Proposals and Tenders Manager

**Job no**: 0048717
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full time; Continuing
**Faculty**:Faculty of Business and Economics
**Department/School**:Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Learning (MSPACE)
**Salary**:UOM 8 - $115,137 - $124,622 p.a. plus 17% super
- **Play a pivotal role in taking responsibility for managing all aspects of the proposal and tender process.**:

- **17% super, benefits and a flexible work environment**

**About the Role**
The Proposals and Tenders Manager plays a pivotal role within the Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education (MSPACE). This individual is responsible for managing all aspects of the proposal and tender process while ensuring effective leadership of the Proposals and Tenders Team.

Key responsibilities include overseeing the development of compelling, high-quality proposals and tenders, coordinating inputs from various stakeholders, ensuring effective proposal templates, and consistent implementation of proposal and tender development protocols.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Leveraging strategic thinking in partnership with the Business Development team to evaluate and prioritise tender opportunities
- Leading and guiding a team of professionals, providing mentorship and coaching to foster their professional growth
- Ensuring efficient and consistent implementation of tendering and proposal processes across the team

**Who We Are Looking For**
You will have a proven ability to strategically assess tenders in collaboration with the Business Development team, considering market feasibility, profitability, growth potential, and strategic alignment. You will have a track record of managing the full life cycle of tendering and proposal development processes, including detailed costing and submission documentation, as well as follow-up activities. Additionally, you should possess project management skills, proficiency in Excel for financial calculations, strong writing and editing abilities for compelling proposals, and experience working with diverse stakeholders such as Business Development Managers and academics.

You will also have:

- Postgraduate qualifications or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or extensive experience and management expertise; or an equivalent combination of extensive relevant experience and/or education.
- Demonstrated leadership, teamwork, and ability to foster a positive and motivating work environment.
- High-level organisational and time management skills including the ability to prioritise workloads with attention to detail, work well under pressure, and organise own work and others to meet deadlines.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

**Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position**. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

**Your New Team - MSPACE**
The Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education (MSPACE) works to broaden the University’s educational offerings in an increasingly competitive global environment for talent and skills. MSPACE provides an institutional focal point for the development, delivery and promotion of professional, continuing, and executive education programs and services for all academic divisions of the University.

MSPACE supports academic divisions to develop and deliver award and non-award education through a range of teaching and learning delivery modes and seeks to broaden opportunities for engagement in a variety of professional sectors. To contribute towards these objectives, MSPACE supports and expands the University’s professional, continuing, and executive education initiatives through the provision of a coherent, whole-of-University framework.

**What We Offer You**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page

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