Uxbridge
Tenders Manager\n\nLocation: Remote/Home working, with flexibility for some travel required for internal meetings/Market Engagement Forums (full driving license required)\n\nRate: DOE\n\nPermanent | Full-time | 37.5 hours per week \n\nPlease note: We are unable to consider Skilled Worker or Student Visa applicants for this role\n\n‘Extraordinary Days, Every Day’\n\nAt CareTech, we are committed to delivering Extraordinary Days, Every Day through high-quality, person-centred care. Our focus is on empowering independence, building confidence and life skills, and supporting people to live fulfilling lives in environments that best suit their needs.\n\nDue to continued growth of the business, we are expanding our team, and looking to appoint an additional Tender Manager to support the needs of the business, it is essential that you have experience of managing end to end tenders for local authority social / healthcare contracts.\n\nThe Tender Manager/Writer will support our various operations to win and retain existing local authority and CCG/ICB health and social care contracts, care homes (with and without nursing), supported living, day services, as well as occasional support to other subsidiary areas of the business.\n\nThe ideal individual will be a strong leader who can clearly communicate a vision, provide direction and motivate others and work collaboratively with all departments across the CareTech Group to ensure tenders are completed to a high standard within a project managed way.\n\nThe role is home-based but requires that you are able and willing to travel / commute on occasion to:\n\nOur head office base in Uxbridge \nAcross all our office/service locations, as and when required for further information about our services companies and locations \nAttend council and CCG/ICB market engagement eventsThe role\n\nYou will:\n\nIn addition, but not limited to, the Tender Manager will be expected to:\n\nHave and keep up to date with good knowledge of national and local authority strategy and market position and inform strategy for growth. \nRepresent the organisation through the written word with inspiring and innovative content that represents each organisations identity and local community. \nAssess, formulate and manage end-to-end tender processes to deliver high quality bid and tender submissions representing operating companies across the organisation. \nContribute to the overall strategy for Business Development. Develop, build, and maintain a professional network within the sector to enhance our approach and apply innovation across the group. \nBe an ambassador for the group and the operating companies and uphold the Group Vision and Values. \nOwnership and accountability for the smooth management of the entire end-to-end tender process including completion of individual tender applications from qualification through to contract awardExperience, Skills and Personal Attributes:\n\nGreat time management, efficiency and the ability to meet deadlines and work with minimal supervision. \nA strategic thinker with an attention to detail, creative and forward thinking, with ability to read and interpret instructions carefully. \nProven track record of successful tender/bid writing and end-to-end responsibility for management of the tender process, ideally in a social care or equivalent environment. \nAble to use your industry experience to understand complex tender information. \nEager to take on responsibility remaining calm under pressure. \nAbility to deal with complex business relationships and manage multiple resources to deliver a strong, winning case to the prospective client. \nExcellent data analyse skills will be required to evaluate identified opportunities and provide a detailed and concise summary report of opportunities. \nMethodical, attention to detail and the ability to multi-task whilst delivering consistent quality work with a high level of accuracy. \nStrong verbal and written communication skills – ability to express a response in a concise matter, within the scope of the questions and word count, ensuring compliance with the specification is evidence whilst highlighting unique selling points when addressing question criteria. \nAbility to communicate our vision and service delivery in writing, in an accessible, engaging manner and comfortable with others editing your work and providing feedback. \nAbility to seek out information proactively from a variety of sources, including written/online materials and knowledge held by