NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Bid and Proposal Writer

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Job summary

NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) has built a reputation for delivering high quality support solutions to customers. Success has been built upon developing compelling and winning propositions and successful project delivery.

This is a highly networked role, and you will be expected to establish key internal relationships and work collaboratively and largely autonomously with colleagues in multiple Service Line teams. The Bid and Proposal Writer will be responsible for ensuring that AGCSU develop compelling narrative (including evidence gathering in support of the bid) and responses to tender and proposal opportunities for a very wide variety of subject areas.

You will lead production of tender responses for those bids assigned to you by the Head of Bid Management; ensuring that you work effectively with contributing authors to provide high quality and compelling narrative/material that both fully answers the bid question and comprehensively meets the evaluation criteria set for each bid question.

Working closely with the Head of Bid Management and other members of the Bid Team, you will help shape tender responses and supporting documentation including, amongst other artefacts, presentation and qualification documentation as well as helping to develop proposals for opportunities where we have been approached directly by prospective customers.

Main duties of the job

Core Duties

Operate effectively/flexibly
Provide and receive highly complex sensitive information, presenting information to stakeholders
Nurtures relationships/maintains networks
Work effectively with any external providers of specialist expertise
Lead on delegated work areas

Proposal Writing

Lead in the production of compelling tenders
Identify best practice/key win themes
Pro-actively network with stakeholders and contributing authors to gain compelling narrative
Develop timelines for responses
Responsible for a high standard of work, supporting the delivery of the responses on time, to a high standard
Support the planning, organisation and delivery of bid start-up and progress meetings
Research best practice in bid writing and disseminate
Work with the Head of Bid Management and other members of the team to develop clear guidance and standardised operating processes for bid development

About us

Arden & GEM is one of the largest Commissioning Support Units in the country. Our customers include more than 60 Integrated Care Boards (ICB), NHS England, local authorities and a range of care providers.

With offices throughout the Midlands, North West and South East we cover a core geographic patch that extends to Greater Manchester in the north and Essex in the south. Our services are built on a strong foundation of experienced people who build great relationships, a commitment to NHS values and a thorough understanding of our clients and the challenges they face.

We provide real value to our customers by working at scale, creating the synergies and innovation that ultimately drives improved patient outcomes and makes commissioning resources work harder.

Our cornerstones are quality, value, innovation and complete customer focus.

Date posted

10 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

880-5500241

Job locations

Westgate House

Market Place

Warwick

CV34 4DE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Operate effectively and flexibly within a complex, stressful and politically demanding environment, proactively engaging internal and external stakeholders.
Provide and receive highly complex sensitive and contentious information, presenting information to a wide range of stakeholders in various settings to develop and write tender responses and bid documentation.
Nurtures key relationships and maintains networks internally and externally.
Work effectively with any external providers of specialist expertise to ensure appropriate outcomes and retention of the knowledge and expertise for the future benefit of the organisation.
Lead on key work areas as delegated by the Head of Bid Management.

Proposal Writing

Lead in the production of compelling and winning tender responses.
Identify best practice and key win themes that will support production of compelling responses.
Pro-actively network with stakeholders and contributing authors to gain compelling narrative for propositions.
Develop timeline plans for tender responses.
Work closely with Service Line Teams to develop narrative and responses to tender documents.
Responsible for a high standard of work, supporting the delivery of the responses on time, to a high standard. Often this will require several iterations to achieve a high-quality response.
Support the planning, organisation and delivery of bid start-up and progress meetings.
Research best practice in bid writing and disseminate this to team members and subject matter experts to improve capability in bid writing across the CSU.
Work with the Head of Bid Management and other members of the team to develop clear guidance and standardised operating processes for bid development including, where necessary, project plans and critical paths for delivery.

For further information about the job role, please download the job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Operate effectively and flexibly within a complex, stressful and politically demanding environment, proactively engaging internal and external stakeholders.
Provide and receive highly complex sensitive and contentious information, presenting information to a wide range of stakeholders in various settings to develop and write tender responses and bid documentation.
Nurtures key relationships and maintains networks internally and externally.
Work effectively with any external providers of specialist expertise to ensure appropriate outcomes and retention of the knowledge and expertise for the future benefit of the organisation.
Lead on key work areas as delegated by the Head of Bid Management.

Proposal Writing

Lead in the production of compelling and winning tender responses.
Identify best practice and key win themes that will support production of compelling responses.
Pro-actively network with stakeholders and contributing authors to gain compelling narrative for propositions.
Develop timeline plans for tender responses.
Work closely with Service Line Teams to develop narrative and responses to tender documents.
Responsible for a high standard of work, supporting the delivery of the responses on time, to a high standard. Often this will require several iterations to achieve a high-quality response.
Support the planning, organisation and delivery of bid start-up and progress meetings.
Research best practice in bid writing and disseminate this to team members and subject matter experts to improve capability in bid writing across the CSU.
Work with the Head of Bid Management and other members of the team to develop clear guidance and standardised operating processes for bid development including, where necessary, project plans and critical paths for delivery.

For further information about the job role, please download the job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experienced proposal writer with a track record of developing winning propositions.

Desirable

Experienced proposal writer with a track record of developing winning propositions.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experienced proposal writer with a track record of developing winning propositions.

Desirable

Experienced proposal writer with a track record of developing winning propositions.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Westgate House

Market Place

Warwick

CV34 4DE

Employer's website

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Westgate House

Market Place

Warwick

CV34 4DE

Employer's website

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)