Bid Coordinator Review

My primary responsibility is to respond to Pre-Qualifying Questionnaires and Selection Questionnaires. I work with the sales team to ensure that an opportunity goes through to tender. I occasionally work on bids and case studies. I liaise with Subject Matter Experts to complete responses.

Webinar dates are clear and put into our calendar at the start of the year. Assignments and reflective log are easy to find on the apprenticeship portal. However, there are some areas for improvement. Supporting documentation and assignment briefs can be in multiple separate documents so it can be hard to keep track of everything and can be bit overwhelming. The assignment dates on the end of the webinar were incorrect recently and I wasn't sent some resources by the learning coach even after I asked twice.

My manager is lovely and supportive. She is very responsive when I ask for support. We went through the apprenticeship delivery plan and made a plan of what training I could undertake at each stage. My manager is very encouraging about me trying new things and improving my skills. She gives great feedback and arranges training sessions with other team members or runs them herself. She ensures I have the time to complete my assignments and off the job hours. If she is too busy to support then she will ask a senior team member to support me instead. I have monthly calls with Compass apprenticeship support to check my progress and see if I need anything.

My training provider gives me adequate support. I can arrange one to one sessions at any point through a booking link. I get responses and feedback through the apprenticeship portal. I have been given an evidence matrix to highlight how I can reach the best marks. However, my emails have sometimes been missed or I haven't received information that I have asked for.

My qualification helps me perform better in my role by giving me a structure to learn. For example, as Compass is a large company, much of the bid process involves different teams rather than one team managing the whole thing; without my qualification, I would not have learnt about the work that the other teams do and how they're work impacts the work I do. This has really helped me to understand my role a lot more and will help me a lot in the future.

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Compass care about their employees; they are committed to developing their staff and ensuring that they are happy. I received a pay rise after being with the company for a few months which made me feel valued and appreciated. The company are dedicated to constantly improving the way they work and that makes them a great employer. They are inclusive and diverse - the majority of my team are female which I have never experienced before. Overall, it is a great place to work with kind people who care about what they do.