At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
Your impact
Joining Jacobs is more than just a career. We value and invest in our people and communities to foster growth and success. Our inclusive culture embraces diverse perspectives, building collaboration and trust to challenge the norm. Your ingenuity, diverse thinking, and experience will contribute to our ongoing success and help create a positive work environment. You'll deliver great work through your passion and expertise, in collaboration with diverse teams.
This role can be based out of any of our UK offices.
About The Opportunity
Do you want to be at the forefront of driving our company strategy and at the heart of growing our business? Are you passionate about winning work for our teams? Do you enjoy crafting compelling and concise content?
Our proposal writers are articulate persuasive writers, with excellent communication skills and work under pressure and in a team environment to meet demanding deadlines. As a Proposal Writer, you will work on the production of high-quality documentation that helps Jacobs win work by working collaboratively with other members of the team.
Within our European Growth & Sales team, we have an immediate requirement for a Proposal Writers to work on some of our region's largest pursuits and opportunities.
Your enthusiasm for working as part of a driven and disciplined team, with a motivation to overcome hurdles and obstacles to find solutions is essential to be successful in Sales Operations. Our team are agile, driven, highly organised, and resilient individuals. You will support the development of compelling sales messages for our largest and most strategic pursuits.
Key deliverables
* Develop bespoke content for proposals, ensuring it resonates with an opportunity's win themes
* Working alongside technical colleagues to understand our key sales messaging and make it compelling and convincing for our clients
* Produce high-quality, easy-to-understand documentation, including bid responses, project descriptions, capability statements, CVs, boilerplate content and other go-to-market documents, appropriate for its intended audience
* Focus on researching and retrieving content from within Jacobs' internal systems
* Follow established templates, processes and best practices for the design and creation of writing which complies with tender requirements and our corporate standards for readability, consistency, tone, and branding
Here's what you'll need
We're seeking talented writers who can collaborate effectively with international, diverse teams to develop compelling content. Previous sales experience is an advantage, and an interest in technology is highly desirable as we continue to enhance efficiency in bid content development. Ideal candidates will have exceptional writing skills, strong communication abilities, and a passion for winning.
* Ability to deliver high-quality documentation, paying attention to detail
* Ability to learn technical/engineering concepts and make them easily understandable in simple, concise and impactful language
* High attention to detail and an ability to establish and meet deadlines
* A background in a relevant discipline (English Literature/Language, Creative Writing, Journalism, Media)
* Work may be required out of core hours, although we try to keep this to a minimum
Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we've gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You'll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you'll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.
We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.
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We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.
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