About the company.
Our client is a leading multi-disciplined specialist contractor within Groundworks and Civils that are not only well-established but growing quickly and sustainably.
About the role.
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.
Role responsibilities
- To support all divisions winning new work through the pre-qualification and tender process, writing responses to support their tender and commercial proposals.
- Key support for the Group Bid Manager and Bid Administrator
- Maintaining internal content
- Communicating with colleagues throughout the business to gain information
- 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
- Excellent time management/prioritisation skills.
- Forensic attention to detail and meticulous proofreading skills.
- Assisting colleagues with inquiries or content
About you
- Strong academic background (degree level) in English Language or equivalent is desirable.
- Proven skills in sourcing, writing, and editing proposal content within a complex business environment.
- 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, and improve and who takes pride in their work.
- Excellent timekeeping/ability to meet deadlines, and to work under pressure.
- Excellent team player, who can also work well independently.
- Advanced MS Word skills & proficient in MS Office.
- Experience of co-ordinating/managing and updating a knowledgebase system is desirable.
- Experience within Groundworks/Civils as well as experience of public sector tendering within the UK for any service/sector.
Measure of Success
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.
Point of Appeal
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Annual pay review
- Company pension scheme
- Free on-site parking
- Potential to earn an annual EOT (Employee-Owned Trust) bonus, based on profitability of the business
- Access to an employee assistance programme to support your health and wellbeing
- Excellent career progression and training opportunities
- Access to mental health first aiders
- Opportunities to partake in volunteer work and charity events
- Eyecare vouchers