Location: On site / London, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Architecture | Architecture
Annual Salary range: from £ 37,000.00 to £ 47,000.00
Purcell is looking for a creative Bid Coordinator with a passion for architecture to join our London studio. Working closely with partners and the wider work-winning teams, the successful candidate will be responsible for the project management of key and/or high-value bids, taking ownership to maximize our success. You will be working within the wider Bids Team to support longer-term strategic ambitions and our positioning within the industry.
Responsibilities
- Assist the implementation work-winning strategies to help win new projects across a range of sectors.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including senior partners, to produce proposals and presentation materials.
- Manage the end-to-end bid process, including portal management and submission, following internal bid procedures and workflow.
- Contribute to writing and editing bid responses.
- Use Adobe Creative Suite, in particular InDesign, to produce high-quality bid submissions, reviewing the information provided for bids to ensure consistency and accuracy.
- Assist with internal bid library filing and housekeeping, including staff CVs, project case studies and photographs, filed in accordance with practice standards.
- Report on and understand the principles of winning bids and analyze with stakeholders involved, both wins and losses, and develop and implement lessons learned.
- Take ownership and initiative to implement improvements or efficiencies.
- Collaborate with business development and marketing teams on projects.
Key Requirements
- Previous experience in bid coordination/management, ideally in the architectural industry.
- Strong time management and organisational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience collaborating with people of all levels and ability to adjust communication style to manage stakeholders.
- Experience using CMAP and Open Asset desirable.
Benefits
- Agile, flexible and hybrid working, (a minimum of 3 days in office, up to 2 days WFH)
- Annual leave increasing with long service
- Life assurance
- Study sponsorship with paid study leave
- Employee assistance programme
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Virtual GP service
- Company day out
- Enhanced learning & development opportunities.
This job description is a guide to the duties the post holder will be expected to undertake. It is not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive and will be subject to change as working requirements dictate and to meet the organisational requirements of Purcell.
