Find your next role with St John Ambulance.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work-life balance, and be recognized for the great work you do. You will receive:
* Competitive salary and pension scheme
* 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), increasing to 38 days over 5 years
* Cycle to work scheme
* Electric Vehicle Scheme
* Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health, and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
* Discounts – access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts, as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays, and shopping
About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,200 employees and over 29,500 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training, and campaigning. As a charity with a rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g., ambulance response, falls response) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g., our volunteers and community advocates, NHS cadets, and young responders programmes). There is also a vibrant social enterprise network that delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.
Job Summary
The role of the Bid Writer is to support the organization in achieving revenue targets and business growth through the completion of high-quality tenders within stipulated timeframes. The role involves working closely with Bid Managers, the Senior Bid Manager, and relevant internal stakeholders to produce high-quality bids and proposals. When required, you will also need to lead or support in managing the bid process.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Experience
* Experience in the public sector
* Experience in developing presentations using a variety of media to persuade and influence
* Experience in understanding and interpreting information with an eye for detail to support the completion of high-quality bids
About the Role
* Lead in writing, creating, and preparing expressions of interest, pre-qualification questionnaires, ITT responses, standalone proposals, and presentations
* Lead in creating and supporting bid presentations, including preparation and participation in delivery to key decision-makers
* Maintain the bid library, working with functions and operations to collate relevant, up-to-date supporting information for proposals, ensuring accuracy and accessibility
* Complete the bid/no-bid tool and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure tenders align with departmental strategy, operational capability, skills, vehicles, and capacity
Please see the job description for more details (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)
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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we encourage early submission of your application.
Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.
St John Ambulance is committed to increasing diversity and reflecting the communities we serve. We support various networks including Multi-Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers, and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate discrimination and foster an environment of mutual respect, valuing diverse differences and authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity, and inclusion.
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