Bid Writer / Business Development Manager

Aspire Recruitment; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Bid Writer / Business Development Manager to lead high-quality bids for public sector markets. The successful candidate will manage written submissions, guide teammates through storyboarding and drafting processes, and collaborate with multiple departments to shape competitive proposals. This role offers a hybrid work model and a salary of up to £55,000, requiring significant experience in bid management and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing and writing bids for Employment, Justice, Health, and Business Support.
• Strong written communication and editing skills.
• Confident in leading storyboarding, drafting, and review processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the production of high-quality bid responses that achieve strong scoring outcomes.
• Manage EOIs, SQs, ITTs, and proposals within tight deadlines.
• Provide challenge and feedback to improve the quality of written responses.

Skills

Bid writing

Strong communication skills

Leadership in storyboarding

Analytical skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Bid Writer / Business Development Manager

Hybrid / Greater Manchester, Up to £55,000, Full-time, Permanent.

The Role

A key opportunity to lead and deliver high-quality bids across major public sector markets. The role focuses on managing written submissions, shaping compelling proposals and coordinating activity across internal teams to produce clear, compliant and competitive responses.

You must have significant experience managing and writing bids for Employment, Justice, Health and Business Support contracts. This role requires strong bid writing capability, excellent coordination skills and the confidence to guide colleagues through storyboarding, drafting and review processes.

Duties

• Lead the production of high-quality bid responses that achieve strong scoring outcomes.
• Manage EOIs, SQs, ITTs and proposals within tight deadlines.
• Lead storyboarding and draft responses aligned to specifications and scoring criteria.
• Work with business units, solution design, supply chain and finance to shape submissions.
• Provide challenge and feedback to improve the quality of written responses.
• Oversee bid activity through all stages, ensuring high standards and compliance.
• Support presentations, supplier meetings and early engagement activity.
• Maintain and improve bid documentation, templates and best practice resources.
• Monitor market intelligence to identify upcoming opportunities.

Required Skills

• Proven experience managing and writing bids for Employment, Justice, Health and Business Support.
• Strong written communication and editing skills.
• Confident leading storyboarding, drafting and review processes.
• Able to manage competing priorities and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Skilled in working with colleagues and stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Strong analytical skills with close attention to detail.
• Good understanding of public sector procurement and tendering portals.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

If this sounds like the perfect role for you then please submit your CV.

This vacancy is being handled by Aspire Recruitment. Please be aware we receive a high volume of applications and regularly receive applications from candidates who exceed the job credentials. We will only contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview.