Bid and Proposal Coordinator Apprentice

ACCELERATE CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTD

MARKET PLACE (IP7 5DN)

Closes on Friday 30 May 2025

Posted on 2 April 2025

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Summary

Accelerate Facilities are hiring a Bid and Proposal Coordinator Apprentice to develop into a Bid Writing position within our Management team. You will work closely with various departments and will develop an understanding of various business aspects within our head office. You will gain on-the-job experience and achieve a Level 3 Apprenticeship.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Bid and proposal co-ordinator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.00pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 16 June 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

  • Write, edit, and proofread bid proposals.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to gather information and insights for bid submissions.
  • Ensure all bids are compliant with client requirments and industry standards.
  • Conduct research on industry trends.
  • Ensure good time management. 
  • Develop business knowledge.
  • Work closely with other departments, developing good working relationships.

Where you’ll work

FIRST FLOOR
CORN EXCHANGE
BUSINESS CENTRE
MARKET PLACE
IP7 5DN

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

RHG CONSULT LTD

Your training course

Bid and proposal co-ordinator (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills to manage multiple activities simultaneously and prioritise own and others workloads
  • Ability to meet defined deadlines and set own milestones to manage workload
  • Ability to create and utilise a bid plan timetable and responsibility matrix, supporting virtual team adherence to process
  • Contribute to proposal project timetable including the timely collection of data from various parties including sub-contractors, consultants and internal subject experts
  • Ability to meet bid submission deadlines according to guidelines / instructions
  • Logging and capture of all proposal data in central repository
  • Able to maintain a healthy work life balance and understand the reasons why it is important to do so
  • Maintain compliance matrices to ensure compliance to all questions Capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines
  • Ability to proof read with an eye for detail
  • Good creative writing skills and good grammar/authoring
  • Collate proposal documents using library/information stores, search engines/corporate directories
  • Ability to use a range of tools, methods and search engines, to analyse and assimilate data, such as competitor analysis or customer research
  • Good verbal and written communication skills, and ability to communicate professionally with colleagues at all levels of the business
  • Liaise with sales/legal/finance teams and other virtual team members as necessary
  • The importance of putting the customer first and tailoring bid documents to their needs, wants and requirements
  • Work and engage with colleagues and virtual teams, leveraging relationships and networks to support information gathering and writing
  • Build relationships with colleagues and subject matter experts across the business, learning the go to people and how to manage their input
  • Build rapport and trust

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

More training information

  • All training will be remote and online.

Requirements

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Initiative

About this company

Accelerate Facilities was founded in 2002 and operates within the soft FM sector. Our ethos is grounded in our commitment to provide service excellence to our clients, across the UK, supported by over 250 of the very best industry staff, directly employed by us, and covering an operational reach across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Through our experience, we are able to effectively meet our client’s expectations and as we constantly strive to optimise our services we, often, not only meet but exceed our client’s expectations.

https://www.acceleratefacilities.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Bid Writer

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACCELERATE CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTD

Jasmine

jasmine@acceleratefacilities.com

01473552470

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000313302.

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Closes on Friday 30 May 2025

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