Job title:
Bid Operations Assistant Manager, Growth, 12 month FTC/Secondment
Company
Deloitte
Job description
Connect to your IndustryDeloitte LLP is a leading professional services firm employing over 19,000 partners and staff across 23 locations in the UK and generating revenues of over £2.6bn a year. The firm has a large Government and Public Services (GPS) practice with over 2,500 dedicated partners and staff working across central government, health, education, defence, security and justice, local and regional government, not for profit and public transport.Deloitte’s GPS practice is one of the largest and most experienced providers of professional services to public sector clients in the UK and we are a Strategic Supplier to Government. Because of the regulated nature of procurement in the public sector, the firm maintains a specialist team, the Public Sector Bid Team (PSBT), to manage and support its public sector bidding activity.The PSBT’s objective is to provide a cost-effective means of winning work in a highly competitive marketplace and to contribute to the management of commercial risk. The team also seeks to improve the win rate on public sector bids and assist the practice in achieving its ambitious growth target.Connect to your career at DeloitteDeloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.Connect to your opportunityAs a Bid Operations Assistant Manager within the PSBT, you will be responsible for:
- Helping to maintain our master record of tenders – this may include logging and circulating opportunities/related correspondence and conducting quality control checks of our bid data/processes
- Contributing towards the management of the team’s shared mailbox
- Refreshing and maintaining distribution lists for tender circulation
- Updating Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes used to source opportunities
- Checking non-CCS engagements have been classified correctly on our finance system
- Helping to compile monthly levy returns for public sector frameworks
- Managing the regular cadence of PSBT meetings
- Producing reports to drive timely qualification of bids and inform decision making
- Assisting with the G&PS pipeline call and ensuring the PSBT whiteboard is updated
- Monitoring completeness of the G&PS contract repository
- Participating in and/or driving initiatives aimed at improving the way we support bids
- Other duties as directed by the PSBT Leadership Team
Responsibilities and priorities of the role may change over time according to the workload of the PSBT.Connect to your skills and professional experienceEssential
- The ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume team environment
- Exceptional attention to detail and focus on quality/accuracy
- Excellent client service skills, including the ability to interact with people at all levels, both verbal and written
- A ‘can-do’ attitude – uses initiative to investigate queries and propose suitable solutions
- Collaborative, strong team player
- Flexibility – confidence with ambiguity and ability to adapt to change
- Data management, analysis and reporting abilities
- Effective organisational skills – able to prioritise workload, multitask across a range of processes, work in a high-pressured environment, meet deadlines and work independently
Desirable
- Knowledge of public sector procurement and/or the process of bidding for public sector opportunities
- An interest in the UK public sector
- Experience or understanding of working in a professional services organisation
- Experience of managing others
Personal independenceRegulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your “Immediate Family Members” are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.Connect to your business – Enabling FunctionsCollaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. Bringing your individual skills and experience, and sharing your specialist knowledge, is how you’ll make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.Connect with your colleagues“It’s such an inspiring place to work; everyone you talk to is working on something interesting. There are always so many exciting things to get involved with that it is a challenge to prioritise where to spend your time. Everyone always says, “it’s the people,” and that’s true.”Our hybrid working policyYou’ll be based in Belfast with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both a virtual and physical capacity. As well as remote working, you’ll attend your local office, virtual collaboration spaces and client sites, depending on the requirements of the role.At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.Connect to your return to work opportunityAre you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.Our commitment to youMaking an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.Connect to your next stepA career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careersRTWPROG WPFULL SLICSS LOCBEL
Expected salary
Location
Belfast
Job date
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:06:06 GMT
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