Bid Operations Assistant

Bid Operations Assistant, Government and Public ServicesBasic information

Location

Belfast

Business Line

Technology & Transformation

Job Type

Permanent / FTC

Date published

30-Oct-2026

Req #

25619

Job descriptionConnect to your Industry*

Deloitte LLP is a leading professional services firm with employing over 20,000 partners and staff across 23 locations in the UK. The firm has a large Government and Public Services (G&PS) practice with over 2,500 dedicated partners and staff working across all parts of the public sector including central government, health, education, defence, security and justice, local and regional government, and transport.

Deloitte's G&PS practice is one of the UK's largest and most experienced providers of professional services to public sector clients in the UK and we are a Strategic Supplier to government. Purpose and impact are pivotal to our work.

Due to the regulated nature of public sector procurement, the firm has established a specialist, Public Sector Bid Team (PSBT). Tasked with managing and supporting the firm's public sector bidding activity, the PSBT drives quality and operational improvements on public sector bids.

As a Bid Operations Assistant, you will undertake business critical activities to enable our G&PS practice to compete effectively in a competitive marketplace. If you have a passion for making things happen in an environment that matters, then this role could be for you.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

This entry-level role sits at the core of our business-critical support function for bidding and government reporting across the G&PS practice. To be effective in this role, you will be a highly organised and proactive individual, who works well under pressure, is able to manage large volumes of data and is confident managing stakeholder relationships at all levels.

SBT, you will report to the Bid Operations Team Lead and be responsible for:

• Managing the team's shared mailbox and responding to bid-related queries from the business.
• Daily sourcing, logging and circulation of tender invitations, clarifications and supporting information.
• Entering and validating data in our bid management tool to maintain an accurate master record of tenders and support the production of management information.
• Maintaining distribution lists for tender notices and our access to electronic procurement portals.
• Submitting proposals and supporting documents to clients on behalf of the business.
• Circulating award decisions and bid feedback.
• Using approved AI tools to support day-to-day activities and checking outputs for accuracy and suitability before use.
• Identifying repetitive or manual activities that could be simplified or automated using approved tools.
• Maintaining knowledge repositories, templates and operational guidance to support standard ways of working.
• Participating in and/or driving initiatives aimed at developing or improving bid operations.

Connect to your skills and professional experienceEssential*

• The ability to work in a busy, fast-paced and high-volume team environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with a strong focus on quality and accuracy.
• Excellent client-service skills, including the ability to communicate clearly with people at all levels, verbally and in writing.
• A can-do attitude, using initiative to investigate queries and propose suitable solutions.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to contribute as a strong team player.
• Effective organisational skills, including the ability to prioritise workload, manage several processes and meet deadlines in a high-pressured environment.
• Willingness and ability to complete routine/repetitive tasks and follow standard procedures
• Confidence using Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Exce,l PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint.
• Curiosity about AI, automation and digital ways of working, alongside a willingness to build practical capability.
• Sound judgement when reviewing AI-generated content and handling confidential or commercially sensitive information.
• UK security clearance (SC or above). If not held, a willingness to obtain this if required.

Desirable

• Previous experience undertaking high volume clerical, administrative, operational or data-inputting tasks.
• Knowledge of public sector procurement and the process of bidding for public sector opportunities.
• An interest in the UK public sector.
• Experience or understanding of working in a professional services organisation.
• Practical experience of Microsoft Copilot or other generative AI tools in a professional or learning environment.
• Exposure to SharePoint, Power Automate, Power BI, Microsoft Forms or workflow automation.
• Experience contributing to process improvement, user testing, data quality or change adoption.

Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation

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