We'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities. People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations. Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business. About the Opportunity We have an exciting opportunity for a Proposals Lead to join our NNEP team. In this role, you'll be responsible for supporting the Commercial Directorate with proposal related tasks, to ensure the delivery of high quality submissions to support the growth of the framework. The successful candidate will deliver the following responsibilities: - Successful delivery of the NNEP Proposals to time, cost and quality; lead the consistent application of our Relationship Based Sales process to ensure adherence to internal governance. - Establish and maintain strong Client relationships. - Keep abreast of our clients' business challenges, best practice, innovation, trends, and new approaches which align with our growth strategy. - Work with the NNEP Team to support strategic positioning and opportunity development. - Provide timely inputs and updates as required for internal and external progress reporting. - Forming, leading, and motivating cross-business pursuit teams, establishing the right behaviours to support wellbeing whilst creating high performing teams positioned for success. - Develop innovative solutions by establishing and building your network within the business to identify existing capabilities that respond to client challenges and create a value for money proposition. - Plan, organise and direct all elements of qualification and tender responses, applying lesson learnt to drive continual improvement within our proposals process. Previous proposal related experience is desirable, along with a proven ability to lead successful bid/cross functional teams on large and/or complex projects. We are looking for people with an ability to challenge and think strategically, who can inspire those around them through strong communication and leadership skills, a passion to win and drive change, and excellent writing ability. - Experience of working with cross functional teams within fast-paced environments. - Strong verbal and written communication skills. - Strong attention to detail and an ability to establish and meet deadlines/budgets. - Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. - Strong stakeholder management skills, customer facing, persuasion. - A broad internal network across the business, or an ability to grow a strong internal network across the business - Experience engaging and working with commercial and supply chain partners. - A proactive, self-motivator, able to work under your own initiative. Essential Qualifications & Experience - Degree level qualification (desirable). - Proficient MS Office skills - Word, Powerpoint, Excel - Strong Stakeholder Management Skills. - Strong communication (oral and written) skills. - Strong organizational skills, detail oriented. Our Culture Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity. We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.