Bid Writer/Coordinator
Based in Bishop's Stortford
Permanent
£40-50K per annum
Working hours & salary
8am to 5pm, M-F, 1hr lunch
25 days annual leave excluding public holidays
Flexible depending on experience
Skills and knowledge
* Experience as Bid Assistant role.
* Knowledge of a construction bid/procurement or business development environment preferable.
* Experience of working previously within similar sectors/organisations.
* The ability to work both as a team member and on own initiative when required.
* Experience of using Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
* Understanding of Adobe applications, including InDesign, Adobe Pro.
Main duties
* Develop high-quality, project specific written content for client ITT and PQQ / EOI requests using persuasive writing techniques.
* Customise and re-work existing pre-written content to meet specific bid requirements.
* Ensure compliance with required proposal deliverables, scoring metrics and solution/win themes whilst achieving internal and client deadlines.
* Support with internal bid submission processes including booking and taking part in bid launch and mid-bid meetings as well as site visits.
* Organise and take part in writing sessions with bid and operational team members, key stakeholders and subject matter experts.
* Support with producing accurate, relevant case studies and undertake visits to live sites (where required) to gather appropriate information.
* Be responsible for extracting tender documents and updating the bid library accordingly and regularly.
* Receive, process, record and track all incoming tenders and alerts.
* Support with the communication and logging of the clarifications process.
* Take ownership of internal tender/outcome tracking systems, including the CRM system (Monday.com).
* Maintain all tendering/response/compliance portals with up-to-date company information/documents.
* Support with gathering and maintaining information relevant to company accreditation's and update the portals in advance of expiry dates.
* Support the marketing function of the businesses.
* Attend business events including client as well as soft marketing engagements for upcoming bids, if required.