Bid and Tender Lead

**Description**:
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Bid and Tender Lead.

With the opportunity to be based in Canberra, Sydney or Melbourne, we offer flexible working arrangements to meet your work/life commitments and support your wellbeing.

To be successful in this role, you will have demonstrated experience in project management, preferably in the Health/Pharmacy sector, high level written communication skills, experience in stakeholder engagement, and the ability to work to tight deadlines in a fast paced-environment.

**About Us**

We are the national peak professional body for pharmacists, representing Australia’s 34,000 pharmacists working across all sectors of healthcare.

PSA wants every Australian to have access to the best healthcare, which includes optimising access to pharmacists’ expertise and medicines. As a membership organisation, we are passionate about equipping and empowering our pharmacists to realise their full potential, ensuring they have rewarding careers at every stage.

We strive to deliver high quality education, professional development, and practice support for both members and non-members.

**What you will be doing**:

- Liaison with key project stakeholders, including internal and external stakeholders;
- Bid project management - draft a proposal timeline, run status meetings with the proposal team, track progress against key milestones, and track and manage issues and action items;
- Work with the team to ensure that we have completed all relevant internal documentation including Inter-firm Agreements, teaming agreements, NDAs, independence, and conflicts check, subcontract agreements (if required) and internal governance packs;
- Monitoring and managing the government tender process and requirements, such ensuring compliance with evaluation criteria and ensuring technical accuracy of submissions;
- Deliver and support projects in accordance with the internal project management framework and policies;
- Assist in the collection and analysis of project data, including preparation of reports, presentations and other documents;
- Monitor budget expenditure and assist in financial reporting for individual projects;
- Monitor the achievement of KPI’s and other project targets;
- Coordinate and monitor project activity through detailed plans and schedules;
- Travel as required within the duties of this position;

**What we are looking for**:

- Demonstrated project management experience and skills, experience in Health/Pharmacy desirable;
- Demonstrated high level written communication skills with the ability to clearly define solutions for our clients;
- Experience in stakeholder engagement and relationship building;
- Strong analytical, research and problem solving skills with high level attention to detail and accuracy;
- Strong time management skills and ability to prioritise complex tasks;
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills;
- Understanding of government tender processes, preferably Australian Federal Government;
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with limited guidance and as part of a team using motivation and initiative.

**What we will provide**:

- The flexibility to work in ways that meet your work/life commitments and support your wellbeing;
- A safe and inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives and identities are celebrated;
- A supportive management team who will help you reach your career goals and providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference;
- A culture in which staff are encouraged to be ourselves and empowered to perform at our best, where successes are celebrated, and where we work together to create better experiences for our members and for each other;
- PSA is committed to taking a proactive approach in managing and providing a safe and healthy working environment for all persons, so far as reasonably practicable. It is therefore a requirement that all staff must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend PSA Offices._
- PSA reserves the right to pull the advertisement before the end date if the suitable applicant is found before the closing date._

**Role Type**:

- In-house - Permanent - Full-time - Mid-Senior Level

**Company Overview**:

- The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Limited (PSA) is the national peak body, we represent Australia’s 34,000 pharmacists working in all sectors and across all locations in Australia. The core business of PSA is practice improvement in pharmacy by providing continuing professional development and practice support, in order to improve the health of Australians. We value flexible work practices and offer our staff the flexibility to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing. We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we are all about creating better experiences - for our customers and for each other. As our business con