Bid Writer

Rhodar Specialist Enabling Works; Leeds; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days holiday

Company pension

Flexible start times

On-site parking

Career progression

Job summary

Rhodar Specialist Enabling Works is seeking a proactive Bid Writer at our Leeds Head Office. You will produce professionally written proposals and pitch content that articulate our value proposition and win themes.

You will coordinate tenders, develop case studies, manage author content and ensure timely submission, while collaborating with regional teams and senior stakeholders to meet client requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background (degree level) is desirable.
• Previous industry experience – e.g. demolition, asbestos, passive fire protection, remediation or construction.
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• A confident individual who is comfortable liaising with all levels of the business to obtain material to support a written response.
• Ambitious personality who is always looking to develop and take pride in their work.
• Excellent timekeeping / ability to meet deadlines, and to work under pressure.
• Excellent team player, who can also work well independently.
• Advanced MS Word skills & proficient in MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Develop responses for quality questions, using existing knowledge and internal/external sources.
• Rewrite / edit proposal responses from stakeholders across departments.
• Ensure win themes meet client requirements.
• Deliver completed proposal responses to the Group Bid Manager by deadlines.
• Contribute to storyboard sessions with bid team members.
• Maintain bid content, library and tracker up to date.
• Communicate requirements and deadlines to stakeholders.
• Check drafts for clarity, grammar, spelling, punctuation and formatting.
• Produce high-quality documents and ensure bids meet specifications.
• Support bid submissions with visuals where appropriate.
• Conduct bid analysis after submissions.
• Proactively develop and manage a network of subject matter experts.
• Identify and re-work existing pre-written content.

Skills

Proposal writing

Editing

Attention to detail

MS Word

MS Office

Education

Degree level education

Tools

MS Word

MS Office

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Bid team as a Bid Writer, based at our Leeds Head Office, reporting to the Group Bid Manager.

We welcome applications from Bid Writers at all stages of their careers, whether you’re just starting out in the role or are a seasoned professional.

£28,000 to £40,000 (dependent on experience)

Role

To produce professionally written proposals and pitch content that superbly articulates the company value proposition and win themes. The Bid Writer plays a leading role in ensuring the effective co-ordination and timely completion of tenders. They are also responsible for the continuous development of high-quality information and case studies for use on future tenders.

Experience

Proven skills in writing and editing proposal content within a complex business environment. The Bid Writer will be responsible for developing storyboarding sessions, participating in key review meetings / final document review, content sign-off, and document production. Excellent written English language skills are essential for this role.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop responses for quality questions, using existing knowledge, previous responses and internal (subject matter expert) / external sources (requiring co-ordination with them to obtain the information, in person, by phone or electronically), to enable high-quality responses to be produced.
• Re-write / edit proposal responses from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from Regional Directors, Business Development Managers, marketing, site/delivery teams, finance, HR commercial, legal and Compliance.
• Ensure win themes are articulated in such a way to meet / exceed the client’s requirements.
• Deliver completed written proposal responses to the Group Bid Manager against agreed RFP deadlines, escalating issues as required.
• Contribute to storyboard sessions with bid / proposal team members.
• Maintaining internal content (such as ensuring our bid library, bid tracker and author content is kept up to date)
• Communicating requirements, deadlines and expectations to key stakeholders and the bid/proposal team
• Checking drafts for clarity, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure and formatting, and confirming that the response answers the question asked
• Producing high-quality documents and ensuring completed bids/proposals meet the bid specification
• Supporting bid submissions with visuals aids (such as charts, graphs and organograms), where appropriate
• Conducting bid analysis following completion of submissions.
• Proactively develop and manage a network of subject matter experts.
• Identify and re-work existing pre-written content where relevant.
• Present and tag all new proposal content for potential re-use.
• Communicate and influence at a senior level.
• Forensic attention to detail and meticulous proof-reading skills.
• Supporting the Bid and Marketing Co-ordinator with information for social media posts.

Measure of Success

Production of error-free, grammatically correct on-time proposal content, high scoring proposals answers against client RFP criteria. Continued development of case studies and company content, support and mentoring of colleagues in the Bid Team.

Qualifications and Personal Qualities

• Strong academic background (degree level) is desirable.
• Previous industry / sector experience – e.g. demolition, asbestos, passive fire protection, remediation or construction
• Excellent written and communication skills.
• A confident individual who is comfortable liaising with all levels of the business to obtain material to support a written response (for instance, obtaining facts, figures, and methodologies).
• An ambitious personality who is always looking to develop, improve and who takes pride in their work.
• Excellent timekeeping / ability to meet deadlines, and to work under pressure.
• Excellent team player, who can also work well independently.
• Advanced MS Word skills & proficient in MS Office.

About us

Rhodar Ltd is a leading specialist enabling works provider. We are a market leader in the asbestos removal, demolition, and land remediation industries. We have also recently added fire protection to our portfolio of services.

Supported by over 450 employees at 14 facilities nationwide, our highly trained teams are trusted by major corporations to offer a specialist enabling works solutions covering our core disciplines either individually or collectively across both public and private sectors.

The scale of our projects range from multi-million-pound regeneration works combining our 3 core specialisms to domestic support for insurance clients and housing associations.

You can read more about the work we do at www.rhodar.co.uk, or you can view a video overview of our services at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kj5kZYj-ho.

Why Rhodar?

• Part of an EOT (Employee-Owned Trust) with the potential to earn an annual bonus, based on profitability of the business
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) as standard, plus up to 5 additional days based on length of service
• Option to buy additional holidays
• Christmas shutdown (utilising annual leave & bank holidays)
• Annual pay review
• Company pension scheme with enhanced contributions
• Flexible start and finish times
• Free on-site parking
• Excellent career progression and training opportunities
• Investors in People recognition – 2015, 2019 and 2022
• Access to an employee assistance programme, including counselling services, and mental health first aiders to support your health and wellbeing
• Opportunities to partake in volunteer work and charity events

We are committed to being the leaders in our sector and ensure that we develop our employees to reach their full potential. If you are interested in joining an ambitious forward-thinking business with great opportunities for career development, we would love to hear from you.

The Lexia Solutions Group is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.