Bid Writer

Word360; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance 24 days + bank

Birthday day off

Comprehensive training

Health insurance

Cycle to work

Pension scheme

Job summary

Word360, based in Birmingham, seeks a skilled bid writer to turn strategy into winning tender submissions. You will craft narrative responses that persuasively present Word360’s language services to NHS and public sector clients, drawing on SME input and evidence from across the business.

You will manage multiple hard deadlines, maintain house style, and contribute to content libraries. Strong English, portfolio-ready writing, and commercial acumen are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience writing narrative-based tender responses for NHS/public sector procurement.
• Portfolio or examples of bid writing with detailed discussion.
• Ability to work to 500–1000 word limits per response.
• Excellent written English; strong commercial acumen.
• Ability to work at pace with multiple deadlines and maintain quality.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, narrative tender responses from bid strategy.
• Translate technical/clinical information into persuasive written submissions.
• Manage multiple submissions to hard deadlines.
• Ensure responses align with tender specs and read as a commercial argument.
• Proofread and quality-check own and colleagues' submissions.

Skills

Strong writing craft

Narrative tender writing

AI-assisted research

Portfolio of bid writing

Working to word limits

Excellent English proficiency

Commercial acumen

Working under pressure

Interpersonal interviewing

Editing and quality control

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

About The Role

Word360 is a Birmingham-based technology platform delivering language services to the NHS and wider health and social care sector. Our services span face to face, telephone, video, British Sign Language, translation, and AI-assisted interpreting, delivered through our Wordskii platform which integrates directly with NHS clinical systems. Wondaa, our AI interpreter, is at the forefront of how language services are evolving.

We are a multi-award-winning business in a strong growth phase with an ambitious revenue target and a commercial team being built to match it.

Main Purpose of Job

This is a writing role, first and foremost. You will work under the direction of our Bid Manager, who owns bid strategy, opportunity pipeline, and framework relationships, and your job is to turn that strategy into submissions that win. Every tender we bid for deserves a response that reads as a genuine, compelling argument for why Word360 is the right choice, not a compliance exercise that answers the question and nothing more.

You will be producing narrative-based responses to complex NHS and public sector tender questions, translating technical, operational, and clinical information into clear, persuasive, evidence-backed writing. You will need to work at pace. Tender deadlines do not move, and a submission window often means several substantial responses due in the same week.

This role suits someone who takes genuine craft pride in the quality of their writing, who can hold a complex argument together across a long document, and who wants to get better at their trade every single time they submit.

What good looks like in this role

A response that a procurement evaluator remembers. Clear structure, a genuine argument, evidence that supports the claim being made, and language that reads as confident rather than generic. If a response could have been submitted by any supplier with the client's name swapped out, it has not done its job.

Responsibilities and Duties

Bid writing

• Write high-quality, narrative-based responses to NHS and public sector tender questions, working from the bid strategy and win themes set by the Bid Manager.
• Translate technical, operational, and clinical information from subject matter experts across the business into clear, persuasive, evidence-backed written responses.
• Manage multiple concurrent submissions to hard deadlines, prioritising effectively when several substantial responses are due in the same period.
• Ensure every response is fully compliant with the tender specification while reading as a genuine commercial argument rather than a checklist.
• Proofread and quality-check your own and colleagues' work to a consistently high standard before submission.

Content and evidence gathering

• Work with colleagues across operations, business development, account management, and finance teams to gather the evidence, data, and case studies that make a response compelling.
• Interview internal subject matter experts effectively, extracting the detail needed to answer complex questions credibly.
• Maintain and continuously improve Word360's bid library and response bank, ensuring content stays current, accurate, and reusable across submissions.

Continuous improvement

• Review feedback from won and lost bids, working with the Bid Manager to understand what worked and apply it to future submissions.
• Stay current on best practice in bid writing and tender response, bringing new techniques and structures into the team's work.
• Support the Bid Manager in maintaining a consistent house style and quality standard across all submissions.
• Wider support
• Support the marketing team with sector-relevant written content where capacity allows.
• Contribute to the wider commercial team's understanding of what is winning and losing in the market, based on direct experience of writing and reviewing responses.

Wider support

• Support the marketing team with sector-relevant written content where capacity allows.
• Contribute to the wider commercial team's understanding of what is winning and losing in the market, based on direct experience of writing and reviewing responses.

Skills and Attributes Required

We need someone who can write. Not someone who can manage a bid process, though process matters, but someone whose actual written work is genuinely good and who can produce it fast and under pressure.

• Demonstrable experience writing narrative-based tender responses, ideally for NHS, local authority, or wider public sector procurement. Experience with NHS specifically is a strong advantage.
• Confident using AI tools to support research, drafting and bid development, while maintaining full ownership of quality, accuracy, and final judgement on every submission.
• A portfolio or specific examples of bid writing you can talk through in detail, including what made the response effective.
• Experience working to word count limits of 500-1000 words per response
• Excellent written English. This is the single most important requirement of the role, and we will test it directly as part of the process.
• Commercial acumen. You understand that a bid response is there to win business, not simply to answer a question, and you can identify and build a genuine argument rather than reciting facts.
• The ability to work at pace without a drop in quality, managing multiple deadlines and pulling together long, complex documents under time pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills. You will be interviewing colleagues across the business to extract the detail you need, often against tight timelines, and you need to do that efficiently and professionally.
• High attention to detail and strong personal organisation.

Nice to Have

• Experience within language services, interpreting, translation, or a related health and social care sector.
• Familiarity with NHS procurement frameworks and terminology.
• Experience using bid management or CRM software, HubSpot preferred.

Benefits

• Holiday Allowance: 24 days of holiday per year, plus bank holidays, and an additional day off for your birthday.
• Loyalty Reward: Earn an extra paid holiday for every two years of service, up to a maximum of 29 days.
• Comprehensive Training: Enjoy a structured onboarding process, full training, and ongoing development opportunities, including annual group training to help you excel.
• Employee Recognition: Celebrate achievements with our employee awards and development programs.
• Health and Wellness: Benefit from health insurance, reduced gym memberships, reduced cinema tickets, and more.
• Career Growth: Your efforts drive your success. With our ambitious growth plans, you’ll continually expand your expertise and opportunities.
• Cycle to Work Scheme: Join the cycling revolution with our support.
• Pension Scheme: Secure your future with our workplace pension plan.
• Paid Sick Leave: Rest assured with paid time off during illness.
• Social Events: Engage with colleagues and innovate through business-wide social events.

Recruitment Process

• Successful applicants will complete a short pre-screen, including recorded answers to a few questions, along with a psychometrics test.
• If shortlisted, you’ll be invited to a first interview (via Microsoft Teams or in person).
• Finalists will attend a final interview (again, either online or face-to-face).
• Please note, the process may change

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing is an important part of Word360's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.

Additional Information

If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability, and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.

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