Bid Writer

We are currently partnering with a well respected and growing main contractor who deliver new build and refurbishment projects upto GBP100m

This role is essential for the production of bids and supporting individual bid teams to maintain compliance and accuracy in tender submissions.

Key Accountabilities:

• Operate as an essential team member, working collaboratively and flexibly with Proposals Manager, Bid Coordinator and Bid Manager to create work-winning submissions;
• Contribute to content creation in support of Win Plans and Answer Plans taking account of word limits / other limitations as identified in instructions to tender
• Research, author and format responses with inputs from the boiler-plate library and engagements with bid team members
• Ensure on-time review (including technical, peer and specialist) and sign-off is achieved on all quality-related content to accord with bid-specific authorisation levels and programme;
• Publish client deliverables in a compliant format to achieve tender deadlines;
• Maintain and evolve an up-to-date bid library comprising boiler plate and subject-led responses;
• As required, perform as front-line on client comms on opportunity and tender management, supporting pre- construction and BD teams to monitor online portals;
• As required, manage SQ and ITT files as complete and accurate at all times, ensuring that bid teams have access to the most up-to-date information;
• As required, download and upload SQ and ITT information through the clients prescribed route. Track and manage correspondence;
• As required, perform as the primary link between bid team and the client for document management, Tender Queries and cascade of amendments;
• As required, identify tender deliverables and support Proposals Manager and/or Bid Manager to coordinate programme for internal and external resources to achieve prescribed deadlines;
• Proactively contribute in start-up, mid tender and red review meetings;
• Produce a range of bid-winning and client-facing collateral including case studies, presentations and proposal documents;
• Contribute to the operation and future development of the Company by communicating your suggestions and providing relevant information to the Proposals Manager;
• Provide reports to the Proposals Manager as and when requested;
• To report on a regular basis or as necessary to the Proposals Manager highlighting business opportunities, areas of concern or uncertainty;
• Maintain and build good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including suppliers, clients, prospective clients, sub-contractors and employees.

About You

Ideally, you will have experience with a range of procurement types including frameworks, single and two-stage tenders. Additionally, you will have experience operating across multiple simultaneous bids.

Benefits

Competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you inside and outside of work.

• Pay you a competitive salary we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity;
• Share our future financial success with our bonus share scheme;
• Invest in your future with our pension plan
• Protect your loved ones by giving a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;
• Support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our AVIVA Digital GP app;
• Will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;
• Give you 24 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave;
• Support a complete business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement;
• Give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent; however, you become a parent;
• Support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;
• Offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;
• Support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.

Please get in touch if you are a Bid Writer with Framework experience who is actively seeking a new role.

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