Tender Manager

Role Description

Tenders Manager

Location: Remote/Home working, with flexibility for some travel required for internal meetings/Market Engagement Forums (full driving license required)

Rate: DOE

Permanent | Full-time | 37.5 hours per week 

Please note: We are unable to consider Skilled Worker or Student Visa applicants for this role

‘Extraordinary Days, Every Day’

At CareTech, we are committed to delivering Extraordinary Days, Every Day through high-quality, person-centred care. Our focus is on empowering independence, building confidence and life skills, and supporting people to live fulfilling lives in environments that best suit their needs.

Due to continued growth of the business, we are expanding our team, and looking to appoint an additional Tender Manager to support the needs of the business, it is essential that you have experience of managing end to end tenders for local authority social / healthcare contracts.

The Tender Manager/Writer will support our various operations to win and retain existing local authority and CCG/ICB health and social care contracts, care homes (with and without nursing), supported living, day services, as well as occasional support to other subsidiary areas of the business.

The ideal individual will be a strong leader who can clearly communicate a vision, provide direction and motivate others and work collaboratively with all departments across the CareTech Group to ensure tenders are completed to a high standard within a project managed way.

The role is home-based but requires that you are able and willing to travel / commute on occasion to:

• Our head office base in Uxbridge
• Across all our office/service locations, as and when required for further information about our services companies and locations
• Attend council and CCG/ICB market engagement events

The role

You will:

In addition, but not limited to, the Tender Manager will be expected to:

• Have and keep up to date with good knowledge of national and local authority strategy and market position and inform strategy for growth.
• Represent the organisation through the written word with inspiring and innovative content that represents each organisations identity and local community.
• Assess, formulate and manage end-to-end tender processes to deliver high quality bid and tender submissions representing operating companies across the organisation.
• Contribute to the overall strategy for Business Development. Develop, build, and maintain a professional network within the sector to enhance our approach and apply innovation across the group.
• Be an ambassador for the group and the operating companies and uphold the Group Vision and Values.
• Ownership and accountability for the smooth management of the entire end-to-end tender process including completion of individual tender applications from qualification through to contract award

Experience, Skills and Personal Attributes:

• Great time management, efficiency and the ability to meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision.
• A strategic thinker with an attention to detail, creative and forward thinking, with ability to read and interpret instructions carefully.
• Proven track record of successful tender/bid writing and end-to-end responsibility for management of the tender process, ideally in a social care or equivalent environment.
• Able to use your industry experience to understand complex tender information.
• Eager to take on responsibility remaining calm under pressure.
• Ability to deal with complex business relationships and manage multiple resources to deliver a strong, winning case to the prospective client.
• Excellent data analyse skills will be required to evaluate identified opportunities and provide a detailed and concise summary report of opportunities.
• Methodical, attention to detail and the ability to multi-task whilst delivering consistent quality work with a high level of accuracy.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills – ability to express a response in a concise matter, within the scope of the questions and word count, ensuring compliance with the specification is evidence whilst highlighting unique selling points when addressing question criteria.
• Ability to communicate our vision and service delivery in writing, in an accessible, engaging manner and comfortable with others editing your work and providing feedback.
• Ability to seek out information proactively from a variety of sources, including written/online materials and knowledge held by business experts.
• Flexible and committed approach to working hours and annual leave to ensuring multiple deadlines are met.
• Strong IT skills and must be familiar with the standard applications to process, and ability to obtain and combine information e.g., Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, mail merge, and databases.
• Experience of using online portals and council procurement tools.
• Willingness to travel in the UK.

What We Offer

• Recommend A Friend Bonus
• Up to 28 Days Holiday, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Free DBS Check
• Blue Light Card
• Stakeholder Pension
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Employee Awards Evening
• Employee Recognition Schemes
• Ongoing training with clear career progression opportunities, including access to qualifications up to degree level
• CareTech Foundation - Opportunity to apply for family and friend’s grant

Our Values

• Friendly
• Positive
• Innovative
• Empowering
• Person-Centred

Apply today to join a friendly, empowering organisation committed to person-centred support and creating Extraordinary Days, Every Day.

About CareTech

CareTech Community Services Ltd, established in 1994, is one of the largest providers of specialist social care services supporting 5000 adults with a wide range of needs in more than 300 services across the UK. Committed to the highest standards of care and governance, we provide innovative care pathways for vulnerable people to live in community settings. We support people to take control of their lives – this could be finding employment, having an active social life, learning new skills or building self-confidence.

CareTech Community Services are proud to inform you that they are a Disability Confident Leader.

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 7–10 days.

Some roles may require male or female employees only, where this is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

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