for the role.

Liaison Group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We pride ourselves on being a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.

Liaison Group are committed to the Good Recruitment Campaign and are official signatories for the Good Recruitment Charter.