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Bid Writer

London / Hybrid

Bid Writer required to join an established bid team in London working on global construction and real estate bids. In this role you will be providing strategic advice, project management support and information resources to provide a consistent and professional bid delivery service. Working as part of the wider Sales & Marketing Team, this role reports to the Head of Bids. You’ll contribute to the work-winning lifecycle through the end-to-end bid process, primarily in the UK, and Europe as needed.

This exciting role is focused on producing and editing content on strategic bids. The purpose of this role is to create outstanding bid content designed to showcase the organisation’s broad and extensive expertise.

Bid Writer Key Responsibilities:

* Write and support colleagues to create, bespoke content for bids from storytelling through to final response that is engaging and active to the audience

* Develop and consistently update a library of best practice bid content to assist in the creation of rapid, high-quality bid responses

* Address and evaluate the needs of the client, understand and demonstrate the solutions to deliver to the client needs and articulate the company’s value

* Coordinate and review / edit bid input from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from sales, marketing, sectors, services, HR, finance, commercial and legal

* Ensure bespoke win-themes are clearly identified and included in the bid documentation and effectively articulate added value

* Contribute to, manage and meet all deadlines for writing content for SQ / RFI / RFP / bid completion

* Own the delivery of strategic bids

* Support the wider Bid team with writing and editing as required

* Assist in achieving targets through quality submissions that improve the conversion ratio from submission to success

* Challenged content on how it achieves client objectives

* Bring new ideas and innovations to the attention of the wider sales and marketing team to increase and maintain market position and win rates

* Work with the bid operations team to ensure content is reviewed at regular intervals

Bid Writer Person Specification:

The role is suited to a focussed and motivated individual with a proven track record of success in a bid’s environment. Expectations include teamwork, project management abilities, editorial strength, effective time and project management and ability to prioritise and balance short and long-term projects and activities.

* Have significant in-depth experience of bid management within a professional services environment (ideally Real Estate or Construction)

* Experience in persuasive writing

* Experience in writing / editing strategic bids

* An excellent eye for detail and exceptional proof-reading skills

* Public sector bidding experience an advantage

* In-depth knowledge and understanding of bid presentation skills and best practice

* Possess high levels of credibility with the ability to influence, challenge and coach senior stakeholders

* Have presentation skills and experience to educate the business on content requirements share and content creation skills

* Professional services or construction industry experience would be an advantage

* Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) is essential

For further information or to apply for this Bid Writer role, please contact Lisa Easthope at Bid Solutions