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United Kingdom, Mobile Working Employment contract · Job Posted June 17, 2026
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Job Description

The Bid Writer will sit within the Creative Lab, a high performing specialist unit, focused on the creation and production of sales documents focused on our public services and essential environments business – from healthcare and government to retail and living spaces. The team work nationally, managing high value bids, proposals and presentations across multiple sectors. The role of the Bid Writer would be to support and produce creative, strategic, solution based proposals and tenders.

Job Responsibility

  • Support and produce creative, strategic, solution based proposals and tenders
  • Involved in the project management of the entire bid lifecycle
  • Researching, authoring, editing and challenging content
  • Supporting the development of win strategies and persuasive delivery structures
  • Creating bid guidelines and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Ensuring bid responses are professionally written and structured to maximise ease of reading and award of marks
  • Ensuring clarity of win themes and client WITY is strongly articulated
  • Including quantifiable evidence within responses
  • Ensuring bid is fully compliant with all stated requirements
  • Ensuring consistency in tone of voice, messaging and language
  • Deployment of best practice writing techniques
  • Proofreading and editing responses
  • Working with and challenging SMEs
  • Owning designated questions, review, edit and enhance answers
  • Authoring executive summaries
  • Providing style guides and writer instructions
  • Developing new content for the knowledge library
  • Mentoring and supporting the wider team
  • Attending all bid progress meetings
  • Liaising and directing third parties
  • Authoring answers requiring standard Compass boilerplate
  • Identifying bottlenecks or resource constraints and escalating for resolution

Requirements

  • Expert writing skills and attention to detail
  • 3 years+ writing/editing experience
  • Able to work as part of a team and independently using their own initiative
  • Proven track record in working on and winning complex, high value bids
  • Proven track record of persuasive bid writing to create compelling sales documents
  • Able to build relationships internally and externally, comfortable working at Director level with the necessary skills to guide a diverse team successfully through the bid process
  • Creative, strategic thinking and ability to look at different ways of doing things
  • Willingness to develop, drive and implement new solutions
  • Appropriate experience in tender management methodology
  • Ability to manage complex, multi-service scenarios and to think clearly under pressure
  • Willingness to travel when required

Nice to have

  • Experience of working on high value bids £1m+
  • Experience of working on healthcare or public services bids
  • Professional bid management training i.e. Shipley/Bid Perfect methodology
  • High value public sector bid experience
  • Soft FM, Hard FM, professional services or construction bid writing experience
  • English/journalism degree, or A Level English to Grade A
  • Advanced Word and Microsoft systems skills

What we offer

  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
  • Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
  • Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
  • Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
  • Up to 44% off cinema tickets
  • Receive cash rewards every time you spend
  • Free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
  • Share all discounts and offers with your friends and families
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