Job Description

Doing Amazing Things Together

We are Affinity Trust. A national social care provider specialising in supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, and assessed needs in England and Scotland. With a bold new strategy and plans for growth, we are looking for a positive, enthusiastic person to join our Tender Team as a Lead Bid Writer. You will work on the end-to-end bidding process from identifying tender opportunities and submitting engaging and successful bids through to managing post-award activity. You will develop compelling, high-quality tender responses, ensuring that our submissions stand out. Our new member of the team will have knowledge and experience in tender planning, writing winning bids, and diligently working to continuously improve the quality of submissions. If your experience is in social care, that\xe2\x80\x99s great but not essential. You will also need excellent writing and comprehension skills while having the ability to work to demanding deadlines, and attention to detail whilst managing conflicting priorities. This role is flexibly part-time and home-based, so you will need to be happy working on your own, but as working with others is an important part of the role, we are looking for someone who also enjoys working as part of a team. Why Join Us?

We are a charity supporting people with learning disabilities to live their best lives. As a values-driven organisation, our incredible staff are really important to us. You will be working as part of a small, friendly team and will have all the support you need to succeed in your work.

To express your interest, please fill in the application form and attach a covering letter explaining your skills and experience. We look forward to hearing from you!

You will be required to carry out a test as part of our selection process Experience

The successful candidate will have a good standard of education and experience of submitting successful bids and tenders.
You will be able to work with a wide range of people and develop good working relationships.
Experience of the care sector and/or learning disabilities in either adults or children\xe2\x80\x99s services would be useful although not essential.

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