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Bid Writer

Romford
7 months ago
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Bid Writer
Based in Romford
Permanent role
£30-45K dependent on experience

Skills and knowledge

Experience as Bid Assistant role.
Knowledge of a construction bid/procurement or business development environment preferable.
Experience of working previously within similar sectors/organisations.
The ability to work both as a team member and on own initiative when required.
Experience of using Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Understanding of Adobe applications, including InDesign, Adobe Pro.Main duties

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 ((url removed)).
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.
Attend business events including client as well as soft marketing engagements for upcoming bids, if required.Benefits:

20 Days holiday + holidays
Additional holiday after 5 years of services
Site parking
Office based
08:00am till 17:00pm

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