Bid Writer

An exciting opportunity for a Bid Writer has arisen.

The purpose of this role: To research, collate, write and deliver Bids, Tenders and Proposals.

My client is one of the UK's largest training providers offering government funded Apprenticeships to 16-24 years, providing work-based learning to the Catering, Hospitality, Engineering, Retail, Leisure and Care Industries.

The Bid Writer will join a section of the business experiencing considerable growth.

Reporting to the Head of Bids and interaction with the Business Development Team, National Accounts team, Marketing, and Operational teams & with existing & potential national and key regional customers.

*Co-ordinate and write bid and proposal documents following the internal Business Winning Process from start to finish.
*Working with subject matter experts to understand and answer tender document requirements.
*Generate compliant, clear, compelling, customer focused text as part of the tender submission.
*Work with the Business Development Team to develop bid strategies.
*Bespoke existing documents and presentations for new clients.
*Strive for continuous improvement.
*Work with the accounts team to manage account opportunities, organise and take part in pre-bid technical direction, respond to tender documents, produce bidding documents and identify the key issues.
*Understand project timelines and develop project plans to meet relevant milestones.
*Understand customer requirements, especially solution requirement in order to develop value propositions and differentiators.
*Review and monitor progress and resolve issues and problems.
*Identify skills and capabilities needed for a bid and contract fulfilment.
*Manage and maintain a bid library of generic information, processes and case studies for use in bids.
*Produce proposals that are acceptable from Commercial, Technical, and Procurement, Human Resources, Risk and Planning perspectives.

Key Performance Indicators

*Achievement of quality and successful bids in line with strategic company objectives.
*Production of Bid / No Bid Data for monthly reports.
*Timely management of the Business Winning bid process.
*Relationship management to required internal and external standards

*Graduate calibre and/or equivalent

*You will have been successful in writing complex and/or large scale bid submissions and tenders, with good knowlege

We are committed to promoting equal opportunity to people of all ages in the workplace and operates as both an employment agency and employment business.