Proposal administrator - Bids

Proposal Administrator – Bids

Job Location: India - Noida

Business Unit: Earth & Environment

As one of the world’s leading engineering professional services consultancies, WSP brings clarity and vision to complex challenges. Our team of technical specialists and strategic advisers across the UK is part of a talented global family of expertise. Together, we ensure innovative solutions solve complex problems for our clients and the communities we serve, meeting both the needs of today and addressing the challenges of the future.

The role will see you join a new, growing proposals team as a Proposal Administrator.  This is great entry level opportunity for someone to build their career in work winning.  Our investment in you brings the opportunity to progress to roles as set out in our Bids and Proposals Pathway such as Proposals Co-ordinator with enhanced responsibilities such as line management.

Working within our Earth & Environment proposals team you will be:

• Supporting the implementation our Knowledge Management Strategy
• Providing administrative support to the production of proposals at all stages of the work wining process, including RFI’s, tenders and presentations.
• Working with bid teams across the globe to apply WSP’s Business Management System and work winning processes across planning and production applying best practice at all stages.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic, self-motivated individual. We want someone who is well organised, focussed and adaptable as this role needs a person who can switch easily between planned, routine activities and urgent, reactive ones.

You should have:

• A degree level qualification in an appropriate subject.  Our preference is for candidates with an English degree but other subjects that require the assimilation and communication of information such as history, marketing and journalism or similar will be considered
• Excellent IT skills with good knowledge of MS Office software
• Experience of team working as an effective team member
• Excellent command of written and verbal English

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Teamwork ethic
• Attention to detail
• Flexibility and adaptability
• High degree of self-motivation and ability to motivate others
• Ability to work under pressure and with minimum of supervision
• Organisation, prioritising and managing multiple commitments
• Respect for deadlines and achieve targeted results whilst working individually
• Confident in dealing with senior staff
• Self-motivated and initiative

Role responsibilities:

The successful candidate will lead, or support colleagues, in the following: