Bid Coordinator

The role

Project Coordinator – Bid Team

Manchester City Centre | Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid

Are you an organised, proactive Project Coordinator who enjoys keeping complex projects on track and bringing people, deadlines and information together?

We’re recruiting for a Project Coordinator to join a growing UK Bid Team based in central Manchester. This role will support bids and business development projects from initial planning through to final submission, alongside wider project and mobilisation activity.

The role

Working within a small, entrepreneurial team, you’ll coordinate multiple workstreams and ensure projects remain organised, compliant and on schedule.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Creating and maintaining project and bid plans, milestones and deadlines
• Coordinating stakeholders across technical, commercial and operational teams
• Tracking risks, issues, dependencies and actions
• Organising meetings and reviews and ensuring actions are followed through
• Maintaining accurate project documentation, trackers and version control
• Supporting tender compliance and ensuring documentation and approvals are ready for submission
• Reviewing and editing tender responses for consistency, clarity and compliance
• Supporting proposal writing, case studies and supporting evidence
• Raising purchase orders and supporting invoice processing
• Capturing lessons learned and maintaining reusable bid content

The Person

About you

We’d love to hear from candidates with:

• Previous project coordination or project management experience
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing deadlines
• Strong written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confidence working with multiple stakeholders
• The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Knowledge of public-sector procurement or bid processes would be beneficial
• Bid, tender or proposal writing experience would be a real advantage
• Degree educated

Next Steps

Please contact jo.platt@nigelwright.com