Bid Writer

Sureserve Fire & Electrical, part of the Sureserve Group, is a specialist in the design, installation, and maintenance of fire safety and electrical systems, providing fire and electrical compliance and testing services. This covers a comprehensive range of physical infrastructure and safety considerations required for a building to meet regulatory requirements. As a leading fire and electrical compliance service provider to the public sector, our success relies upon a market-leading, engaged, and highly skilled team, for which we are always seeking skilled and self-motivated individuals to join.

**Purpose of the Role/Role Overview**:
**_Are you a bid writing professional that’s passionate about results & success, with a desire to create lasting value in an organization and have exceptional career development opportunities? _**

Sureserve Fire & Electrical are seeking a dynamic Bid professional to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will be key to the Growth strategy of our organization and driving its sustainable growth trajectory.

**General Duties/Key Responsibilities**:

- Responding to SQ, RFP and ITTs.
- Tracking clarifications and liaising with the relevant persons.
- Working with the Leadership Team to create innovative solutions to develop a clear win strategy, ensuring win themes are clear, compelling, and aligned to client requirements.
- Draft content and reusable documentation for PQQ / RFI / RFP / ITT / Frameworks and improving, the existing knowledge base, driving improved productivity.
- Ensure timescales are achieved at each step of the bid process, including all internal governance, while taking the initiative in setting realistic deadlines.
- Ensure on-time submission of compliant and commercially sound bids.
- Co-ordinate and plan client presentations required as part of the bid submission.
- Develop Business winning standard process, resolute tracking of all activities and production of value adding KPI metrics
- Maintain an accurate, documented Sales Database
- Drive continuous improvement through post-bid reviews.

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Demonstrable success and ability in bid writing and winning high-value tenders within the public sector and social housing market, ideally within the Fire & Electrical Safety compliance marketplace.
- Able to work quickly and accurately, under own initiative and to tight timescales.
- Excellent analytical, written and problem-solving skills.
- Ideally a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
- Demonstrable successful experience in a matrix design organisation.
- Demonstrable career evidence of a key finance role in an organisation achieving significant Growth in Revenue & EBITDA
- Ability to develop and implement processes.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, DP and InDesign.
- Ideally but not essential, knowledge of fire safety works, such as active, passive works etc.
- Ideally but not essential, social housing sector experience.

**Additional Perks**:

- Highly competitive salary
- 25 days leave (excluding bank holidays)
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Annual bonus
- Company pension
- Development opportunities/succession planning
- Employee Assistance Program
- Bike 2 Work & Employee savings schemes
- Flexible working options
- Funded Professional Subscription