Bid Writer

Opencast, incorporated; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Opencast is hiring a Bid Writer to join the Bid Team to develop high-quality responses for public sector tenders and frameworks. You will contribute to process improvements and content governance while collaborating with colleagues across the company.

You’ll work on bids of varying size and complexity, applying best-practice bid writing techniques and ensuring all drafts are accurate, compliant and compelling.

Qualifications

• Clear, persuasive tender writing that adheres to criteria

Responsibilities

• Write clear, persuasive bids that address criteria and scoring
• Develop bid storyboards and response structures
• Support reviews and implement reviewer feedback
• Maintain bid content and reusable assets
• Use approved AI tools for first-draft responses and ensure accuracy

Skills

Bid writing

Storyboards

Compliance

AI drafting

Time management

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London

Commitment:

Fixed Term Contract

Ready to turn curiosity into impact?

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together? If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user‑centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.

The role

We’re looking for a Bid Writer to join the Opencast Bid Team. Working with colleagues across Opencast, you will be responsible for developing high‑quality, compelling responses which showcases our credentials, expertise and delivery experience in response to client requirements. Opencast works across a range of public sector frameworks, so you will have the opportunity to work on bids of varying size and complexity. In addition to bid writing, you will also have an opportunity to get involved in continuous improvement activities, which will involve contributing to process improvements.

Requirements

Writing clear, persuasive, and compliant tender responses which articulate win themes, differentiators, and unique selling points

Supporting the development of bid storyboards and response structures.

Ensuring responses address evaluation criteria and scoring requirements.

Applying best‑practice bid writing techniques to improve quality and competitiveness.

Support bid reviews and incorporate feedback from reviewers and stakeholders.

Maintaining bid content and reusable knowledge assets.

Using approved AI tools to produce structured first drafts in line with client stipulations on the use of AI

Checking every AI-generated draft for accuracy, relevance and compliance

We’ll want you to demonstrate experience in bid writing, with strong time management, attention to detail and communication skills. You don’t need to have had the job title of Bid Writer before, and we encourage applications from candidates that can demonstrate these core skills:

Bid‑writing experience, ideally within a technology consultancy.

Knowledge of technology consultancy services, deliverymethods and technologies.

Experience responding to government frameworks, including DOS or similar public sector opportunities.

Experience working collaboratively toidentify win themes and differentiators.

Experience developing storyboards and structured answer plans.

Experienceanalysing evaluation criteria and improving bid responses.

Ability to manage multiple bids and competing deadlines.

The following would also be helpful:

Experience of writing joint bid responses with partner organisations

Experience in leveragingAI tools to support bid planning and response production activities

Knowledge of digital transformation, user‑centred design, agile delivery, cloud, data, AI, and software engineering services

Experience using AI tools to draft and improve tender responses

As well as bid management experience, there are essential core skills you’ll need to excel in this role:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

A keen eye for detail and a strong commitment to quality

Strongorganisational and time‑management skills

Ability to coordinate multiple priorities in parallel

Ability to articulate benefits and align them with client needs

Curiosity, willingness to learn and a naturally inquisitive approach

A problem‑solving mindset and willingness to challenge the status quo

A collaborative, team‑focused approach

Interview

Your skills and experience will be explored at interview, where we’ll ask you to describe how you approach bid writing deliver successful proposals, and engage stakeholders. If you’re successful in the first interview, we’ll invite you back to meet with colleagues that you will be working with outside of the bid team, which will give you an insight into the stakeholders that you would typically collaborate on bids with.

Salary range for this role: £50,000-£65,000

Where you’ll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. This varies in frequency, and takes into account requirements of your work and your team

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

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We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.

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