Bid Writer

Bid Writer

UK Wide - Remote working but some client travel

£75,000 - £80,000 + bonus + perm benefits

A leading consultancy are seeking a skilled Bid Writer to join their Competitive Bid Management function within the Client Account Management team. This role plays a key part in supporting our ambitious growth plans within the UK Public Sector, ensuring the development of high-quality, competitive bids.

Your role

Play an integral role in producing bid responses by:

1. Understanding key Buyer requirements and identifying hot buttons and pain points to be addressed.
2. Building relationships and working closely with Subject Matter Experts to convert raw material into highly compelling bid responses and sales proposals.
3. Reviewing, editing and re-engineering content authored by others to build compelling responses with the aim of scoring maximum points.
4. Applying high-quality standards of grammar, layout and readability, adhering to any prescribed compliance instructions set by the Buyer.
5. Developing win-themes and identifying where these should be applied across responses.

1. Consistent and demonstrable experience of large and/or complex deals in which the quality of written submissions is a key factor in winning the deal.
2. Demonstrable experience in winning public sector bids including common government frameworks.
3. Broad experience of technical writing, for example on topics such as Infrastructure, Applications and Digital Transformation, blending traditional offerings experience with innovative technologies and approaches.
4. Strong copywriting skills applied to technical subject matter and clearly articulating win themes and business value.
5. Able to develop junior and inexperienced team members on best practice writing skills.
6. APMP certification would be an advantage but not essential.