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If you're looking for a rewarding career full of new experiences, exciting opportunities, and career development, then Wilson James is the place for you.
As a Proposals Assistant, you play a vital role in maintaining Wilson James' competitive edge. While your primary focus will be providing substantial support to our Construction sector, your responsibilities will extend across all sectors and functions within the Wilson James business. This will help establish a consistent and efficient approach to activities driving Growth and Development.
Your role will encompass a diverse range of tasks. These include generating materials and crafting responses for strategic bids and tenders, completing pre-qualification questionnaires, aiding in the creation of imaginative submissions, capability statements, and presentations, participating in site visits to gather both information and creative content, coordinating events, and curating a comprehensive bid and marketing library.
Main responsibilities
- Collating data sources to produce insights into market trends
- Centralise tracking of customer and opportunities for the entire Growth & Development team
- Co-ordinating tender submissions and writing question responses
- Manage and Coordinate bid timelines and deadlines
- Carry out review and edit functions of work and write and review case studies
- Support business development with research and creation of capability statements & sales materials
- Create and maintain content for our central bid library
- Create, edit and deliver presentations
What you can expect from us
We aim to create a vibrant, inclusive, safe, and professional work environment that cultivates professional and personal growth.
- £30,000 pa
- 22 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus the option to purchase more
- Monday – Friday, 40 hours a week
- Working 4 days in our new London office with a flexible day per the business needs
- Life assurance scheme
- Company sick pay
- Pension Scheme
- Access to an industry-leading Employee Benefits Platform offering lifestyle savings and discounts on most high street retailers, a Reward and Recognition programme
- Employee Assistance Programme that provides a health and wellbeing support service
- As an employer of choice, we focus on wellbeing, training, and career progression
- Employee Referral Scheme
What we expect of you
Essential
- A good level of English
- Basic Mathematics
- Good communication skills – both written and verbal
- Ability to prepare high quality written material
- Experience, knowledge and a good grasp of the Microsoft software suite – Word and PowerPoint in particular
- Be highly organised
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Have a flexible approach to work that allows deadlines to be achieved
- Have an enthusiastic, proactive approach that ensures we continue to improve and grow
- Able to demonstrate an ability to work as part of a team but show leadership qualities when owning a task
- Able to deal calmly and confidently with all demands from clients.
Desirable
- Able to use Adobe In-Design, Photoshop etc.
- Understanding of the Construction industry or Built Environment sector
- Drawing Skills using CAD or other software
- Understanding of Marketing
- Familiar with CRM platforms
- Ability to produce content for social media
If you like the sound of working at Wilson James, please click on "Apply now" to be considered for this fantastic opportunity!
Wilson James is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. A criminal conviction will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position, however each case will be assessed on an individual basis. For information about Wilson James' commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, https://wilsonjames.co.uk/sustainability
