Title:  Bid and Contracts Officer

Bid and Contracts Officer

Sanctuary House, Castle Street, Worcester, WR1 3ZQ (with a balance of home and office working)

Flexible location - Worcester preferred.

£33,250 per annum (rising to £35,000 after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

37.5 hours per week

To manage the development and monitoring of a high quality contracting service that responds to organisational and customer needs while supporting the procurement and delivery of new business in accordance with Group and business objectives, plans and strategies.

The job sits within Supported Living which provides a comprehensive range of high quality accommodation and floating support services for vulnerable and disadvantaged people whose needs cannot be met in general-needs accommodation.                                                        

The job holder will ensure that they fully understand and fulfil their responsibilities in respect of Health & Safety, Equality & Diversity and safeguarding at all times.

The role of Bid and Contract Officer will include:

• Coordinate and monitor the bid management and tender processes to secure new contracts and support the completion of tender and bid processes.
• Support with the management of contracts to include re-negotiations, variations and price review, to provide clear and financially sound proposals in line with Business Plan targets.
• Ensure contract management is delivered to a high standard to ensure compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements, procurement processes and contractual terms.
• Identify and analyse issues with contracts and associated processes.                  
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external customers.                 
• Build, use and maintain effective systems, databases and processes that enable the accurate recording of information.                                        
• Support, as appropriate, the Bid Writers in the writing of high quality bid responses.              

Skills and experiences:

• Experience of writing, reviewing, and submitting technical and detailed tenders, bids and proposals, ideally within the Care and Housing sectors
• Ability to interpret information from various sources and translate this into the desired format for the bid document
• Project management skills with an understanding of project delivery and knowledge of budget setting and controls
• Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Highly organised with proven ability to work under own initiative
• Experience of working within the care and support sector would be desirable
• Experience of working with Microsoft 365

Are you ready to be your best?

Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits! As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we’ll reward you:

• At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service (plus public holidays)
• A pension scheme with employer contributions
• A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers
• Health and well-being plans
• Life assurance
• Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working
• Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme
• A wide range of learning and development opportunities

Job Reference: 222327

Closing Date: 22 December 2024

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
A basic Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.