Senior Bid Manager - 5992

Job Title: Senior Bid Manager, MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa

Salary: £43,800-£58,500 per annum

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid

Contract: Full time, permanent

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

As a Senior Bid Manager for the MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa regions, you will manage and oversee the production of high-quality and compelling bids and proposals. Your role will be crucial in meeting customers' expectations and supporting revenue generation for Cambridge Partnership for Education (Cambridge). You will work collaboratively with various teams within Cambridge University Press & Assessment to secure the necessary resources and provide guidance throughout the bid production process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and provide advice on the bid and proposal production processes.
• Collaborate with internal teams to secure technical, commercial, and specialist inputs.
• Lead the implementation of internal processes to ensure timely submission of all relevant documents.
• Contribute to innovative ways of streamlining and developing bids and proposals.
• Oversee content production and ensure high-quality, compliant bids.
• Evaluate new business opportunities and advise on the feasibility of pursuit.
• Maintain a bank of standard information for bid production.

About you

We are looking for an individual with a strong background in project management or business acumen in the education sector. Even if you don't have direct Senior Bid Manager experience, this role could be a fantastic development opportunity for candidates who can demonstrate:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability in planning, producing, and delivering compliant proposals.
• Experience in tender and proposal production direct to government or through international development agencies such as the Work Bank (desirable)
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects with conflicting deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence at a senior level.
• Strong IT skills and attention to detail.
• Strong commercial understanding of procurement processes
• Understanding of international education systems.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 25th May although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place w/c 26th May 2025.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.