Work history
Senior Bid WriterThe Children's Society
London, United KingdomFull Time
● Successfully sustaining a portfolio of £10 million restricted income projects funded by institutional funders and grant funder by overseeing and developing the submission of robust, compelling and winning proposals.
● Increased the portfolio by £2.3 million within 4 months in position.
● Project managing proposals including setting up milestone timescales, writing narrative
applications, financial modelling, corporate information, and ensuring all aspects are
compliant with the funder’s/governmental procurement regulations.
● Engaging internal/external stakeholders.
● Analysing gaps, issues and risks, and working with a range of colleagues to reach solutions.
● Representing The Children’s Society at meetings, events and networks.
● Carrying out research/intelligence gathering process.
● Managing competing workload pressures and multiple conflicting deadlines.
● Carrying out lessons learned and ensuring identified best practice is embedded into future
projects.
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Bid WriterVictim Support
- London, United KingdomFull Time
● Managing, writing, and editing compelling, accurate bids, including project development meetings, liaising with subject-matter experts, creating presentations, delivering interview preparation, and organising hand-over meetings with implementation teams.
● Increased the portfolio of services by £1.262 million within 9 months.
● Monitored new funding opportunities from existing/new funders.
● Supporting regional operational teams to design services for victims of crime.
● Presenting complex technical information in an easy-to-read and engaging way.
● Utilising a variety of qualitative and quantitative data sources to strengthen proposals.
● Working with internal/external stakeholders.
● Monitoring and evaluating outcomes of projects and embedding lessons learned.
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Education
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2:1 BA (Hons) Modern Language StudiesThe University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
French and Russian