Bid Writer

Salary: £41,223.00

Our client is a highly respected property maintenance and installation leader delivering crucial infrastructure and support services across public and private sector markets. They are committed to excellence, innovation, and long-term sustainable growth.

Joining our client’s business development team offers an exciting opportunity to shape major submissions, drive growth, and collaborate with multidisciplinary operational leaders across the organisation.

As a Bid Writer
, you will drive new and repeat business growth by crafting high-quality, compliant, and compelling tenders and proposals. Working across both public and private sector opportunities, you will collaborate with subject matter experts, define clear win themes, and develop persuasive, evidence-led responses.

• Bid Strategy &
  
  Qualification:
  
  Lead the qualification process for new opportunities to evaluate feasibility and strategic fit. Define win themes, key differentiators, and bid action plans with clear milestone deadlines.
• Proposal & Content Development: Write original, persuasive tender responses tailored to specific client needs. Re-work, refine, and update pre-written bid assets to maximise scoring potential.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal operational, technical, commercial, and executive teams to gather precise submission details. Provide regular progress updates to leadership.
• Governance, Quality & Compliance: Conduct rigorous reviews before submission to verify accuracy, completeness, and alignment with client criteria. Maintain structured records of bid outcomes and action plans.
• Bid Knowledge Management: Continually build and maintain a central bid knowledge library containing up-to-date responses, case studies, and evidence packs. Lead post-bid lessons-learned reviews to continuously elevate win rates.
• Market Insights & Thought Leadership: Conduct market research and competitor analysis to sharpen bid positioning. Assist with content creation for internal and external communications, including blogs and business development marketing materials.
• Portal Management Oversight: Support the Bid Coordinator in overseeing administrative activities and managing e-sourcing portals to ensure timely, error-free submissions.

• Education: Minimum 2:1 degree in a relevant discipline.
• Bid Writing Track Record: Proven experience leading or supporting tender submissions, engaging subject matter experts, and managing tight submission deadlines.
• High-Pressure Capabilities: Experience thriving within fast-paced, high-volume environments while influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Software Proficiency: Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Health & Safety: General awareness of workplace H&S responsibilities and safe practices.

• APMP Certification (Foundation, Practitioner, or Professional level).
• Experience with in social housing or public sector procurement environments.
• Hands-on experience with major e-sourcing/tender portal management.
• Formal H&S training (e.g., IOSH Working Safely).

• Exceptional Communication: Outstanding written English skills with a rich vocabulary and meticulous attention to detail.
• Strategic & Analytical Mindset: Methodical problem solver with strong research capability and commercial awareness.
• Collaborative & Adaptable: Proven ability to build rapport, gather technical inputs smoothly, and maintain composure under tight deadlines.
• Self-Motivated Leader: High degree of personal accountability, drive, and ambition to grow professionally within the business.