Bid Writer

**About the role**:
Due to new business growth, we are currently recruiting for a Bid Writer to assist in continuing to expand an already successful bid writing team.

This team are key in securing new, sustainable, and profitable work in the public sector and this role is to work within our Bid Team to write bid responses for exciting and complex projects.

Reporting to the Head of Tenders, you will have real and rare opportunity to join a highly ambitious, expanding private equity backed business with significant career value.

**Salary**: £25,000 - £30,000 with an earning potential of up to £45,000 per annum.

**Main Duties include**:

- Reviewing all documentation associated with a bid and writing tender summaries
- Working alongside the Bid Team to write good quality responses to bid questions and help secure future work for the business
- Working with stakeholders in the business to collate key information that you need to write a quality tender response
- Managing bid tender timelines/Diarising and managing key milestones
- Reviewing tender documents
- Uploading and despatching ITTs and bids to portals
- Carrying out the initial stages of the Tendering opportunity, including PQQs, SQs and Requests for Information providing quality documentation where appropriate, ensuring details are clear, concise, and compelling
- Keeping a broad commercial awareness and business intelligence, and alerting the sales team to any potential opportunities
- Creating solutions and working with the Bid Management Team to deliver competitive proposals and ensure compliance with the stated processes and methodologies.
- Undertaking additional projects and activities to support Bid Management and Business Development as required
- Excellent researching skills

**Key knowledge and skills required**:

- Previous bid writing and/or proposal writing experience
- Experience of public sector procurement processes
- Organised and able to manage multiple things at one time
- A close attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Resilient and target driven with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Proficiency in the MS Office suite
- Applicants must be flexible with working hours as this role may involve longer hours to meet tight deadlines from time to time

**Why DA Languages**

Friendly, professional office with excellent career progression opportunities in a fast growing business

DA Languages are committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

**Benefits/ perks**:

- Flexible working post-training (4 days a week in office, 1 day at home)
- 22 days annual leave plus bank holidays, this increases with your service
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
- Employee referral scheme and bonuses
- Free breakfast, fresh fruit and tea & coffee provided daily
- Part of Manchester Liftshare Community platform
- Exclusive access to Westfield Health - access to different healthcare benefits and services, giving you money back towards essential health costs such as optical and dental treatments. Also included - 24hr DoctorLine service, Gym Discounts, offers on a wide range of goods and services from hundreds of leading retailers, restaurants and destinations.
- Internal employee recognition schemes such as employee of the month and end of year awards
- Employee Assistance Program providing up to 4 sessions of structured counselling and access to a variety of wellbeing resources including webinars, Health Checks, and podcasts
- Social events and regular engagement activities, such as Christmas and Summer parties, in office events and competitions.

**About DA Languages**:
Our aim is simple: to reduce language barriers.

Founded over 20 years ago, DA Languages provides language services to both the public and private sector. With a dedicated team and an ever-expanding customer base, we are considered one of the most trusted and reliable language service providers in the UK.

A basic DBS check will be undertaken for all successful applicants.

DA Languages is committed to the elimination of discrimination, be it direct or indirect, and will actively work with our staff and clients to ensure the equality of treatment for all, irrespective of age, gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, sexuality, or religion.

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Store discount
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Application question(s):

- This role is hybrid with four days in the office per week and one day working from home after completion of training, please confirm your happy to proceed on this basis
- Please submit your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
- Do you have previous