Bid Writer

Arco: Experts In Safety; Hull and East Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary plus bonus

Up to 8% Pension contributions and 4x-

32 days holiday incl. bank holidays +

Community volunteering days

Perkbox discounts + employee product

Health Cash Plan

Learning resources & development

Long‑term service awards

Job summary

Arco: Experts In Safety is seeking a Bid Writer for a 6-month fixed-term contract, in a hybrid role with 2–3 days in the office and 2–3 days remote.

In this role, you will craft high-quality tender responses, coordinate with sales and coding teams, and develop compelling win themes to improve win rates. Advanced MS Office skills and strong business acumen are essential.

Qualifications

• The ability to create innovative, creative, and aesthetically pleasing tender responses.
• Strong business and commercial acumen.
• Highly organised with ability to manage tight deadlines and excellent attention to detail.
• Advanced Microsoft Office knowledge essential.
• Experience of creative writing or similar would be ideal

Responsibilities

• Completing and submitting high-quality tender responses to increase win rate.
• Co-ordinating the coding and sales teams to ensure timely completion of the commercial response.
• Developing compelling win themes with the sales teams for tender submissions.
• Ensuring all responses answer the questions, meet bid requirements and hit deadlines.
• Guiding the external sales force through the bid process and bid governance.
• Influencing stakeholders to provide timely information as bid requests dictate.
• Contributing to production of presentation documentation for the pitch team.
• Conducting bid debriefs on won and lost opportunities with Bid and Sales teams

Skills

Creative writing

Business acumen

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Do you love turning complex information into winning proposals? Join us at Arco as a Bid Writer, and play a key part in winning new business, shaping compelling submissions and helping drive our growth by turning expertise into opportunities.

As a Bid Writer, you’ll play an instrumental role in winning new business and retaining current customers by crafting high-quality responses to tenders to ensure that we keep improving our win-rate. You’ll communicate and collaborate with stakeholders across Arco utilising your strong business and commercial acumen to ensure that expert responses are created, and deadlines are met.

Our Bid Writer role is a 6-month fixed term contract and is a hybrid position, with 2 to 3 days a week working from the office and from home.

Key responsibilities include:

• Completing and submitting high-quality tender responses in order to increase business win rate
• Co‑ordinating the coding and sales teams to ensure timely completion of the commercial response
• Developing compelling win themes in conjunction with the sales teams to inform a compelling tender submission
• Ensuring all responses ‘answer the question’, meet the requirements of the bid and hit submission deadlines
• Guiding the external sales force through the bid process, advising on bid governance, bid qualification and best practice
• Influencing key stakeholders in the wider business to provide timely responses to information requests as bid requirements dictate
• Contributing to the production of presentation documentation for the pitch team
• Conducting bid debriefs on both won and lost opportunities in conjunction with the Bid and Sales teams

On top of working for the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, you’ll also receive:

• Competitive salary plus bonus
• Up to 8% Arco Pension contributions and Life Assurance worth 4 times your salary
• 32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays plus 2 fully paid Community Volunteering days every year
• Opportunity to purchase 5 additional days annual leave each calendar year (subject to qualifying salary)
• Access to hundreds of discounts through Perkbox, plus receive employee discount on Arco products
• Health Cash Plan that allows you to reclaim costs for everyday health expenses such as dental treatment, eye tests and physiotherapy
• Access learning resources, qualifications and development opportunities to help you grow, progress and achieve your career ambitions
• Long‑term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years

The ideal Bid Writer will be/have:

• The ability to create innovative, creative, and aesthetically pleasing tender responses
• Strong business and commercial acumen
• Highly organised, with ability to manage tight deadlines and excellent attention to detail
• A strong communicator with the ability to multi‑task and work effectively under pressure
• Advanced Microsoft Office knowledge essential
• Experience of creative writing or similar would be ideal but is not essential

About Us

With a proud 140-year legacy, you’ll be part of something special when you join the UK’s leading safety experts. As the only integrated safety products and services business, Arco’s size, scale and reputation are why we have such an impressive portfolio of satisfied customers.

It’s an exciting time for us, and whatever your role, you’ll play a part in Arco’s journey to become more profitable and sustainable. To drive a performance culture, we consistently invest in our people to ensure we push for shared success. We respect and value everyone’s unique skills, experience and ideas so you’ll have ample opportunity to help shape our future growth and be rewarded for delivering against our targets.

At Arco, inclusion means ensuring everyone feels valued, respected and able to be their best. We celebrate the unique skills, experiences and perspectives each colleague brings, and we’re committed to creating a supportive environment where everyone can thrive. As part of our journey to everyday inclusion, we recognise that individual needs may vary. If you require any reasonable adjustments or additional support during the recruitment process, please let us know. Be Safe, Be Yourself, Be Your Best.