Bid Writer

Sureserve Fire & Electrical, part of the Sureserve Group, is a specialist in the design, installation, and maintenance of fire safety and electrical systems, providing fire and electrical compliance and testing services. This covers a comprehensive range of physical infrastructure and safety considerations required for a building to meet regulatory requirements. As a leading fire and electrical compliance service provider to the public sector, our success relies upon a market-leading, engaged, and highly skilled team, for which we are always seeking skilled and self-motivated individuals to join.

Purpose of the Role/Role Overview:

Are you a bid writing professional that’s passionate about results & success, with a desire to create lasting value in an organization and have exceptional career development opportunities?

Sureserve Fire & Electrical are seeking a dynamic Bid professional to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will be key to the Growth strategy of our organization and driving its sustainable growth trajectory.

General Duties/Key Responsibilities:

• Responding to SQ, RFP and ITTs.
• Tracking clarifications and liaising with the relevant persons.
• Working with the Leadership Team to create innovative solutions to develop a clear win strategy, ensuring win themes are clear, compelling, and aligned to client requirements.
• Draft content and reusable documentation for PQQ / RFI / RFP / ITT / Frameworks and improving, the existing knowledge base, driving improved productivity.
• Liaising with subject matter experts within SFE to develop case studies. Manage and facilitate storyboard sessions to develop our solutions and approach to qualitative questions, leading to best in class responses.
• Ensure timescales are achieved at each step of the bid process, including all internal governance, while taking the initiative in setting realistic deadlines.
• Ensure on-time submission of compliant and commercially sound bids.
• Co-ordinate and plan client presentations required as part of the bid submission.
• Develop Business winning standard process, resolute tracking of all activities and production of value adding KPI metrics
• Maintain an accurate, documented Sales Database
• Drive continuous improvement through post-bid reviews.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Demonstrable success and ability in bid writing and winning high-value tenders within the public sector and social housing market, ideally within the Fire & Electrical Safety compliance marketplace.
• Able to work quickly and accurately, under own initiative and to tight timescales.
• Excellent analytical, written and problem-solving skills.
• Ideally a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
• Demonstrable successful experience in a matrix design organisation.
• Demonstrable career evidence of a key finance role in an organisation achieving significant Growth in Revenue & EBITDA
• Ability to develop and implement processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, DP and InDesign.
• Ideally but not essential, knowledge of fire safety works, such as active, passive works etc.
• Ideally but not essential, social housing sector experience.

Additional Perks:

• Highly competitive salary
• 25 days leave (excluding bank holidays)
• An extra day off for your birthday
• Annual bonus
• Company pension
• Development opportunities/succession planning
• Employee Assistance Program
• Bike 2 Work & Employee savings schemes
• Flexible working options
• Funded Professional Subscription