Tender Manager

City, Birmingham
CareTech UK

Due to continued growth of the business, we are expanding our team, and looking to appoint an additional Tender Manager to support the needs of the business.

Working a 37.5 hour week, it is essential that you have experience of managing end to end tenders for local authority social / healthcare contracts.

Remote/Home working, with flexibility for some travel required for internal meetings/Market Engagement Forums (full driving license required)

Benefits:

Career progression path within the company
Competitive rates of pay
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Additional Holiday Purchase Scheme

Overview:

The Tender Manager/Writer will support our various operations to win and retain existing local authority and CCG/ICB health and social care contracts, including inpatient and rehabilitation services, care homes (with and without nursing), supported living, day services, as well as occasional support to other subsidiary areas of the business.

The ideal individual will be a strong leader who can clearly communicate a vision, provide direction and motivate others and work collaboratively with all departments across the CareTech Group to ensure tenders are completed to a high standard within a project managed way.

The role is home-based but requires that you must be able to and willing to travel / commute on occasion to:

• Our head office base in Potters Bar
• Across all our office/service locations, as and when required for further information about our services companies and locations
• Attend council and CCG/ICB market engagement events

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

In addition, but not limited to, the Tender Manager will be expected to:

• Have and keep up to date with good knowledge of national and local authority strategy and market position and inform strategy for growth.
• Represent the organisation through the written word with inspiring and innovative content that represents each organisations identity and local community.
• Assess, formulate and manage end-to-end tender processes to deliver high quality bid and tender submissions representing operating companies across the organisation.
• Contribute to the overall strategy for Business Development. Develop, build, and maintain a professional network within the sector to enhance our approach and apply innovation across the group.
• Be an ambassador for the group and the operating companies and uphold the Group Vision and Values.
• Ownership and accountability for the smooth management of the entire end-to-end tender process including completion of individual tender applications from qualification through to contract award

Experience, Skills and Personal Attributes:

• Great time management, efficiency and the ability to meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision.
• A strategic thinker with an attention to detail, creative and forward thinking, with ability to read and interpret instructions carefully.
• Proven track record of successful tender/bid writing and end-to-end responsibility for management of the tender process, ideally in a social care or equivalent environment.
• Able to use your industry experience to understand complex tender information.
• Eager to take on responsibility remaining calm under pressure.
• Ability to deal with complex business relationships and manage multiple resources to deliver a strong, winning case to the prospective client.
• Excellent data analyse skills will be required to evaluate identified opportunities and provide a detailed and concise summary report of opportunities.
• Methodical, attention to detail and the ability to multi-task whilst delivering consistent quality work with a high level of accuracy.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills ability to express a response in a concise matter, within the scope of the questions and word count, ensuring compliance with the specification is evidence whilst highlighting unique selling points when addressing question criteria.
• Ability to communicate our vision and service delivery in writing, in an accessible, engaging manner and comfortable with others editing your work and providing feedback.
• Ability to seek out information proactively from a variety of sources, including written/online materials and knowledge held by business experts.
• Flexible and committed approach to working hours and annual leave to ensuring multiple deadlines are met.
• Strong IT skills and must be familiar with the standard applications to process, and ability to obtain and combine information