Senior Bid Coordinator
Location: London
Salary: £38,000 - £47,000 per annum
The Company
Our client is an award-winning employee-owned architectural and heritage consultancy practice, renowned for its excellence in architecture, conservation and heritage. With approximately 350 talented professionals across 14 offices in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia, the practice has built an outstanding reputation for quality, innovation and design.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and organised Senior Bid Coordinator with a passion for architecture to join the London studio and play a key role in supporting high-value bids and wider work-winning activity.
Working closely with Partners and the wider work-winning teams, you'll take ownership of the project management of key bids, producing high-quality submissions while supporting the practice's longer-term strategic ambitions and positioning within the industry.
You'll join a collaborative and supportive Bids Team where creativity, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing are encouraged. The role offers hybrid and flexible working, with a minimum of three days in the London office and up to two days working from home.
Key Responsibilities
Location: London
Salary: £38,000 - £47,000 per annum
The Company
Our client is an award-winning employee-owned architectural and heritage consultancy practice, renowned for its excellence in architecture, conservation and heritage. With approximately 350 talented professionals across 14 offices in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia, the practice has built an outstanding reputation for quality, innovation and design.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and organised Senior Bid Coordinator with a passion for architecture to join the London studio and play a key role in supporting high-value bids and wider work-winning activity.
Working closely with Partners and the wider work-winning teams, you'll take ownership of the project management of key bids, producing high-quality submissions while supporting the practice's longer-term strategic ambitions and positioning within the industry.
You'll join a collaborative and supportive Bids Team where creativity, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing are encouraged. The role offers hybrid and flexible working, with a minimum of three days in the London office and up to two days working from home.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of work-winning strategies to help secure new projects across a range of sectors.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including senior Partners, to develop compelling proposals and presentation materials.
- Manage the end-to-end bid process, including procurement portal management and submissions, in line with internal procedures.
- Contribute to the writing and editing of high-quality bid responses.
- Use Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, to produce polished and engaging bid submissions.
- Review bid content to ensure accuracy, consistency and a high standard of presentation.
- Maintain the internal bid library, including staff CVs, project case studies and photography.
- Analyse bid performance across both wins and losses and develop lessons learned to improve future submissions.
- Identify and implement improvements and efficiencies across the bid process.
- Collaborate with Business Development and Marketing teams on projects and wider work-winning initiatives.
- Previous experience in Bid Coordination or Bid Management, ideally within an architectural practice or wider built environment environment.
- Excellent Adobe InDesign skills with experience producing high-quality client-facing submissions.
- Strong time management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple bids, stakeholders and competing deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with exceptional attention to detail and strong bid writing and editing ability.
- Experience working with stakeholders at all levels and the ability to adapt communication style accordingly.
- Confident using procurement portals and bid submission platforms; experience with CMAP and OpenAsset would be advantageous.
