Senior Bid and Proposals Coordinator

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Job Description

Here at DNV, what we do matters. Every day we actively support the Energy industry, (be that onshore, offshore, or renewables), transition to a more decarbonised and sustainable future, thereby helping safeguard life, property and the environment. What you do will make a difference for future generations. This is our shared purpose and one our people are proud to be part of.

Our Opportunity:

We are recruiting for an experienced Proposals Coordinator to join our dedicated Bid and Proposals Team based in Leicestershire. You will be responsible for supporting the preparation of proposals for both Government, Public and Private sector clients.

This is a key role with visibility at a senior level across our organisation and the opportunity to make a positive impact on our business. You will be an integral member of bid teams, providing end-to-end support for Bid Managers and the bid process, to produce and deliver cost effective, high-quality and compliant bid responses.

Our Proposals Coordinator role also presents exciting opportunities for you to engage in developing and implementing key initiatives aimed at enhancing our approach to sales enablement, driving the ongoing improvement in the quality and competitiveness of our bid submissions to attain best in industry win rates.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Supporting our Bid Managers on large value strategically important and complex bids
• Unpicking ITT's, defining response requirements and developing bid submission plans to ensure submissions are fully compliant with the tender requirements
• Facilitating and supporting bid decisions ensuring win themes are communicated clearly to create impactful well-structured and compelling proposals
• Preparing and managing the bid team schedule, including organising and facilitating progress review meetings
• Collaborating and working closely with members of our wider technical project teams
• Carrying out debriefings with clients and internal response teams to learn lessons and implement improvements
• Maintaining library of proposal collateral to ensure its accuracy, taking corrective action where appropriate

Responsibilities

We value all of our people and the contribution they make to our business, so it's important that our rewards make us all feel valued here. That's why we recognise individual needs and offer a flexible reward and benefits package, allowing you to choose the things that matter to you, including;

• Fantastic development and career progression opportunities
• Non-contractual Profit Share Scheme
• Lifestyle benefits: 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity for up to 10 days unpaid leave, sabbatical leave, flexible working options
• Wellbeing benefits: (inc Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Health Assessments, Gym allowance). Company contribution towards eye tests and glasses (for computer/laptop users), and Flu Vaccinations. Also, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides free and confidential support for issues including work, family, relationships, money and health and we provide free fruit in our offices
• Financial Benefits: including a Pension Scheme with employer pension contributions up to 9%, Life Assurance and Income Protection
• Travel benefits: Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (for personal use)
• Re-imbursement of relevant Professional Membership Fees (up to £570)
• Access to employee retail discount site for high street and on-line shopping

DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.

Qualifications

We value the diversity of thought, skills and backgrounds that our people possess and therefore try to limit essential requirements to a minimum, but there are a few things we believe are important to help you thrive in our role:

• Proven track record of creating and delivering compelling and successful proposals to support bids/proposal development for Government, Public, and Private Sector clients
• Strategic mindset with strong desire to improve win rate
• Good analytical and commercial skills
• Self-motivated with the desire to take ownership and make things happen
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks in a fast paced, commercial environment
• Focused and resilient with the skill to build strong working relationships & communicate with stakeholders at many different levels within the business and externally
• Experience using Salesforce or similar CRM tools
• Preferably a Member of APMP

This role is ideally based in Loughborough, however, we are open to candidates who could work from one of our other key UK offices (Bristol, Stockport, Glasgow, Aberdeen, London, Brampton (Cumbria)).

About Us

About Energy Systems

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry.