Apprentice Pursuit Coordinator

Summary

Join us as an Apprentice Pursuit Coordinator and become part of our central Pursuits Team — the group that helps win new business by creating compelling, customer focused proposals. You’ll be working at the heart of our sales and business development engine.

Wage

£22,000 a year

Training course

Bid and proposal co-ordinator (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 8 February 2027

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

You’ll play a key role in helping the team create high-quality pursuit documents, presentations, and materials that help us stand out from our competition. Day to day, you’ll:

• Create documents and presentations using Microsoft tools, following clear briefs from your team.
• Support content management on internal platforms such as Bid SharePoint and Collaboration Hub.
• Help organise meetings, take notes, track actions, and gather the information needed to build strong pursuit submissions.
• Collect and manage data that feeds into client submissions across the pursuit lifecycle.
• Compile information for pre‑qualification questionnaires (PQQs).
• Assist with preparing technical responses, CVs, and case studies that showcase our teams and experience.
• Join capture planning sessions, recording insights, client intelligence and actions.
• Format pursuit and proposal documentation to ensure it is professional and visually consistent.
• Learn and grow through our internal communities, mentorship from colleagues, and access to training materials and development programmes.

Where you'll work

You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

• Tempus Court, Onslow Street, Guildford, GU1 4SS
• 80 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 4BY

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

RHG CONSULT LTD

Training course

Bid and proposal co-ordinator (level 3)

What you'll learn

• Excellent organisational and time management skills to manage multiple activities simultaneously and prioritise own and others workloads
• Ability to meet defined deadlines and set own milestones to manage workload
• Ability to create and utilise a bid plan timetable and responsibility matrix, supporting virtual team adherence to process
• Contribute to proposal project timetable including the timely collection of data from various parties including sub-contractors, consultants and internal subject experts
• Ability to meet bid submission deadlines according to guidelines / instructions
• Logging and capture of all proposal data in central repository
• Able to maintain a healthy work life balance and understand the reasons why it is important to do so
• Maintain compliance matrices to ensure compliance to all questions Capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines
• Ability to proof read with an eye for detail
• Good creative writing skills and good grammar/authoring
• Collate proposal documents using library/information stores, search engines/corporate directories
• Ability to use a range of tools, methods and search engines, to analyse and assimilate data, such as competitor analysis or customer research
• Good verbal and written communication skills, and ability to communicate professionally with colleagues at all levels of the business
• Liaise with sales/legal/finance teams and other virtual team members as necessary
• The importance of putting the customer first and tailoring bid documents to their needs, wants and requirements
• Work and engage with colleagues and virtual teams, leveraging relationships and networks to support information gathering and writing
• Build relationships with colleagues and subject matter experts across the business, learning the go to people and how to manage their input
• Build rapport and trust

Training schedule

On this apprenticeship, you will complete the Level 3 Bid and Proposal Coordinator standard through our agreed training provider RHG Consult. This will be delivered on a day release basis.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade Grade 4 or above)
• Maths (grade Grade 4 or above)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Analytical skills
• Team working