Senior Bid Manager

Better places, thriving communities.

Senior Bid Manager

Agile working/Home based with some travel required to Mitie hubs/Mitie sites.

Job Overview

Reporting to the Head of Bids, the Senior Bid Manager will be responsible for the management, mentoring and coaching of Bid Managers within the team, working to drive continuous improvement in bid quality. This will involve both day-to-day line management of Bid Managers and the oversight and review of bids that are produced by the Bid Team. They will also own and co-ordinate the bid process from expression of interest and bid qualification through to bid outcome for any major bid processes, as required.

This is a networked role that requires an ability to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines.

Main Duties

• Provide team leadership and oversight for Bid Managers within the Business Services Bid Team
• Ensure all bid team members are clear on their roles, responsibilities, and deliverables. Monitor individuals' progress and performance and intervene/manage as necessary to maintain the planned progress of the bid

What we are looking for

A strong Facilities Management background, in soft services, is crucial for this role.

• Ability to prioritise, demonstrating excellent organisational and time management skills
• Strong written English language skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to manage and motivate team members that do and do not report to them directly
• Have previous experience of line management and leading a team
• Demonstrate an ability to manage multiple projects and working to deadlines
• Have a can-do attitude, able to work with limited supervision under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Ability to communicate and influence stakeholders up to senior level
• Strong presentation skills with ability to adapt styles to the audience and outcomes
• Proficient MS Office skills including advance MS Word skills

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

Since 1987, Mitie’s 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Join our Mitie Team.

Together our diversity makes us stronger.