Community Fibre Ltd.

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by our job advert. We’re Community Fibre and our mission is to bring better internet to everyone. You won’t find any old and slow copper technology here, our network is full fibre and that’s directly to our customers so whether you’re a gamer, you have lots of data hungry family members or you love to chill out and download a movie we will have a package for you.

The clue is in our name and we love working with local communities in London. We want to bridge the digital divide in society and make internet accessible to all. We also love when we can welcome residents from the local community becoming team members of CFL, over 20% of our talent is from local communities that we serve.

We are not the new kid on the block, we were established in 2013 and some of our key achievements since then include:

• Raised £400m investment from large institutions.
• Acquired over 360,000 wayleaves across Local Authorities, Housing Associations and Private Landlords.
• Deployed our full fibre infrastructure to over 100,000 premises.

So far we’re proud of our achievements and we are doing a great job disrupting the broadband industry but we are definitely not stopping here. To help us we’re looking for forward thinkers, people with big ideas, people passionate about technology and most importantly hard workers to join us and help support our growing business.

Job purpose:

Reporting to our Chief Commercial Officer the Bid Manager will be responsible for seeking out opportunities for Community Fibre to submit proposals relevant to its networking services. They will maintain our entries on relevant procurement frameworks and work across our organisation to compile compelling proposals to ensure that the company competes successfully for relevant bid opportunities.

Bid opportunities are likely to arise from a wide range of potential clients including landlords, other network operators who want to wholesale our full fibre network, and collaborations with other technology providers. Over time it is expected the Bid Manager will build a small team to successfully manage the volume of bids that the company will become involved with.

What you’ll be doing:

• Monitoring for RFI/RFPs that are suitable for Community Fibre.
• Managing the bid process and collating information from across the organisation for each bid.
• Writing, submitting and presenting compelling bids that win Community Fibre new business.
• Gathering insight on any failed bids to ensure continuous improvement is made.
• Build a high-performance team as the volume of proposals grows.

The experience we’re looking for you to bring:

• At least three years’ experience of compiling and submitting successful proposals in similar organisations.
• Excellent proposal writing skills with a track record of submitting winning bids.
• The ability to present our proposals in a clear and compelling manner.
• Proficient user of office software packages.
• Good negotiation skills.
• Good understanding of the potential of FTTH technology.
• Understanding of the key public sector technology procurement frameworks.
• Ideally one, or a combination of; Property and Telecommunications sector experience or similar. 

Why join us:

• You get to work with some of the best technology in the market
• Be part of an exciting scale up business where you can bring your ideas, bring your knowledge, we value your contribution
• We all love time off whether that’s going on an exotic holiday or a staycation, you’ll get 25 days holiday (pro rata) to enjoy, increasing by 1 day for each year of service up to 28 days
• Birthday leave, our treat to you
• Keen cyclist, join our cycle to work scheme
• Flexible WFH policy
• Enjoy the perks of Vitality health
• You get to work with an amazing bunch of people

What happens next:

You’ve done your bit so sit back and relax, we will review your application and come back to you.

If we think you’re not quite right for the role you have applied for but may be a better fit for another, we’ll definitely let you know.

Want to know more about a career at CFL, check out our careers page: https://communityfibre.co.uk/jobs

We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation.

We are an equal opportunities employer that values diversity in our team, we welcome applications from all backgrounds.