Business Development Officer ( Bid Writer)

Vacancies at Change Grow Live; United States; Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/hybrid work options

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Change Grow Live is a UK health and social care charity seeking a Senior Business Development Officer to lead and write tenders for a range of services. You will drive high-quality proposals and collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation.

The role offers hybrid UK-wide duties, a clear career progression, and structured training as part of the national Business Development Team. Salary reflects experience and pro‑rata terms for part-time arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience writing tenders, proposals or grant applications in health and social care.
• Strong track record in bid writing for drug and alcohol treatment or related services is preferred.
• Experience leading smaller bids and proposals.
• Ability to analyse data and interpret evidence with good IT and research skills.
• Solution-focused, creative and proactive attitude.
• Willingness to give and receive constructive feedback and work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Writing and editing complex and highly weighted bid responses, working to short deadlines.
• Project managing the writing of key tenders with support from a Business Development Manager.
• Supporting the development of Assistant Business Development Officers and Business Development Officers, with potential line management.
• Collaborating with staff across the organisation and partners to develop bids reflecting best practice and local needs.
• Producing and coordinating detailed research for upcoming opportunities, including meetings with subject matter experts, data analysis and evidence compilation.
• Creating presentations, diagrams and reports; leading reviews of bid and proposal processes.

Skills

Bid writing

Editing

Proposal writing

Research

Job description

Описание

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. We’re looking for an experienced bid and proposal writer to join our national Business Development Team. You’ll use your writing expertise to make a social impact whilst developing your leadership skills. We’d love to hear from people that have written high-scoring bids and tenders in complex commissioned services, including: drug and alcohol treatment; health and social care; criminal justice; employment support; homelessness; and related public services.

Location: London, Brighton, Manchester or Leeds. Contract: Permanent.

Задачи

• Writing and editing complex and highly weighted bid responses, working to short deadlines
• Project managing the writing of key tenders with support from a Business Development Manager
• Supporting the development of Assistant Business Development Officers and Business Development Officers, with the potential of providing line management
• Working with staff across the organisation and our partners to develop bids that reflect best practice and respond to local needs
• Producing and coordinating detailed research for upcoming opportunities, including meeting with subject matter experts, analysing data and collating evidence
• Creating presentations, diagrams and reports
• Participating in and leading reviews of our bid and proposal processes

Требования

• We’re looking for candidates with proven experience of writing tenders, proposals or grant applications in health and social care.
• A highly competent communicator with a successful track record in bid writing, ideally for drug and alcohol treatment or related services.
• Experienced in leading smaller bids and proposals.
• Able to analyse data and interpret evidence, with good IT and research skills.
• Solution-focused, creative and proactive.
• Happy to give and receive constructive, challenging feedback.
• Collaborative and able to foster a positive team culture.
• Ready to work hard to deliver on CGL’s values and mission.

Условия

Change Grow Live is a health and social care charity. Across the country, we support people to make positive changes in their lives, including around drug and alcohol use, smoking, homelessness and criminal justice.

As a Senior Business Development Officer, you’ll play a lead role in the development and writing of tenders and proposals for a variety of health and social care services. This role offers a great opportunity to develop your career while using your established skills; you’ll be encouraged and expected to take on more responsibility as you progress.

You’ll be able to access structured training, development and mentoring as part of a supportive team. There’s a clear progression pathway within the team, from Senior Business Development Officer to Manager, Senior Manager, Deputy Director, and Director. Several of our current Business Development Managers were previously in the Senior Business Development Officer role.

• The option to work from home for some of the week
• Wellbeing support, including an employee assistance programme and an hour each week for wellbeing activities of your choice (find out more here).

We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we work with. We pride ourselves on an inclusive and supportive workplace, evidenced through our Investors in People silver status. We’re happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that you need to be successful.

We encourage applications from individuals who may not meet every requirement but are excited about the role. We value lived experience of substance use, homelessness, and/or multiple disadvantages. We’re a Disability Confident Committed employer. Under our Disability Confident interview scheme, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates where they meet our selection criteria in their application. Some of our roles attract a high volume of applications and in some circumstances where it is not practicable or appropriate, we may limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled candidates. Please confirm in the ‘how you meet the criteria for the role’ part of the application if you are applying under this scheme. We will provide reasonable adjustments as needed.

Check the job description and team explainer for more information.

What our people say

Holly, Senior Business Development Officer said: “What are your favourite parts of the job? The amount we learn from bid to bid. No two services are the same and I’m constantly coming across amazing individuals, teams and interventions. Being part of a team that helps share and celebrate great work, and support other services to implement new and exciting initiatives is really rewarding. How would you describe the team? Helpful, real and full of knowledge. Everyone comes from different backgrounds and is happy to share their skills, knowledge and learning. I’ve never felt like I’ve asked a silly question, and I don’t feel like I must put a on ‘work mask’ every day. What were your highlights from last year? Becoming a Senior and working across 7 different bids or direct awards last year. It was busy but I learnt so much, made some great connections with people across the organisation.”

Fran, who progressed from this role to Business Development Manager in 2025: “How did the role help you progress? The Senior Business Development Officer role sets you up to well to progress into a Business Development Manager role, as you begin to get involved in managing writing teams, reviewing written responses, engaging with Service Managers and Directors in model development and hold line management responsibilities. I was in the Senior Business Development Officer role for just over a year and a half before successfully applying to the Manager role. How would you describe the team? The Business Development team are incredibly supportive and will give you the opportunity to develop in areas that you’re interested in. My manager supported to me build skills and experience that pushed me out of my comfort zone but enabled me to progress into the Business Development Manager role. What would you say to someone thinking of applying? Alongside developing your writing skills, this role is a great place to shape your leadership and management skills. If you don’t have line management experience, don’t let this put you off.”

Direct applications only we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy. Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 39 to 43 (£44,469.24 - £48,987.04) ILW / OLW /Fringe N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Closing Date 24/11/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Ollie Wilcox | [e-mail]