Bids & Proposal Apprenticeship Experience (Apprentice Diaries)

How's your relationship with your training provider?

My training provider is JGA Group and throughout my course, they have been supportive and helpful. My seminars are detailed and easy to follow.

Angela, my tutor, is extremely knowledgeable and willingly answers any queries or concerns I may have. The resources that JGA provide are in-depth and easy to understand making my learning more efficient.

My skills coach Bee is also very helpful, at the moment we are working through my projects and creating a plan on how to tackle the workload. This is very useful as, at first, my project seemed very overwhelming but once we broke it down, I now know how to manage and organise my time effectively.

How has it balanced with your day job?

Since I apply a lot of what I’m studying at JGA Group to my job, maintaining a balance is definitely not a difficult task! The bid lifecycle is something we can and do use daily to increase the likelihood of us winning work. For example negotiations, capture planning, bid writing etc. The APMP Bid lifecycle is a step-by-step guide to creating effective bids and this forms the basis of my course. Therefore, there is a lot of emphasis on using this within my job role.

Is it a different environment from learning and at work? Does that help in your overall development?

My workplace is considerably different to my studying environment. At Hargreaves, the Business Development team is busy and fast-paced as we all work towards the same goal e.g meeting deadlines. Whereas, when I focus on my study and project, I work independently and organise my time to suit my own schedule and deadlines.