Bid Manager
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About Channel 3
Channel 3 is a boutique transformation and digital enablement consultancy, working across the health and care sector at local, regional and national level in the UK.
We believe a better future is possible today, through the power of digitally enabled transformation. And no more so than in the health and care sectors, where the models of care need to transform to deliver on the expectations of citizens and policymakers, with a greater focus on providing proactive and preventative care, closer to home. We are excited by the possibilities that digital can bring and are committed to increasing the impact of our work across the health and care sectors.
This is an incredibly exciting time for us at Channel 3 as we seek to scale our impact and reach as a business and there is no doubt that our continued success will be underpinned by the exceptional talent and passion of our people.
We work hard to create an environment where everyone feels supported to learn, develop, and have fun! We care deeply about making a difference and building a team who are passionate about driving change. We offer colleagues the freedom to play an active role in their own personal development and the opportunity to help shape our wider business and how we deliver our work.
The Role
The Bid Manager will establish and lead Channel 3’s bid management function, including managing the end-to-end bid process for strategic frameworks and competitive client tenders. The role ensures that bids are well qualified, strategically shaped, and delivered through disciplined governance and high-quality bid writing.
The Bid Manager will personally lead and draft priority submissions and provide quality assurance across others to ensure consistency, compliance, and compelling positioning. A key part of the role is building capability across the organisation, equipping colleagues with the skills, tools, and confidence to contribute effectively to bids and strengthening our overall ability to win work.
What would be expected of me as a Bid Manager?
Bid management
- Own the full bid management process, from opportunity identification through to submission, ensuring timely, compliant, and competitive responses.
- Manage framework responses and renewals, as well as strategic client tenders, coordinating inputs and supporting drafting.
- Track competitive opportunities using bid tracking software; act as Business System Owner for bid management tools and optimise their use.
Bid writing – for strategic opportunities
- Lead bid kick-offs and win-theme workshops to define differentiators, value propositions, and key messages for the response.
- Run storyboarding sessions to structure responses and align contributors.
- Draft high-quality responses ensuring clarity, compliance, and persuasive positioning.
- Ensure all responses are structured and evidenced in line with published evaluation criteria to maximise scoring potential.
- Provide quality assurance on bids not directly authored, ensuring best practice and consistency.
Bid collateral
- Build and maintain a bid knowledge repository, including:
- Standard content and boilerplate responses
- Case studies
- Social value statements
- Create and maintain bid collateral, including standardised documents, templates, and visual assets.
- Ensure all collateral reflects brand guidelines and delivery standards.
- Maintain a structured repository for past bid responses, ensuring easy access, version control, and reuse of high-quality content.
- Proactively refresh boilerplate content and case studies to ensure accuracy, relevance, and alignment with current service offerings.
Training and capability building
- Deliver targeted training on bid management and bid writing for teams.
- Provide in-flight bid coaching and support to improve quality and efficiency.
- Train colleagues on bid management tools and processes.
- Support capability building around social value requirements, including training colleagues to incorporate meaningful, evidence-based commitments into bids.
- Embed consistent bid standards across the business by developing guidance, toolkits, and best practice materials.
Governance, reporting and team working
- Inputs to and delivers against agreed bid management goals, as set out in Channel 3’s sales & marketing strategy and annual business plan.
- Develops and presents quarterly Bid Management report as an input to Channel 3’s Quarterly Business Review with the extended leadership team
- Attends weekly Sales Call and monthly Sales Strategy Step Back, as needed.
Who would we like to hear from?
The ideal candidate will have a passion for digital health and care and a well-development bid management skillset.
In addition, they will have:
- Demonstrable track record of contributing to or leading successful bids, with examples of significant wins.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
- Excellent written communication skills with a focus on clarity, persuasion, and compliance.
- Commercial acumen and understanding of pricing strategies.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships across sales, delivery, and finance teams.
- Experience designing and delivering training or coaching to improve bid management and bid writing capability across teams.
Professional Development
The ongoing professional development of our employees is important to us, and we empower our teams to build learning and development experiences into their everyday rhythm. Whether this is on the job learning, working alongside some of the most talented individuals in the industry or access to accredited training courses and internal learning programmes.
What are the Perks of working at Channel 3?
In addition to offering a competitive salary, commission, and bonus package, we also offer a wide-ranging set of employee benefits which include:
- Home-based and hybrid working
- Part-time and flexible working opportunities
At Channel 3, we recognise that strength lies in valuing differences. We have always and will always be committed to building a diverse team and we represent a variety of backgrounds, skills, perspectives, and life experiences. Providing equal opportunities to all our employees is our number one priority and all appointments and promotions are made based on performance and ability. You will always be treated in a fair and equal way throughout your employment with us and given every opportunity to grow, develop and realise your potential.