Bid Writer

Our Business Winning capability helps improve our customers’ ability to bid on the right work - and win.
We help transform customers Business Winning capability using our capture centric operating model which is a benchmark that Frazer-Nash has developed to make an assessment of a organisations’ Business Winning capability.
We help our customers identify a winning strategy through partnering and delivering strategic advice from opportunity conception. Our team in Strategic Consultancy, Bid Management, Bid Writing, Social Value, Intelligence and Visual Communications come together to provide comprehensive support to increase the PWIN of our customers’ opportunities.
You will be part of a multi-skilled Business Winning team with ambition. Over 20 years, we have embedded our Business Winning specialists alongside our customers to understand the challenges they have in winning new business. Since 2021, the team has organically grown to meet our growing client demand and deliver new service offerings aligned to customer need.

**Responsibilities**:

- Leading the development of storyboards.
- Response plans that support the development of a compliant and compelling proposal.
- Ensuring all bids are accurately completed and represent the client company’s experience, capability and value proposition.
- Transforming complex technical content sourced from technical experts into clear and concise prose, incorporating sales messaging and ‘win themes’ as appropriate.
- Supporting the client’s Proposal Manager and/or Capture Team Leader in the development of sales messaging and ‘win themes’ that reflect their value proposition.
- Developing a good understanding of awarding authorities’ vision, strategy and plans in order to maximise new business generation opportunities.
- Supporting the client in the execution of key proposal governance reviews.
- Supporting the proposal management and coordination activities as required.
- Ensuring all submissions are uploaded (if applicable), printed, packaged and delivered in the format and media type required and within the deadlines established.
- Configuring and managing the collaborative working environment.
- Playing a leading role in the keeping the bid content re-use library current and fit for purpose.
- Treating continuous improvement as a business-as-usual activity, with the aim of the increasing the business’s year-on-year win rates.
- Acting as an ambassador at all times when working with our clients, engaging professionally and identifying opportunities where the business can deliver additional value.

**Requirements**:

- Understand the principles of bid writing best practice.
- Have an appreciation of the rules and regulations governing the UK public sector tendering process.
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Have strong interpersonal skills and present a professional approach when acting as an ambassador for with our clients.
- Be comfortable making presentations in front of diverse audiences.
- Work proficiently across the Microsoft Office suite of products, including Excel, Teams, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Be highly motivated, with a flexible and adaptable approach to work.
- Have the ability to work individually and as part of a team.
- Have the ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines.
- A meticulous eye for detail, and a thorough, methodical approach.
- Have experience of working in the defence/transport/technology industry.
- Be able to manage and configure collaborative working environments (e.g., SharePoint).

Desirable Qualities
- Have experience of working in the defence/transport/technology industry.
- Be able to manage and configure collaborative working environments (e.g., SharePoint)

**Benefits**:

- Competitive salary
- 25 days' holiday entitlement
- Happy to talk flexible working
- Holiday sale and purchase scheme
- Enhanced parental benefits
- Company pension scheme
- Targeted professional development
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare membership
- Bonus scheme linked into company performance
- Paid membership fees to a professional institution
- Support in attaining professional membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season rail ticket loan

Individuals from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply, as we believe that diversity and inclusion are fundamental to creating a dynamic and thriving workplace culture