Job Title: Bid Writer
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £29,000 - £33,000 per annum
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Connect is an award-winning digital agency based in Liverpool with an exciting opportunity to recruit an experienced Bid Writer to join our team.
As a key member of Connect's bid team, you will be responsible for constructing persuasive, customer-focused technical bids about our services.
You will take responsibility for sourcing bids and co-ordinating the end-to-end process of submissions, ensuring the process is aligned with our commercial approach. You will be confident liaising with our development and infrastructure teams.You will be writing and submitting bids around a range of our services, including website development and hosting, intranets, apps and software development.
You will take ownership of the bids you source, write and present, steering them through the submission process, making a significant contribution to Connect's income generation.
You will often be working on more than one bid at a time, so meticulous planning and time management is essential. You will need to be passionate about successfully demonstrating the benefits of our solutions to new and existing clients.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the evaluation, creation and submission of bids and proposals, ensuring alignment with client requirements, company objectives and industry standards.
- Apply our bid strategy utilising win themes to achieve an excellent success rate for company bids.
- Source and evaluate relevant tender opportunities, contributing to decisions about appropriate opportunities.
- Collaborate with colleagues from across the business to gather input and insights for bid development to pitch the best solution for prospective clients.
- Conduct thorough reviews of your own bid documents and those created by colleagues to ensure accuracy and compliance with tender requirements and company standards.
- Manage bid schedules and deadlines effectively, prioritising tasks and resources to meet submission deadlines and maximise win rates.
- Proactively identify areas for process improvement and efficiency gains in bid management and document development processes, contributing to the ongoing refinement of bid strategies and best practices.
- Create and present winning pitches to new and existing clients focused on the key benefits of our solutions.
- Create compelling case studies highlighting our relevant experience and service options.
- Continue to develop and maintain our library of resources in order to deliver continuous improvement.
- Other duties, as required.
About you:
Essential Skills:
- Minimum of 2 years' experience writing and submitting successful bids for services
- Minimum of 2 years' experience writing bids covering an IT or technical subject area
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities; we will ask to see evidence of your writing skills.
- Outstanding time management and organisational skills, with experience of working calmly and efficiently in a deadline-driven environment.
- Demonstrable experience of writing successful bids for services and the public sector.
- Expert skills in the use of the Microsoft Office software suite.
- Experience of working within a customer-facing environment.
- Experience of creating and presenting focused pitches to potential clients.
- Ability to work independently with confidence, drawing on skills and information from resources and colleagues for supporting information.
- A clear interest in digital technology and an enthusiasm for developing your knowledge and awareness.
Desirable Skills:
- An understanding of public sector procurement processes; we are on a number of frameworks, including G-Cloud 13.
- Experience of producing budget-driven costings for bids.
- Experience of working within a web/digital services environment.
- Experience of writing bids in a web-oriented role.
About Connect:
We are one of the longest established digital agencies in the UK with a wealth of knowledge and expertise. We pride ourselves in being a friendly and welcoming workplace where our staff are our biggest asset.
Connect is situated in the heart of Liverpool city centre with everything that has to offer, including excellent public transport links. We provide a free life assurance scheme and free eye tests. We have a programme of social events that everyone is welcome to get involved with. On completion of a probationary period, there may be the option to work from home on fixed days.
Connect is an Equal Opportunity employer, we are Living Wage and Disability Confident accredited.
Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV and a Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience and relevant job titles of; Senior Bids Coordinator, Proposals Coordinator, Bid Manager, Business Development Manager, Tender Process Manager, Proposals Manager, New Business Development, Sales Manager, Senior Bid Manager, Tender Bid Manager, New Business Co-ordinator, Bid Writing Manager, Bid Writing Co-ordinator, RFT Manager, RFP Manger may also be considered for this role.