Bid Writer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Bid team as a Bid Writer, based at our Leeds Head Office, reporting to the Group Bid Manager.

We welcome applications from Bid Writers at all stages of their careers, whether you’re just starting out in the role or are a seasoned professional.

£28,000 to £40,000 (dependent on experience)

To produce professionally written proposals and pitch content that superbly articulates the company value proposition and win themes. The Bid Writer plays a leading role in ensuring the effective co‑ordination and timely completion of tenders. They are also responsible for the continuous development of high‑quality information and case studies for use on future tenders.

Proven skills in writing and editing proposal content within a complex business environment. The Bid Writer will be responsible for developing storyboarding sessions, participating in key review meetings / final document review, content sign-off, and document production. Excellent written English language skills are essential for this role.

• Develop responses for quality questions, using existing knowledge, previous responses and internal (subject matter expert) / external sources (requiring co‑ordination with them to obtain the information, in person, by phone or electronically), to enable high‑quality responses to be produced
• Re‑write / edit proposal responses from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from Regional Directors, Business Development Managers, marketing, site/delivery teams, finance, HR commercial, legal and Compliance
• Ensure win themes are articulated in such a way to meet / exceed the client’s requirements
• Deliver completed written proposal responses to the Group Bid Manager against agreed RFP deadlines, escalating issues as required
• Contribute to storyboard sessions with bid / proposal team members
• Maintaining internal content (such as ensuring our bid library, bid tracker and author content is kept up to date)
• Communicating requirements, deadlines and expectations to key stakeholders and the bid/proposal team
• Checking drafts for clarity, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure and formatting, and confirming that the response answers the question asked
• Producing high‑quality documents and ensuring completed bids/proposals meet the bid specification
• Supporting bid submissions with visuals aids (such as charts, graphs and organograms), where appropriate
• Conducting bid analysis following completion of submissions.
• Proactively develop and manage a network of subject matter experts.
• Identify and re‑work existing pre‑written content where relevant.
• Present and tag all new proposal content for potential re‑use.
• Communicate and influence at a senior level.
• Excellent time management / prioritisation skills.
• Forensic attention to detail and meticulous proof‑reading skills.
• Supporting the Bid and Marketing Co‑ordinator with information for social media posts.

Production of error‑free, grammatically correct on‑time proposal content, high scoring proposals answers against client RFP criteria. Continued development of case studies and company content, support and mentoring of colleagues in the Bid Team.

• Strong academic background (degree level) is desirable.
• Previous industry / sector experience – e.g. demolition, asbestos, passive fire protection, remediation or construction
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• A confident individual who is comfortable liaising with all levels of the business to obtain material to support a written response (for instance, obtaining facts, figures, and methodologies).
• An ambitious personality who is always looking to develop, improve and who…