Bid Writer: Craft Impactful Tech Proposals (Hybrid)

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

Job summary

Opencast is seeking a Bid Writer to join the Bid Team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will develop high-quality responses that showcase our credentials and delivery experience for public-sector opportunities, while improving processes and reusable content across bids.

The role requires excellent written and verbal communication, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate multiple bids with tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bid-writing experience within a technology consultancy.
• Knowledge of technology consultancy services, delivery methods and technologies.
• Experience responding to government frameworks, including DOS or similar public sector opportunities.
• Experience developing storyboards and structured answer plans.
• Experience analysing evaluation criteria and improving bid responses.
• Ability to manage multiple bids and competing deadlines.
• Experience writing joint bid responses with partner organisations.
• Knowledge of digital transformation, user-centred design, agile delivery, cloud, data, AI, and software engineering services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A keen eye for detail and a strong commitment to quality.
• Strong organisational 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Bid writing

Tender responses

Public sector bids

Storyboards

Evaluation criteria

Multiple bids

Joint bid writing

Digital transformation

User-centred design

Agile delivery

Cloud

Data

AI

Software engineering services

Written communication

Verbal communication

Attention to detail

Time management

Organisational skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Job description

Opencast is seeking a Bid Writer to join the Bid Team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will develop high-quality responses that showcase our credentials and delivery experience for public-sector opportunities, while improving processes and reusable content across bids.

The role requires excellent written and verbal communication, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to coordinate multiple bids with tight deadlines.