Bid Writer

**About Us**

**The Role**

We have a great opportunity for a talented and motivated** Bid Writer** to join our successful, growing, work winning team. It is a full-time position, based in Preston with flexible working options and an attractive salary and benefits package. You will be offered the ability to author bid content that articulates developed win themes, to support the submission of the highest quality bids to clients, within the public and private civil engineering sectors. You will support content creation, with market research and by liaising with other team members and technical specialists, to produce written content for bids, presentations and marketing material. This is a time-critical role that requires adherence to strict deadlines. Content will be business focussed and will be closely related to the social value aims of our Charitable Trust owned Group.

**The main duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to**:

- Confirm the requirements of individual bids and work to the deadline
- Participate in bid kick off meetings and key reviews, inputting into the proposal structure and deliverables programme
- Contribute relevant ideas for identifying win themes and developing bid submissions to the company's advantage in order to present the company's strengths
- Author, edit and proof-read bid submission documents for PQQs, tender bids and frameworks bids
- Take ownership of key topics, such as Social Value, Sustainability, Business Continuity and Business Processes
- Adopt and develop technical and construction methodology responses to ensure common win themes are consistent through the bid
- Present both technical and non-technical information, in a reader friendly way, highlighting the features and benefits
- Provide style guides and writer instructions to all members of the bid team
- Provide best practice advice and lessons learnt from past proposals, including client feedback
- Creating a strong and effective contact network within the business
- Drive the continuous improvement of the Bid Library, including creation of boilerplate responses, CV’s and case studies
- Contribute to presentations and other materials for tender interviews etc
- Pursue personal development of skills and knowledge necessary for the effective performance of the role

**About You**

**lease note**: We are not looking for someone who solely coordinates and pulls together written content from others. Whilst you would be required to do this, the focus for the role will be original creation and ownership of responses.

**In return we offer**
- ** Competitive Salary**:

- ** Enhanced annual leave** starting at 26 Days + bank holidays rising with service
- ** Company car / car allowance scheme** - we are working towards 100% hybrid / electric vehicles.
- ** Enhanced annual leave** starting at 26 Days + bank holidays rising with service
- ** Learning and development** - we offer a range of learning opportunities to develop talent at all levels within our business focussing on technical competence, upskilling, compliance and governance and career development.
- ** Pension** — 6.5% employer contribution of your salary into your pension to help you save for the future
- ** BUPA - **optional scheme and can include your family to the scheme (50% contribution)
- ** Company sick pay scheme**:

- Up to 20 days full pay in a rolling 12 month period
- ** Group Income Protection** - 50% of your salary covered for 3 years for long term illness
- ** Enhanced Paid Family Leave** - maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, compassion, bereavement, crisis, emergency dependants, and much more
- ** Hybrid working**:

- manage your own diary, working in the office, at home or out with clients
- ** Company Doctor **- for when you can’t get to see your own or if you have any health concerns
- ** Virtual GP** - 24/7 access for when you need to speak to a GP
- ** EAP** - Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured, supporting you and your family with advice, guidance and counselling on a variety of areas such as health, fitness, home life, finances and much more.
- ** Mental Health support **- through the **Thrive app**, approved by the NHS, provides tools, to tackle, prevent and manage common stressors such as sleep, bereavement, work issues etc. Also provides relaxation, breathing and meditation techniques and measures impact.
- ** Savings scheme - **Put aside an affordable amount for a rainy day in the future
- ** Recognition awards** - awards for long service and special birthdays
- A comprehensive **health and wellbeing strategy** focussed on physical, emotional, financial and career wellbeing
- A wide range of enhanced benefits to support your **well-being and work-life balance**

**OUR CORE VALUES: RESPECT | TRUST & INTEGRITY | QUALITY | TALENT | RELIABILITY**

**Our ethos**

Working at the Eric Wright Group of companies is truly special. Owned by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, we are a commercial