Bid Manager

Overview

Would you like to help enrich the lives of learners around the world?

At RM, we’ve been pioneers of education technology since 1973. We provide technology and resources to the education sector, supporting over 10 million students worldwide. We work with over 28,000 schools, nurseries, and education trusts in 115 countries to deliver customer-centric solutions that improve education outcomes.

What we do helps learners at all stages of their lives, from preschool to higher education and professional qualification; we partner with schools, examination boards, central governments, and other professional institutions to enrich the lives of learners.

RM Group operates through three businesses: Technology (Managed Services, Software, and Infrastructure for Schools), Assessment (Software and Services), and TTS (Educational Resources).

RM Technology is a market-leading supplier of ICT products and services to UK schools and colleges to deliver a technology environment that improves learning outcomes and makes the most of IT investment, driving focus through four lines of business: Managed Services, Software, Hardware, and Broadband.

The purpose of this role is to ensure compliant and high-quality bids are submitted on behalf of RM, to maintain and grow our portfolio of IT services and products. You will work within an established and successful bidding team, reporting to the Head of Bid Management.

You will write your own content, as well as overseeing our Bid Writers’ responses and ensuring they are high quality. This will include reviewing storyboards and drafts at stages throughout the bid process.

Responsible for managing all aspects of our bids, you will matrix-manage individuals across the organisation to complete multiple bids to meet external deadlines and within governance processes.

Due to the timescales of bidding, there may be times when there is a need for weekend/evening work. Flexibility is expected, and time in lieu will always be repaid.

Responsibilities

The Bid Manager will be responsible for:

• Independently manage multiple bids, ensuring they are compliant and of high quality.
• Ensure bids follow internal governance processes.
• Leading on strategy during and after the bid process i.e., identifying win themes, through to ensuring feedback is obtained, scrutinized, and shared.
• Mentor Bid Writers as they complete the written sections of bids, reviewing storyboards, first, and final drafts to ensure they answer the question, are personalised, and offer best value.
• Write strategic/high scoring responses.
• Develop relationships and work with roles of differing seniority across the organisation.
• Matrix-manage members of the extended bid team i.e., HR, finance, and product leads.
• Oversee continuous improvement processes i.e., ensuring bid library content is updated with feedback.
• Prepare colleagues for bidders days and presentations.
• Develop timelines for bids, taking into consideration conflicting timescales and priorities across the team and business.
• Support the Head of Bid Management with ad hoc duties.

Experience

Essential

• Bid management experience.
• Ability to manage multiple bids at one time.
• Experience in reviewing and supporting colleagues’ work.
• Experience within technical industries/writing.
• Curiosity relating to understanding our products – their USPs, and benefits.
• Understanding of differing strategies that can be employed for bids.

Desirable

• Understanding of TUPE.
• Understanding of financial models.

What’s in it for you?

At RM we have My Work Blend @RM which provides office-based colleagues with multi-location and hybrid working options. As well as your office base, you can spend a proportion of your time working at other locations that suit your role and your life, including home, other offices, customer sites, distribution centres, or on the move. We encourage you to discuss arrangements for this role with your potential line manager during the recruitment process.

As well as a competitive salary and our core benefits package which includes private medical healthcare, life assurance, and a Group Personal Pension Plan with higher contribution levels available, some roles are also eligible for a performance-related bonus. There are lots of voluntary benefits too. You could buy additional annual leave, join our dental plan, sign up for a health assessment, or take part in our cycle to work scheme. You could even earn yourself an extra bonus for successfully recommending a friend or family member for a position within RM.

To better reflect the society that we serve, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. To achieve this, we create teams of talented people from different backgrounds and experiences and strive to be a business where our people can bring their whole selves to work, we also want to make the recruitment process as inclusive as possible for everyone. Should you require additional support with your application or through the interview process, please contact us at .

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

What’s in it for you?

Our Bid Managers are a valued part of our business. Working on various products and SMEs across the organisation, no 2 days will be the same!

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and successful Bid team, who are collaborative and supportive of each other. You will be offered a flexible working environment, with L&D opportunities to further enhance your skills.

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