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Bids Writer/Reviewer (Kent/London) [JPC-33]

Construction Professionals Recruitment

Greater London

On-site

GBP 55,000 - 60,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Bid Writer to support their bid team. In this role, you will produce and review technical and non-technical content, ensuring compliance with client specifications. Your expertise in InDesign and previous bid writing experience will be essential as you manage content libraries and assist in creating high-quality submissions. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where your contributions can significantly impact project outcomes. If you are passionate about writing and have a keen eye for detail, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus incentive

Pension contributions

Private medical insurance

28 days holiday (incl. Bank Holidays)

1 day off for birthday

Professional Subscriptions

Qualifications

Proven experience in bid writing and understanding bid procedures.
Strong attention to detail and ability to present information visually.

Responsibilities

Support bid team with strategy development and content planning.
Ensure all responses comply with client specifications.

Skills

Professional writing skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Time management

Communication skills

Education

Degree in English language or linguistics

Tools

InDesign

Office 365

Canva

Acrobat

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

SharePoint

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Overview:

In this role, you will support the bid team’s output (SQs/ITTs/presentations etc), producing generic technical and non-technical content, ensuring content written by others responds to questions asked, formatted correctly. Carry out final reviews of all bids including quality, grammatical and sense checking ensuring the bid is ready to be submitted by the required deadline. You will ideally be a competent user of InDesign with a passion for writing and previous bid writing/coordinating experience.

Core Responsibilities:

Support with strategy development and content planning.
Ensure all responses comply with the specification provided.
Work with the bid co-ordinator to dissect questions and produce answer plans to maximise relevant information extracted from team members.
Present technical information in easy-to-understand ways.
Update and maintain a strong library of pre-written and re-usable content (e.g. company information, standard responses, technical content, staff CVs, project case studies, marketing material, graphics and photos).
Using online client portals to upload/download documents, raise questions and circulate responses and alerts.
Ensure win themes are articulated in such a way to meet/exceed the client’s requirements.
Assist in the management of the team inbox and diary.
Assist with the creation of presentations for tender interviews.
Assist with organisation of layout to produce high quality submissions working within the confines of each client’s bid requirements.
Request and obtain feedback monitoring bid results; wins, losses.
Working with MD and Directors to produce and update our database of case studies and reviews.

Additional Responsibilities (as required):

Support in writing content from scratch, copy editing and proof reading with emphasis on compliance with client requirements, completeness and customer focus.
Ensure documents are accurate and the finished product is perfectly formatted.
Working with MD to audit and maintain our library of pre-written content (e.g. standard responses, technical content, project sheets, graphics, images and diagrams).
Support to Directors on pre-prepositioning and capture planning for upcoming opportunities.

Experience:

Degree in English language or linguistics preferred.
Professional writing skills with proven experience of understanding bid procedures and responding to tenders and framework bids, ideally in the construction consultancy services industry.
Maintaining a high level of accuracy under pressure.
Strong attention to detail with the ability to present information visually.
Highly motivated with outstanding organisational skills.
Excellent English language (vocabulary), grammar and communication skills.
Forensic attention to detail and meticulous proof-reading skills.
Office 365.
Ability to multi-task and prioritise workload.
Excellent knowledge and experience of the end-to-end bid process.
Proven track record in the sector in a similar role.
Flexibility to meet time pressures and deadlines.
Time management and planning.
Strong software skills to include:
Canva/Acrobat/InDesign
Microsoft Word/PowerPoint/Excel/Visio
A variety of customer portals
SharePoint

Rewards and Benefits:

Discretionary bonus incentive
Pension contributions
Private medical insurance
28 days holiday (incl. Bank Holidays)
1 day off for birthday
Professional Subscriptions

£55,000 to £60,000 per annum

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Writing/Editing and Strategy/Planning
Industries
Construction

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