Bid Manager (5990)

Permanent

35 hours per week

£35,100 per annum

Home-based with occasional travel to London and nation-wide for meetings. 

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We deliver essential local services that provide safe, trusted support to children and young people during times of significant need.

This role sits within our Social Impact Domain, and will support us to further develop our successful bidding and tendering processes, delivering quality submissions to increase our support to Children and Young People.

We are currently looking for a highly organised Bid Manager to join our dynamic, ambitious team.

A key part of this role will be your ability to project manage multiple bids with complex networks of internal stakeholders

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

• The ability manage bids to deadline
• The ability to write and edit bid content and quality assure content from others
• The ability to manage complex stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes
• Effective people management skills

The Children’s Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children’s lives happier and safer.

Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better – and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, which includes the disclosure of criminal records, vetting checks, and the provision of appropriate references. The number and type of references required may vary depending on the nature and responsibilities of the role, ensuring that each appointment is carefully assessed. We have a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices across all areas of our organisation.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 21st January 2026.

Interviews will be held on Friday 30th January, with in-person attendance at our Birmingham office preferred. 

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