Assistant Manager, Bid Advisor

Overview

In this role you will lead planning, coordination and delivery of high-profile public sector bids to drive growth for Deloitte’s Public Sector Bid Team. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, subject matter experts and bid teams across the firm to develop high-quality, compliant proposals. You’ll manage bid processes end-to-end, from capture to submission, while fostering strong relationships and maintaining rigorous governance. This is a meaningful role in a mission-driven environment that shapes public sector outcomes through compelling proposals.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working policy
• flexible working arrangements
• wellbeing support
• career development opportunities
• world-class development and training
• collaboration with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Provide planning and bid management support from capture through contract award, ensuring timely delivery and quality
• Prepare and facilitate bid meetings (kick-off, strategy, reviews, lessons learned) and consolidate outputs/actions
• Clarify roles, actions, timescales and expectations for bid teams
• Run bid stand-up calls, manage action tracker and clarification questions
• Source and coordinate bid collateral, evidence and supporting information
• Develop compliant proposal templates aligned to client requirements and evaluation criteria
• Collaborate with Quality & Risk, Commercial Support and other specialist teams
• Build and maintain relationships with subject matter experts and third parties contributing to the bid
• Coordinate internal governance, risk assessments and compliance requirements
• Organise and facilitate bid reviews and consolidate feedback to align responses with client needs
• Coordinate and finalise documents for submission
• Facilitate and capture lessons learned
• Champion bidding best practice and support continuous improvement projects and training content
• Contribute to cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, winning proposals

Key requirements

• Proven experience as Bid-Coordinator or Bid Manager on public sector opportunities
• Strong organisational and project management skills with ability to manage competing priorities
• Exceptional written and verbal communication with confidence to influence senior stakeholders
• Ability to challenge constructively and ask insightful questions
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Strong interpersonal skills and initiative
• Flexible and adaptable in dynamic environment
• Excellent relationship-building and expectation-management skills
• Positive, collaborative mindset for working in bid teams
• Strong problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset
• SC clearance or willingness to obtain SC clearance

• Collaborative mindset
• Stakeholder management
• Proactive and solution-focused
• Bid management and coordination
• End-to-end bid process governance
• Requirements gathering and evidence coordination

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