Bid Writer

Up to £45,000 dependent on experience

Remote - (1 or 2 days in office per month)

Monday - Friday role

Due to internal progression we have a new opportunity for an experienced Bid Writer to join our high performing Creative Labs team, reporting into the Bid Team Manager and working in conjunction with Sales or Retention Lead.

As Bid Writer you will support and produce creative, strategic, solution based bid proposals and be involved in the project management of the entire bid lifecycle. This will include researching, authoring, editing and challenging content, supporting the development of win strategies and persuasive delivery structures, whilst creating bid guidelines and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

The Bid Writer will be responsible for ensuring that bid responses are written in a style and format to ensure:

• Professionally written and structured responses to questions which maximise ease of reading and award of marks by the evaluator
• Quantifiable evidence is included within responses to support our proposed solution
• The bid is fully compliant with all stated requirements
• Work with, and challenge SMEs where required, to ensure that their responses are appropriate, compliant and correct.
• Provide style guides and writer instructions to all members of the bid team.
• Develop new content for the knowledge library.
• Mentor and support the wider team as required.
• Attend all bid progress meetings Liaise and direct third parties involved in writing sections of the bid response documents, where relevant

Our successful Bid Writer will be ambitious, people orientated, inquisitive, passionate, organised with the ability to build relationships quickly and effectively at all levels of the business.

Essential:

• Expert writing skills and attention to detail
• Proven track record in working on and winning complex, high value bids
• Proven track record of persuasive bid writing to create compelling sales documents
• Able to build relationships internally and externally, comfortable working at Director level with the necessary skills to guide a diverse team successfully through the bid process
• Appropriate experience in tender management methodology
• Ability to manage complex, multi-service scenarios and to think clearly under pressure

Desirable:

• Experience of working on high value bids £1m+
• Professional bid management training i.e. Shipley/Bid Perfect methodology
• High value public sector bid experience
• Soft FM, Hard FM, professional services or construction bid writing experience
• Advanced Word and Microsoft systems skills.