Bid Writer
Location: Remote
Salary: Up to £45,000 (depending on experience)
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Role
Are you an experienced Bid Writer with a passion for driving social impact?
We’re looking for someone who has worked in sectors such as employability, skills, social care, justice, health, or education—especially where services support disadvantaged or vulnerable people.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a national provider delivering public services that improve lives through employment, training, health and wellbeing, and justice support. You’ll help secure new contracts that create meaningful, lasting impact in communities across the UK.
Key Responsibilities
As Bid Writer, you will:
• Produce high scoring bid content in line with tender evaluation guidance/scoring matrix that clearly articulates the benefits of solution to meet specific client and commissioner needs.
• Actively seek out high quality content from internal colleagues to constantly improve bid submissions as part of a commitment to continuous improvement
• Coordinate input from internal stakeholders, including subject matter experts and operational teams, to ensure that bids are well-informed and compelling.
• Work closely with the Bid Manager and Solution Manager to support with bid management activity, internal meetings and development of solution and win themes
• Adapt and refresh existing content within the bid resource bank to improve the quality of bids
• Actively seek feedback on successful and unsuccessful submissions to inform future bids and improve overall quality of responses
• Keep abreast of industry developments and competitor activity to ensure that bids are competitive and aligned with market trends.
• Support with the delivery of presentations and attending face-to-face meetings with clients (where required).
• Attend networking and forum events to generate potential new contacts and business.
Essential Experience
• Proven track record writing successful bids—especially in public sector services
• Excellent written communication and editorial skills
• Experience working under pressure to tight deadlines
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills
• Highly organised with great time management
• Experience in employability, skills, justice, health or wellbeing bids
• Social Value response writing
• Project management experience