Submissions Manager

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do.

We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.

That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

Are you up for the challenge?

We are looking for an experienced Submissions Manager to join our submissions group in Brisbane.

This position will see you managing submissions from end-to-end, including pre-release, development, submission, and post submission phases, ensuring all client requirements have been addressed and compliant bids submitted on time.

You will manage submissions teams on bids to provide tailored and compliant responses, whilst working with the bid team to identify and develop win strategies, ensuring integration throughout the response documents.

About the Role

• Lead and facilitate Project Development/Bid Managers through the bid strategy process to develop win themes and key messages.


• In conjunction with Bid Writer, oversee the strategic content development of bids and proposals during the bid planning, bid delivery and post submission phases.


• Manage bid specific SharePoint sites, including protecting security and managing access requests.


• Tailor bid development processes, e.g. Writing & Graphics Style Guides and Lead Author Response Outlines in conjunction with Bid Writer.


• Work with the Graphic Designer to develop graphics and bid branding that illustrate win strategies.


• Review and interrogate bid content to ensure high-quality and compliant submissions.


• Coach and influence bid teams to implement the submission process and enforce the use of Submissions tools and templates.


• Drive and manage the review process including identifying relevant reviewers, facilitate review workshops and sign-off process.


• Create positive stakeholder relationships to enhance the development of bids and proposals where stakeholders value the benefits the Submissions Team provide in best-practice bids.


• Develop and mentor team to continually improve submission best-practice.


• Develop, write and edit bids and proposals aligned to win strategies and John Holland business strategy, branding and market position.


• Collaboratively work with SMEs to develop compliant responses.


• Continually strive to drive efficiencies and improve submission best-practice.


• Drive and educate bid teams to effectively utilise Submissions standard processes.


• Perform key accountabilities of Submission Coordinator and Writer as required. 

About You

As a seasoned Submissions Manager, you will have extensive experience in a submission related role.  A degree in Business, Commerce, Marketing, Communications, law, or equivalent is desirable together with substantial experience successfully leading and managing people.

You have an excellent command of the English language and have high-quality writing, editing, and proofreading skills.  You can demonstrate advanced proficiency in MS Office with Adobe Creative suite exposure being advantageous.

Your proven experience successfully working to deadlines while effectively managing stakeholders will set you up for success in the role.

As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to transform lives.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as different perspectives and ideas will deliver our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What’s in it for you

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.

Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.

Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

Flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.