Bid Support and Social Value Executive Officer

About the role 

The Bid Support and Social Value Executive is a superb opportunity to contribute to the long-term success of the Idox Group, while ensuring we contribute to positive social change for our customers and their communities. In this role, you will gain experience across our Bids function, supporting our Bid Managers and Sales Teams to identify, track and co-ordinate potential tender opportunities and develop and report upon social value proposals for our prospects, in alignment with our company strategy and prospect requirements. As a part of the Bid Team, you will also gain experience managing the full lifecycle of less complex bids, building virtual teams to contribute content to responses, highlighting and mitigating risks, ensuring the bid complies with the customers instructions and submitting the bid on-time. This is a highly varied job which will suit an individual who is interested in developing a career in public procurement and is keen to use their existing networks within the business, along with their knowledge of our products and culture to help create winning tender and social value propositions for our prospects. The role will require a significant amount of reviewing and writing, ensuring facts are understood and our propositions meet the prospect brief and remain compliant with the Idox Business Compliance processes.

 Key Responsibilities: 

You will be responsible for: 

 • Managing the Bid Team Inbox identifying potential opportunities and co-ordinating responses internally and externally. 

 • Defining and maintaining tracker key word profiles in partnership with sales owners across all Idox solutions. 

• Working with the Bid Managers and Sales Executives to develop social value commitments that support the bid proposition in line with the cost model and Idox ESG strategy, this will include development and ownership of written collateral and specific TOMs measurements. 

 • Being the primary contact for all social value components on bids and re-signs. 

 • Securing sign-off on social value proposals from the Sales Director. 

 • Continuously improving the Idox social value offering by keeping abreast of external trends and changes in relevant legislation, liaising with the Sales Director, Bid Managers, HR, Legal and Corporate Support to ensure offerings and supporting materials remain up to date and providing industry led recommendations to improve our social value offer. 

 • Report social value commitments within the business. 

 • Assist with the creation of compelling and factual case studies and communication materials to showcase our social value impact and achievements. 

 • Management and co-ordination of less complex tender opportunities. 

To be successful, you should bring:

• A pragmatic nature with a self-starter attitude. 
• Excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills. 

 • Numerate with commercial acumen. 

 • The ability to build networks and relationships effectively to obtain required information in tight timelines.

• Strong organisational and project management skills. 
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team. 
• The ability to multi-task effectively under pressure and to deadlines. 

 • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite. 

 • A genuine interest in developing a long-term career supporting competitive sales activities. 

 • A passion for social impact and a commitment to creating positive change. 

Additional desirable skills: 

• Awareness of Public Procurement legislation and the principals of Bid Management. 

 • Awareness of the Social Value “TOMS” model. 

• Prior knowledge or experience of Idox ESG initiatives. 

 • Experience of reporting on metrics internally or to customers. 

 • Knowledge of one or more Idox products in the course of current business activities. 

 • Knowledge or experience of potential reporting tools such excel, SalesForce, the Social Value Portal. 

 • Knowledge or experience of proposal management / content management solutions (e.g. Idox Ombud).