Bid Writer

**Main responsibilities**:

- Working with senior staff/management to identify priority areas for growth, programme innovations and development, and developing fundraising strategy and opportunities in response.
- Identify relevant funders, funding opportunities and business partners to support the growth and evolution of activities in public health, community programming and young people’s services.
- Developing relationships with a range of funders and partners, including corporate contacts, to generate new business leads.
- Working with the Communications team to develop and implement a business-focused strategy to support development and fundraising.
- Target communications to help raise our profile, generate business and funder interest, and to develop a wider network of prospective business contacts.
- Managing relationships with funding partners, delivery partners, stakeholders, and external consultants to ensure business interests and objectives are achieved and reputation for approachability remains.
- Producing high quality, competitive funding proposals and tender submissions
- Leading the bid production process and writing bids to support high-quality on time bid submissions.
- Working with operational managers and external partners/stakeholders to implement contracts and new project agreements.
- Be a key point of contact within the Business Development team for internal and external stakeholders; ensuring managers are fully briefed on contractual commitments, KPIs, resourcing requirements, organisational roles, and responsibilities.

**Requirements**:

- At least three years proven track record of effective bid writing and administration.
- Demonstrable experience in managing relationships with external partners/stakeholders to deliver effective bid/funding proposals and develop new programming.
- Highly articulate with excellent writing & communication skills
- Demonstrable knowledge of commercial, finance and market related requirements for tenders