Senior Bid Writer – High-Value Public Sector (Remote)

Capita plc; City Of London; Remote; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Win-related commission structure

Homeworking with client travel

Exposure to high-profile public sector

Clear development pathways

Job summary

Capita plc in London is seeking a Senior Bid Writer to own storytelling and the written quality of high-stakes bids from strategy through final submission, working with Bid Managers, Capture Directors and Solutions teams. You’ll turn complex technical input into persuasive narrative, edit under tight deadlines, and coach contributors.

The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract with homeworking and some client travel.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading written responses for complex, high value bids.
• Outstanding writing and storytelling skills to shape content direction.
• Ability to interpret technical input from SMEs into clear narrative.
• Strong stakeholder management with senior contributors.
• Attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of clear, client focused proposal content aligned to win strategy.
• Storyboard responses with Capture Directors, shaping Capita's solution position.
• Translate complex technical input into persuasive, easy-to-understand narrative.
• Own writing quality end-to-end across submissions.
• Edit, review and refine content to a high professional standard under deadlines.
• Coach contributors on proposal best practice.

Skills

Bid writing

Proposal storytelling

Editing and proofreading

Stakeholder management

Public sector bids

Job description

Capita plc in London is seeking a Senior Bid Writer to own storytelling and the written quality of high-stakes bids from strategy through final submission, working with Bid Managers, Capture Directors and Solutions teams. You’ll turn complex technical input into persuasive narrative, edit under tight deadlines, and coach contributors.

The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract with homeworking and some client travel.