Project Support Assistant

Project Support Assistant

Our client is a small but dynamic bid specialist, focussed on inspiring their clients to find the right tender opportunities and win them. They work with businesses of all shapes and sizes offering a tailored and comprehensive bid management service.

The role - Project Support Assistant

They're looking for a focused, self-motivated individual to join the team to provide project support. No two days will be the same, so they're looking for someone who has great time management and thrives working in a close-knit, dynamic environment.

Key responsibilities will include assisting the team in administration of core services (bid consultancy, bid training, knowledge management, award writing, etc.). This could include:

• Supporting the project management of a bid
• Setting up proposal documents
• Sourcing suitable bidding opportunities for our clients
• Maintenance and testing of our quality procedures
• Working with clients to send or receive information
• Working on content
• Supporting our marketing and business development activities

While this is an entry level position into their industry, they are keen to progress team members as soon as they are ready; this is a perfect opportunity to build a career, especially if you are interested in the bidding and proposal world.

Personal attributes

While you'll be working in a bid and proposal environment, experience within the sector is not essential. It's more important that you are able to demonstrate the following personal attributes. The rest can be taught:

• An individual sharing our values of integrity, getting it right first time, and a thirst for knowledge
• A quick learner, with the ability to grasp new concepts
• A skilled, confident verbal and written communicator
• A creative thinker and problem solver
• A motivated self-starter and completer/finisher who will take responsibility for a task, is able to work under pressure but who will never compromise on quality

Working at the company

• It is a unique environment: a small team working on a huge range of clients who themselves cover pretty much every sector going. This means the client has an incredible amount of knowledge and experience to share with the team.
• They pride themselves on being experts in their field, so they fund training and development opportunities, and expect the team to be regularly engaged in, and take ownership of, personal development activities.
• An accredited Real Living Wage employer and an equal opportunities employer with a diverse team. They're committed to improving communities and the planet; They're carbon negative, and the team engage in volunteering and local activities.

Salary and benefits

• Salary: 21,500
• Please note that for those with a bid or proposal, or knowledge management background, they can offer a revised role and salary depending on experience.
• Pension scheme. 5% contribution by the company and a 3% contribution by the employee.
• Role-specific training and qualifications, including APMP membership, fully funded.
• Mon - Fri, 9 - 5
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Headway Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Headway Recruitment are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to a policy of diversity, equality and inclusion.