Community Fibre Ltd.

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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, which we own and have built, is 100% full fibre. We install it directly into our business customer’s premises and into our consumer’s homes. We provide market leading broadband speeds, at the best prices with a real focus on customer experience - we are consistently the No1 Internet Service Provider on Trustpilot as rated by customers. And as a result we are growing fast.

We are passionate and love working with local communities … the clue is in our name.  We want to bridge the digital divide in society and make Gigafast internet accessible to all. We also love it when local residents become team members of Community Fibre - over 20% of our talent is from communities that we serve.

We are not the new kid on the block, we were established in 2013 and have been disrupting the Broadband industry in London since then. Some recent key achievements include:

• We raised £400m investment in 2020 from large institutions to secure our ambitious growth plans.
• We have acquired over 500,000 wayleaves across Local Authorities, Housing Associations and Private Landlords in London to support that growth.
• We have deployed our 100% full fibre network to over 200,000 premises to deliver the growth, which is rapidly moving towards 1 million in 2023.

We’re proud of our achievements so far, but we are not complacent and definitely not stopping here. To help us get to our future, we’re looking for forward thinkers, people with big ideas, people passionate about technology and most importantly hard working team players to join us and be a part of our growing business.

Job purpose:

Reporting to our Wayleave Director, 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. 

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 with the Commercial owner that win Community Fibre new business.
• Gathering insight on any failed bids to ensure continuous improvement is made.
  

The experience we’re looking for you to bring:

• At least three years’ experience of compiling and submitting successful proposals
• 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 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.