At Babington, we believe education transforms lives, and we are committed to Developing Better Futures and for over 50 years, we’ve been creating meaningful learning experiences that help individuals, employers and communities thrive.
Our purpose-led approach, strong values and commitment to quality have earned us a reputation for delivering outstanding apprenticeships and professional training across England and Scotland, and now, we’re looking for a Bid Coordinator and Writer to join us at a pivotal moment in our journey of growth.
Position: Bid Coordinator and Writer
Location: Remote (Monday-Friday 08:30-17:00)
Salary: £35,000 - 45,000 DOE
We’re looking for a highly organised and talented Bid Coordinator & Writer to play a key role in securing new business opportunities for Babington. This role blends strong coordination and governance skills with high-quality, persuasive writing, supporting the end-to-end bidding process from opportunity identification through to submission and award.
You’ll be central to managing bid systems, tender portals and reporting, while also contributing directly to live bids by creating, reviewing and improving compelling, customer-focused written content
In this role you will:
. Manage tender portals, ensuring company information is accurate and up to date
. Identify and review new opportunities, producing clear opportunity summaries
. Maintain and update Babington’s Bid Tracker and performance data
. Produce accurate, quality-assured bid activity and performance reports
. Manage compliance documentation, PQQs, frameworks and bid submissions
. Control bid documentation, deadlines and versioning
. Maintain an up-to-date bid and project library
. Coordinate client clarifications, information requests and contract documentation
. Attend bid kick-off and review meetings as required
. Support the development of tailored bid materials including written responses, presentations and pitch content
. Contribute to the preparation of high-quality, client-aligned written bid responses
. Act as a peer reviewer and “critical friend” on live bids, identifying improvements and ensuring clarity and quality
To see all this role has to offer, check out the job spec attached, or contact us for more information.
What we are looking for:
.GCSEs (A–C) or equivalent in English and Maths
. APMP certification or equivalent (desirable)
. Experience working with/managing tender portals
. Experience working within in the Education and/or funded learning (apprenticeship) sector or similar
. Strong writing, editing and document production skills
. At least 3 years’ experience producing high-quality documents to deadlines
. Confident managing multiple priorities and varied workloads
. High attention to detail and ability to self-review work
. Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
. Experience working with tender portals or bid management systems
We’re passionate about developing better futures for our learners and our people, and by joining us you’ll join a values-led organisation that’s ambitious, supportive, and serious about using data to do the right thing.
Benefits
. Babington Engage
. Bupa Healthcare – Cash plan
. 25 Days annual leave plus Bank holidays
. Additional annual leave purchase scheme
. Employer Pension contribution
We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate.
We're a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.
To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.
Babington is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependent on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.