Senior Bid Specialist - Public Sector

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Transform is a fresh alternative to Big Consulting. As an end-to-end transformation partner, we define, design, build and operate systems that solve our clients’ toughest challenges and seize their biggest opportunities. That often means combining strategy, data, AI, technology, and change management. Sometimes we manage and operate the systems we create; other times, we hand it over for the client to run – standing by to make improvements when things change.

It all comes down to making an impact: improving lives, supporting citizens, streamlining workflows, and making the world a better place. We specialise in public sector and public-facing organisations—from government agencies and local authorities to energy, utilities, transportation and healthcare. We also work for some of the world’s most dynamic brands across automotive, retail, financial services, and consumer goods.

In 2024, Transform acquired Cadence Innova, the UK’s leading public sector change consultancy. The result is a fresh kind of partner: together, we’re able to deliver change from the very first ideas through to deployment—building on our deep relationships at every level of government.

We're part of the Next 15 group, a multi-national organisation spanning over 25 brands. We combine the financial robustness and breadth of services of a large organisation, with the nimbleness and innovation of a smaller brand.

If you are keen to help us build the workforce of the future, we should talk.

We’re all in! That's what gets us out of bed every day. We hope you feel the same.

You will own and elevate the quality of Transform’s public sector proposals, ensuring they are not only compliant and competitive, but also deeply aligned with social impact, cultural fit, and emerging public sector priorities. You’ll drive strategy, frameworks, and capability so that every bid succinctly articulates Transform’s values, is compelling in narrative, demonstrates measurable social / environmental / cultural benefits, and meets or exceeds evaluation criteria.

• Establish bid quality standards and review processes for all public sector tenders (PQQs, RFPs, RFIs, ITTs etc.)
• Support writers from practices in win theme and storyboarding sessions, including building an understanding of Transform’s solutions so that they can support the writing of responses around it
• Perform or lead internal reviews of draft responses - ensuring clarity, consistency, compliance, persuasive content, correct tone, cultural alignment
• Support bid writers from the Transform practices in refining outline or draft responses – adding content, shortening, making consistent across questions
• Work with the Framework Manager to maintain and refine a bid library / knowledge base of best answers, case studies, proof points, metrics (especially social impact & culture) to speed up drafting and ensure consistency, including development and maintenance of AI / tech solutions in this space
• Lead bid-strategy development for major tenders: win themes, differentiators, value proposition, social value articulation, cultural fit
• Monitor public sector policy, procurement rules, social value / Social Impact frameworks (e.g. public services social value legislation in the UK, relevant TOMs / other frameworks), to ensure bids are compliant and optimised
• Analyse past bid successes / failures to learn what works (especially in social impact and culture) and feed continuous improvement

• Define how Transform frames social impact (employment, diversity, community benefit, environmental benefits etc.) in proposals; ensure robust metrics, case studies, and delivery evidence
• Ensure that “cultural fit” (Transform’s values, working style, inclusivity, team / partnership approaches) are woven into proposals - not just in statements but in demonstrated behaviour
• Engage with stakeholders (internal and external) to gather social impact inputs, community or partner data, evidence, stories

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