Bid Writer

**A Bit About Us**

Neuven is a multi-award-winning consultancy business for all your temporary staffing and workforce management needs. Through our core service provisions and technology platforms, we provide, Audit compliance services, Training, Bid Management & Business Consultancy.

We are the UKs leading experts in this field and are expanding quickly to meet the growing demands of Central Government, NHS and wider Public Sector.

**What we offer**

Hybrid working, a competitive package which includes career development, excellent employee benefits including a health cash plan, health screening, a portal which gives access to many discounts - including gym discount, training courses and a wellbeing centre. All of this and more within an inspiring, professional and fun environment - underpinned by our uncompromising Neuven values.

**About the Role**

Produce professionally written proposals and pitch content that superbly articulates the organisations value proposition and win themes.

This is a highly networked role that requires a forensic attention to detail, the ability to work under pressure and demanding deadlines.

The Bid Writer plays a leading role in ensuring the effective co-ordination and timely completion of tenders, notably the written exemplars responses. The Bid Writer is required to research their market to ensure a full understanding for the pillar that they will be writing for.

Ensuring knowledge is up to date at all times is crucial in ensuring that written content is accurate and looks to achieve the maximum score possible. The Bid Writer is typically engaged to help develop the value proposition and articulate the win themes and solution narrative. Heavily involved throughout the Bid Phase and will work with the other members of the team to ensure the timely and accurate completion of the bid submission.

The Bid Writer will be responsible for engagement with the customer to undertake fact finding to support the written element of the bid. This includes the creation of exemplar responses, which also includes easy to follow guidance notes for customers allowing them to provide clear and concise information to support the written response.

**Core Responsibilities**
- Re-write / edit proposal responses from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from sales, marketing, product teams, finance, commercial, legal and delivery.
- Ensure win themes are articulated in such a way to meet / exceed the clients requirements.
- Deliver completed written proposal responses to the Proposal Manager against agreed RFP deadlines, escalating issues as required.
- Lead/support in storyboard sessions with the bid team.
- Support the Bid Team in the deconstruction of Bid Packs
- Undertake market research for the kick off meeting and various stages of the bid process.
- Write, edit and submit high quality content, completing documents to deadline and ensuring they are of consistent quality and style.
- Assist the Pillar Lead and Bid team in creating and managing bid schedules at the various stages of the bid process.
- Identify and re-work existing pre-written content where relevant.
- Present and tag all new proposal content to the knowledgebase manager for potential re-use.
- Knowledge of proposal automation software.
- Communicate and influence at a senior level.
- Excellent time management / prioritisation skills.
- Forensic attention to detail and meticulous proof-reading skills.
- Maintain, manage and back up master document sets
- Quality Checking other Bid Writer/Teams responses and submissions
- Undertake fact finding sessions with customers
- Create and manage draft response, including supporting guidance notes.

**Experience**
- Proven skills in writing and editing proposal content within a complex business environment. The Proposal Writer will be experienced in leading storyboarding sessions, participating in key review meetings / final document review, content sign-off, and document production.
- Excellent written English language skills are essential for this role.
- Experience of coordinating / managing and updating a knowledgebase system is also desirable.
- Experience of writing within the Built Environment (including but not limited to: Facilities Management, Security etc) and Management Consultancy is desirable also.

**Measure of Success**

Typical measures of success include error-free, grammatically correct on-time proposal content, high scoring proposals answers against client RFP criteria and achievement of internal SLAs.

**Qualifications**

Strong academic background (degree level) in English Language or equivalent is desirable. Creative Writing Qualification and APMP Foundation (Practitioner or Professional level) desirable.