Proposals Coordinator

My client is one of the ocuntries largest and most successful infrastraucture and public servies providers in th UK, with a global remit.

Proposals Coordinators to support my team around the creation of Microsoft Word templates, and to support the formatting of the material that fall onto these templates for all of our bid submissions.
Ideally candidates should have advanced knowledge of the 'styles and formatting' area of Microsoft Word 2010, understand how to create rules/lock templates and modify styles based on the client's requirements.

This role will mainly be working from our bid floor in Oxford, although remote support will be considered. Candidates will need to be flexible around working hours/days as well as available to work from other Amey locations if required

Duties Include:
* Produce documents to an agreed structure, quality and format ensuring effective use of any graphics, images, tables, snippets and case study material for all bids
* Create the MS Word template for the bid that maximises its readability and visual impact, within the company brand guidelines and rules set by the Client
* Manage/monitor the progress of the submission against the bid programme, in particular during final production and print
* Provides support in cross-referencing checks and final edits/changes
* Experience of other software packages used to cleanse/track/highlight changes within Microsoft Word documents
* Support in-house print/binding/finishing production
* Continually carry lessons learned from each submission

Qualifications required:

* Advanced Microsoft Word skills in formatting within Word 2010 and template styles is essential
* Experience in Microsoft office packages ie Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint.
* Familiar with the use of Collaborative working platforms ie SharePoint/eRooms/Web Portals
* Experience of Adobe Acrobat writer/edits
* Experience with DTP packages, ie Corel, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw would be an advantage, but is not essential
* Keen interest in current and new technology trends and systems (Tech savvy) would also be a benefit.