Bids Specialist (Remote)

Bids Specialist | BDO | Australia

About BDO

At BDO Australia, our why is ‘empowering people, realising possibilities’. One way we bring this to life is by hiring and developing exceptional talent, to deliver on our wide variety of advisory, audit, and accounting services.

About the Role

Due to strong internal growth, we are looking for a Bids Specialist in Adelaide to support our firm in the management and development of compelling bids, working as part of a national Bids team within Clients & Markets.

As a bids practitioner you will provide advice and guidance to senior leaders on all aspects of bid management and strategy, including asking challenging questions when required. At the same time, for the bids you manage, you’ll be completely hands-on – writing, editing, designing/formatting, and coordinating and reviewing input from subject matter experts – achieving on-time delivery to a high standard of quality.

You’ll be recognised and valued within a supportive team, and have the flexibility to work from home and in the office.

What you’ll be doing

• Effectively and efficiently producing and managing bids following the firm’s bid framework
• Guiding Partners / senior staff on achieving the best outcome for the firm for all bids managed, including Go / No Go advice
• Working with Partners and subject matter experts to capture the solution and articulate it to the client/target in a compelling way
• Writing/reworking quality content, and accurately proofreading and editing content, applying and complying with BDO’s tone of voice guidelines
• Applying BDO’s Corporate Visual Identity guidelines to ensure brand-compliant design, layout, and formatting of documents, including diagrams and imagery, working with the Design team when appropriate
• Identifying potential opportunities and distributing to the appropriate teams
• Capturing and storing bids content and information within BDO’s Bids Support Toolkit
• Using the firm’s CRM system to capture and source relevant information
• Supporting the effective management of panel arrangements to which BDO is appointed
• Continually developing an understanding of service offerings across the firm
• Fostering strong relationships with Partners and other key team members across the firm
• Providing guidance, coaching, and training to team members across the firm to support the development of high-quality bids, including those produced independently of the Bids team
• Contributing to the firm’s bid framework (processes, templates, tools, and training), including the pursuit of initiatives that enhance BDO’s bid capability across Australia
• Contributing to a strong, collaborative, supportive team culture across the national Bids team

To be successful in this role, ideally you’ll have:

• Experience producing bids in response to detailed formal procurement requests, ideally in a professional services firm or partnership structure, and/or for government and public sector or large corporate targets
• Excellent business writing, proofreading, and editing skills, with exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent communication and team working skills, with the ability to develop rapport at all levels of the organisation
• Confidence coordinating and providing feedback on content provided by subject matter experts, including senior leaders
• The ability to effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines
• A high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, including document design, layout, and formatting
• Visual storytelling – turning information into clear, compelling visuals to enhance the bid
• Experience complying with brand guidelines (visual and tone of voice)
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (marketing, communications, PR, or journalism would be highly desirable)
• The ability to quickly learn new software, systems, and processes.

Why BDO?

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm. Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.

Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.

We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.

Participate in fitness challenges, join the BDO run club, or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym, and wellness facilities via our BWell program.

Access financial benefits from travel perks, retail discounts, free breakfast daily, vehicle financing support, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.

Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include cultural and religious leave, paid leave for fertility and IVF treatments, blood donor leave, enhanced family support, plus options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.

With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide extensive technical training, dedicated leadership development programs, professional memberships, subscriptions and more.

Our culture is underpinned by our core values (ONE, BOLD, HUMAN, STRIVE, and HEART). We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer by the Diversity Council of Australia and an Employer of Choice by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Apply now to join #teamBDO.

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