Senior Bid Consultant
Location: Greater Manchester
Salary: £36,000–£40,000 per annum
About the Company A Manchester-based bid writing and consultancy business with a highly personal and collaborative approach to helping clients become more successful in winning tenders. Established in 2015, the business has built an excellent reputation for bid writing and consultancy, adding substantial value to more than 1,200 bid projects.
The Role Reporting to the Head of Bids, the Senior Bid Consultant will lead the delivery of standard and complex bids, providing expert bid management and consultancy support to clients.
You will take ownership of projects from opportunity through to submission, developing compelling, evidence-based responses that maximise the likelihood of success.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Greater Manchester
Salary: £36,000–£40,000 per annum
About the Company A Manchester-based bid writing and consultancy business with a highly personal and collaborative approach to helping clients become more successful in winning tenders. Established in 2015, the business has built an excellent reputation for bid writing and consultancy, adding substantial value to more than 1,200 bid projects.
The Role Reporting to the Head of Bids, the Senior Bid Consultant will lead the delivery of standard and complex bids, providing expert bid management and consultancy support to clients.
You will take ownership of projects from opportunity through to submission, developing compelling, evidence-based responses that maximise the likelihood of success.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead standard and complex bids from qualification and planning through to final submission, ensuring deadlines, requirements and quality standards are met.
- Write, review and refine high-quality bid responses across multiple industries, ensuring submissions are compelling, accurate, compliant and evidence-led.
- Take ownership of client relationships, managing expectations, providing expert advice and constructively challenging where appropriate.
- Lead client meetings, kick-offs, workshops and bid reviews, communicating confidently with a range of stakeholders, including senior decision-makers.
- Identify risks, gaps and opportunities within bids and proactively recommend effective solutions.
- Conduct bid reviews, wash-ups and lessons-learned sessions to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Support, coach and mentor Bid Consultants and Graduate Consultants, sharing knowledge and providing constructive feedback.
- Act as a role model for bid best practice and contribute to the continued development of delivery standards and services.
- Maintain strong project management discipline, including effective workload management, utilisation and delivery within agreed budgets.
- Take ownership of challenges, make informed decisions and ensure a consistently high level of client service.
- 3+ years’ experience in bid management and bid writing, ideally within a consultancy or client-facing environment.
- Degree-level education or equivalent relevant experience.
- Experience leading complex or high-value bids involving multiple stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging to different audiences.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including the confidence to constructively challenge and influence clients.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to analyse complex information and turn it into clear, persuasive responses.
- Strong organisational and workload management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and deliver reliably.
- Experience supporting, coaching or mentoring less experienced colleagues.
