All Locations
Hemel Hempstead, Leeds, Hybrid/Remote, London
Vacancy ID:
4726
Position
Business Development
Advertising Salary
£57,000 per annum (with some flexibility, dependent on experience)
Careers Site Advertising End Date
20 Mar 2026
Vacancy Type
Permanent

About The Role

Are you a Senior Bid Manager wanting to join a truly purpose-driven organisation? Do you want to be part of a close-knit, high-performing team that prioritises collaboration and celebrates collective success?
If so, we have a brilliant opportunity for you!
 

Due to a significant increase in bid activity, we are excited to offer a permanent opportunity for an experienced Senior Bid Manager to join our dynamic and expanding team.

Whilst the role provides flexibility to work remotely from home, there is also the option to work from one of our office hubs located in Hemel Hempstead, Leeds, or London or an approved co-working space, that is closer to your location. Ad hoc in person meetings will also be required.

Skills/Responsibilities

Working within our highly supportive team you will:

  • Lead the full end‑to‑end delivery of bids and proposals, from multiple concurrent opportunities to large, complex, high value strategic tenders.
  • Plan, prioritise and manage all bid activity to ensure compliant, competitive, high quality submissions delivered on time.
  • Support Regional Workforce Service Directors and Service Line Leads by producing strategic sales and bid documentation.
  • Produce regular bid status reports, maintain accurate Salesforce CRM records, and ensure strong governance.
  • Work closely with Marketing & Brand teams to shape, develop and present NHSP’s propositions.
  • Mentor and support junior team members and new starters, promoting capability building across the team.
  • Review complex tender specifications, assess risk, interpret requirements, and ensure compliant, low risk submissions. 
  • Manage governance and approval processes, liaising with operations, legal, compliance, finance, tech and other internal stakeholders.
  • Write, review and refine compelling sales content, proposals, case studies, and detailed formal tender responses.
  • Build strong collaborative relationships across NHSP to gather insight, new content, innovations and success stories. 
  • Uphold NHSP’s brand, values and professional standards in all external communications and interactions.

About The Candidate

 The successful candidate will:

  • Bring extensive experience in senior level bid management, with a proven track record of leading multiple, complex and high value tenders to successful submission.
  • Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills, capable of producing compelling, accurate, and fully compliant bid content that clearly articulates win themes and value propositions.
  • Possess strong commercial awareness and critical thinking, with the ability to interpret buyer specifications, assess risk, and translate requirements into effective operational solutions.
  • Be highly organised, structured, and motivated, able to manage multiple workstreams, stakeholders and deadlines under pressure while maintaining high quality standards.
  • Build strong, influential relationships with senior stakeholders, including C‑Suite, Board and Senior Leadership colleagues, collaborating effectively across the organisation. 
  • Confidently mentor and develop junior team members, contributing to a culture of capability building, shared learning, and continuous improvement.
  • Be proficient in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams and Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign), with the ability to create visually engaging collateral and leverage technology effectively.
  • Bring curiosity, proactivity and a solution focused mindset, actively seeking new insights, content, innovations and improvements to enhance NHSP’s bid activity.

About Us

In return for your commitment, we will offer you some fantastic benefits:

  • Generous annual leave allowance with the ability to buy and sell - 27 days per year, plus bank holidays
  • A commitment to talent management & development
  • Values Star of the Month! -  Our star of the month award enables you to recognise colleagues or teams that have gone the extra mile and they could win £100 worth of shopping vouchers
  • Pension – We’ll contribute up to 10% towards your pension if you join our stakeholder pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Group Income Protection
  • Wellbeing Programme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee Engagement & discounts platform

About Us:

NHS Professionals (NHSP) run the largest NHS flexible staff bank, placing highly skilled temporary workers in NHS Trusts to meet their short, medium and long-term needs. Uniquely we are owned by the Department of Health and Social Care and we therefore reinvest any surplus we make directly back into the NHS.

NHSP is committed to being an inclusive employer of choice, working with a variety of partner organisations which provide valuable insights and best practice. We are accredited as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute and recognised as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work. As part of our ongoing commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, we have been awarded the  Race Equality Code Quality Mark and are a signatory of Disability Confident, Menopause Pledge and Mental Health at Work Commitment.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)

As part of our commitment to EDI, as well as having a number of related staff support networks and calendar of activities, NHS professionals is also working to the following aims:
 
  • To ensure we become an inclusive recruiter of choice, encompassing a fully diverse workforce, which truly reflects society
  • To proactively embed the EDI agenda, in a meaningful way, in all that it does 
  • To create a psychologically safe environment in which everyone can thrive and be at their best 
  • To actively support and Include disabled people as part of our commitment to the Disability Confident scheme, including offering an interview to applicants to who meet the minimum criteria and choose to apply under the scheme.
 
We particularly welcome applications from people from minority groups and will provide support to ensure an equitable process.
 
 
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