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First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Bid Writer on a permanent basis due to growth based at their London depot.

• Produce written responses for PQQs and Tenders including; unique responses, references, case studies, CVs (in liaison with Bid Coordinators) and project experience.
• Support the Head of Submissions and Bid Managers in the production of PQQ and Tender responses, and associated components.
• Ensure compliance with the Work Winning processes and procedures to manage submissions and bid-related information.
• Support briefings, kick-off meetings and progress meetings.
• Ensuring all tender documentation is presented to a uniformly high standard, editing and proofreading submission documents, as well as (when required) coordinating and supporting in the production and finalisation of documents.
• Facilitate storyboarding sessions with subject matter experts, taking ownership to completion.
• Prepare graphics such as flow charts, diagrams and organisation charts as required to support high standard submissions.
• Ongoing support of contributors with content development and responses, by assessing whether the questions are being answered (1st drafts and red review process) in liaison with Bid Coordinators.
• Provide feedback to the Head of Submissions, Bid Managers and Bid Coordinators of progress with responses.
• Create the final publication, and with the team, ensure the bid is delivered to the client on time.
• Maintain Document Management System ensuring a complete record of the submission is maintained for future review or scrutiny.
• Identify and re-work existing pre-written content where relevant.
• Work to demanding and changeable deadlines, in a highly pressured environment.

• A background or previous experience in journalism, or writing.
• Degree educated (ideally English Literature) or journalistic / professional writing background.
• Demonstrable high level of competence in written English.
• Creative approach to producing submissions for demanding clients
• Proof reading and formatting experience.
• Ability to take ownership of a response / s (from concept to completion) and coordinate contributors, specialists and third party information (storyboarding) to produce a high quality (winning) response.
• The ability to work within Multi-disciplined teams. This requires continual communication with the departments and organisational skills to ensure the level of support provided meets the Bid requirements.
• Ability to coach subject matter experts in writing best practice.
• Must be able to demonstrate how you develop relationships at a number of levels in order to work together to achieve both the project and Company’s goals.
• Must have the ability to listen, observe and interpret words, behaviours and actions of others and respond constructively. This requires good communication skills.
• Demonstrate how you maintain a clear focus and determination to complete the work that has been allocated, liaise with colleagues to meet deadlines and seek ways to help others to maximise their achievement.
• Able to Multi-task.
• Ability to work collaboratively, setting and acting upon clear and realistic goals and objectives.
• Must demonstrate the ability to use own initiative, question assumptions and learn from and share experiences.
• Must demonstrate how you have sought improvements and alternative ways of doing things to meet tight deadlines or objectives.
• Able to respond to setbacks positively and learn from them.
• Evaluate own performance and has an attitude which seeks improvement.

MB856 : Bid Writer

Location : London

Salary : £42,000 + £5,060 Car Allowance

Working Hours : Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week

Additional Company Benefits : Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Enhanced Pension Contributions