Job Description
Bid Writer / Business Development Manager
Hybrid / Greater Manchester
Up to £55,000
Full-time, Permanent
The Role:
A key opportunity to lead and deliver high-quality bids across major public sector markets. The role focuses on managing written submissions, shaping compelling proposals and coordinating activity across internal teams to produce clear, compliant and competitive responses.
You must have significant experience managing and writing bids for Employment, Justice, Health and Business Support contracts. This role requires strong bid writing capability, excellent coordination skills and the confidence to guide colleagues through storyboarding, drafting and review processes.
Duties:
1. Lead the production of high-quality bid responses that achieve strong scoring outcomes.
2. Manage EOIs, SQs, ITTs and proposals within tight deadlines.
3. Lead storyboarding and draft responses aligned to specifications and scoring criteria.
4. Work with business units, solution design, supply chain and finance to shape submissions.
5. Provide challenge and feedback to improve the quality of written responses.
6. Oversee bid activity through all stages, ensuring high standards and compliance.
7. Support presentations, supplier meetings and early engagement activity.
8. Maintain and improve bid documentation, templates and best pra...