Trainee Bid Writer

4 weeks ago

Kent, United Kingdom United Living Full time

**Trainee Bid Writer**:
Job description

**Specific Responsibilities**
- Responsible for the timely planning, management and completion of bids and tender submissions to a wide variety of utility and infrastructure clients.
- Read, understand and extract the key bid requirements from the documentation received and communicate with all parties via presentations, planning and review meetings
- Identify and communicate evaluation criteria and its relevance to question specific scores
- Plan, write & co-ordinate submission responses ensuring client and job/project specific answers with the support of other Bid Writers, Head of Strategic Bids and Partnering and New Business Director
- Development of both internal and external relationships in association with the bid process
- Maintain bid momentum and ensure information from operational and service teams is received on time and is of sufficient quality and relevance
- Identify any past experience with the relevant Client or source information on new clients through Business Development Managers, internet use, etc.
- Maintaining accurate records of key milestone dates to ensure the deadlines are achieved and resources are correctly allocated
- Develop an understanding of market intelligence, legislative requirements and best practice relevant to the infrastructure and utilities markets
- Identify opportunities to enhance and improve the bid process
- Identify company USP’s and competitive advantage and ensure these are fed into bids
- Liaison with Estimators on Tenders for any price/quality synergy and timing of submission
- Review all bids prior to submission to check relevance, quality and accuracy
- Support Site Visit or Interview requirements, identifying a ‘Champion’ to lead the process
- Compiling, updating and sharing a library of submission information
- Support follow-ups with Clients to secure accurate information
- Maintaining accurate records relating to win/loss rates, sourcing feedback and creating action plans for improvement and proactively update corporate systems and databases

**Criteria**

**Essential**
- Educated to A Level Standard
- Computer literate in MS Office
- Strong English language written communications
- Strong oral communications
- Ability to work under pressure
- Well organised with good time management skills
- High attention to detail
- Confident and enthusiastic
- Understand the power of relationships
- Be self-motivated with the ability to work remotely as well as part of a team

**Desirable**
- Graduate or Professional Qualification
- Knowledge of utilities and infrastructure market sectors

**Job details**:
Job reference
- RAF000973

Date posted
- 27/02/2023

Application closing date

Location
- Kent

Salary
- Competitive Salary

Package

Contractual hours
- 42.5

Basis
- Full Time

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