Bid Writer

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Job description

Bid Writer
Country/Region: GB
City: London

Proposal Writer

SF38893

Location: Flexible

Job Purpose

The Proposal Writer will work as part of the Land Future Business Team, supporting the Proposal Management Lead and Proposal Managers in the development and writing of effective written proposals in line with industry best practice. The role will focus on working closely with subject matter experts to storyboard, draft, and finalise quality written responses and submission documents across a range of strategic, technical, and complex bids. The Proposal Writer will play a pivotal role in ensuring customer value is articulated in compelling and persuasive ways that clearly differentiate propositions and maximise scoring against customer evaluation criteria.

Main Tasks:

Facilitate the storyboarding process of proposal documents, producing compelling, compliant, and impactful storyboards and mock-ups that effectively incorporate defined win themes
Work with subject matter experts (SMEs), who will act as content owners, to develop 'bottom-up' bid content using various techniques to extract information, including one-to-one interviews and workshops
Ensure mock-ups and response documents clearly articulate both features and benefits, and how this translates in to value for the customer
Work with SMEs to turn technical jargon and ambiguous language in to clear, concise, and tangible content
Ensure written proposals align to the requirements and guiding policy set by the proposal strategy
Assist in the development and capture of win themes specific to each deliverable, ensuring these tie back to the proposal strategy and overall value proposition
Ensure the compelling and persuasive structuring of proposals, adopting proven writing techniques
Ensure responses are compliant against the customers deliverables and evaluation criteria
Assist in identifying inconsistencies and contradictory content across proposals, and ensuring all written proposals align with the associated commercial and financial propositions
Application of best practice approach, structures, techniques and writing styles
Identify where graphics and diagrams would benefit proposals, working with SMEs and graphic designers to develop these outputs
Preparation of mock-ups and full drafts for pink and red team review processes
Incorporation of pink and red team review feedback in to assigned deliverables
Development of full written responses and deliverables in line with the bid programme and book plan
Undertake the final editing, proof-reading, and formatting of proposal documents
Research and creation of supporting case studies and written collateral
Support wider growth proposals and propositions as required
Working as part of a centralised proposals team to continuously improve the quality of written proposals and outputs developed

Person Specification

Experience of effective proposal writing on large, complex, and strategic bids
Experience of Shipley proposal practices (or similar)
Educated to degree level
APMP qualification

What else do I need to know?

All applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK and be subject to satisfactory security clearance which includes 3 years reference checks. Verification of any qualifications/passport/licences must be shown at interview stage.
We are happy to talk about flexible working. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview

Application Guidance

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