Bid Writer

Job title: Bid Writer

Location: Hertfordshire

Salary: Circa £50k - £60k plus car allowance

The company:

• Our client are a well-established Construction and Building Solutions Contractor offering services including planned and cyclical maintenance, regeneration, refurbishments and fire safety compliance as well as full design and build services.
  
  
• The culture being described as energetic and innovative, with nice, modern offices and on-site parking facilities.
  
  The opportunity:
  
  
• Due to organic growth, they are now looking to expand their Bid team and are on the look-out for a Bid Writer to join the team!
  
  
• Reporting to the New Business Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for producing clear and high-quality responses to client ITT- and PQQ-stage requests, supporting the marketing function of the business as well as supporting the daily portal and client notifications
  
  Responsibilities:
  
  
• Develop high-quality, project specific written content for client ITT and PQQ / EOI requests using persuasive writing techniques.
  
  
• Customise and re-work existing pre-written content to meet specific bid requirements.
  
  
• Ensure compliance with required proposal deliverables, scoring metrics and solution/win themes whilst achieving internal and client deadlines.
  
  
• Support with internal bid submission processes including booking and taking part in bid launch and mid-bid meetings as well as site visits.
  
  
• Organise and take part in writing sessions with bid and operational team members, key stakeholders and subject matter experts.
  
  
• Support with producing accurate, relevant case studies and undertake visits to live sites (where required) to gather appropriate information.
  
  
• Be responsible for extracting tender documents and updating the bid library accordingly and regularly.
  
  
• Receive, process, record and track all incoming tenders and alerts.
  
  
• Support with the communication and logging of the clarifications process.
  
  
• Take ownership of internal tender/outcome tracking systems, including the CRM system.
  
  
• Maintain all tendering/response/compliance portals with up-to-date company information/documents.
  
  
• Support with gathering and maintaining information relevant to company accreditations and update the portals in advance of expiry dates.
  
  
• Support the marketing function of the businesses.
  
  Requirements:
  
  
• 3-5 years' experience in a Bid Writer or similar role.
  
  
• Knowledge of a construction bid/procurement or business development environment preferable.
  
  
• Experience within the Housing sector preferable.
  
  
• The ability to work both as a team member and on own initiative when required.
  
  
• Experience of using Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  
  
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
  
  
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills.
  
  
• Excellent verbal and written English with an excellent eye for detail.
  
  What’s in it for you:
  
  
• Competitive salary plus £5k car allowance.
  
  
• A supportive environment to grow your career
  
  
• Exposure to exciting, high-profile projects.
  
  
• The opportunity to work with an experienced and dynamic bidding and marketing team