We are looking for an experienced and proactive Senior Bid Manager to join our dynamic Business Development Team at Lifetime. This exciting role will require you to be responsible for identifying and writing successful bids and tenders for a variety of organisations across various sectors including Care, Retail, Hospitality, Fitness, Finance and Business. The majority of these will be aimed at the apprenticeship market. Reporting to the Partnership Development Director you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of the company’s growth plans by winning new business.

What will you be doing? 

• Responsible for the submission of expressions of interest, pre qualifications questionnaires and tenders.
• Identify and report on new tender opportunities.
• Manage registrations/subscriptions and administration of tender portals ensuring that all company information is accurate and invitations to tender/correspondence is promptly viewed and actioned.
• Provision of expert writing and editing bids to a high quality and bespoke to target audiences.
• Developing innovatively written bids in line with clients published guidelines.
• Working to pre-imposed and on occasion conflicting priorities regarding the ability to prioritise work according to business need.
• Building strong relationships with key colleagues across business functions to enable you to respond to challenging queries and ensure a seamless approach to the delivery of content and evidence for bids.
• Developing proposal structures and edit/re-work content to achieve high quality, compliance and competitiveness.
• Developing and managing a content library, uploading all new bid content for future reference.
• Developing high calibre case studies and presentations which echo the requirements of the bid.
• Providing bid management support for localised bids.
• Networking, managing and developing relationships with key external stakeholders on an on-going basis, to gain market intelligence and secure opportunities that contribute to client acquisition

What will you bring to the role?

• Proven history of writing and winning bids
• Experience of managing the bid process, from expression of interest to submission
• Experience in the required business sector
• A high attention to detail with an excellent editing and proofing ability
• Excellent literacy skills, with an extensive vocabulary
• Deadline driven with effective time management skills
• Thrive in a busy environment
• Ability to multitask and prioritise workload
• Strong communication skills
• The ability to role model Lifetime’s DNA

Giving back to you – our Group Benefits

• 25 days' holiday rising with service and your birthday off.
• Holiday purchase scheme for those life changing trips and moments.
• Long service reward and recognition
• Enhanced Pension
• Group Life Assurance – 3 x Annual salary
• Unlimited access to six Smart Health services including a 24/7 virtual GP
• Health Cash Plan
• Access to curated wellbeing content and our Employee Assistance Programme
• Perkbox
• To support your work/life balance we give you the opportunity of flexibility within our core working hours (9.00 – 5.30).
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity/Shared Parental and Adoption packages leave
• A reward programme and recognition programme and annual awards event

Who are Lifetime Training: 

We are one of the UK’s leading Apprenticeship providers, we help individuals and businesses realise their potential by delivering training that builds a better future for the industries in which we deliver.

Most importantly, we’re all about a democracy of opportunity so we put quality first, we work collaboratively, and we embrace change.

This applies as much to our people as it does to our employer partners and learners.

Our people are passionate about what they do and dedicate themselves to life-changing opportunities for themselves, our learners and our partners

Lifetime Training is part of the Lifetime Training Group. As a Group we are passionate about learning and creating life changing opportunities for our learners.  We are made up of four unique businesses, two of which focus on apprentice training across a range of professions, one that focusses on awarding qualifications, and one which develops the awarding software.