Bid Writer - Hampshire, United Kingdom - Serco Plc

Serco Plc

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Hampshire, United Kingdom

1 day ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Bid Writer - Defence
Remote - Flexible
Permanent
Up to £45,000 per annum dependent on experience + Benefits

Serco works in partnership with the public sector in the UK and with world class public services providers across the globe to deliver joined up citizen solutions.

Our agility, customer-first approach, robust portfolio of services, and global experience enable us to quickly respond with solutions that achieve outcomes with value.

As Bid Writer, you'll provide professional and high-quality bid writing support for bids, large and small, within our Bidding teams, specifically our Defence Business Unit.

Working closely with the rest of the bidding team - and thoroughly understanding the proposed solutions - you'll produce quality bids that meet the client's brief whilst being visually engaging and compelling.

This will include the production of written responses, storyboards, and other bidding collateral.

As well as the satisfaction of working on (and of course winning) contracts that directly impact public service users, you'll also benefit from an environment that firmly sets the stage for your own career development and progression, whether you want to specialise, progress upwards, or broaden your career.

We offer a wide portfolio of career frameworks, with the right training and development in place to support your aspirations, including in Sales, Bids, Solutions, Commercial and Project Management to name a few.

Your Main responsibilities:

Support the bid team in the creation of storyboards and to ensure that these are adhered to throughout bid creation
Create quality responses which are well-written, accurate, concise, and visually engaging and which effectively convey the required message, answer the customer's requirements (including adherence to word counts, presentational requirements, and evaluation criteria requirements) and score well
When required, to conduct additional research to supplement bid responses including collation and presentation of relevant data
To elegantly incorporate win themes, USPs, sales messages, case studies and 'hot button' material into responses

What you'll need to do the role:

You will have experience of a complex and varied bidding environment (across different methods of procurement) and will have experience of managing a multifarious set of deliverables.

Experience in Defence tenders or would be desirable.
Excellent communication skills including relationship development and stakeholder management; individuals will be confident and articulate in all communications

What we offer
Up to 6% contributory pension scheme A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Thrive App, Simply Health Plans, Annual Leave Purchase Scheme and more Access to a huge range of discounts and exclusive deals such as Merlin Attractions, Mobile Phone discounts, Cinema discounts, Leisure, and Hospitality discounts Committed to professional and personal development with a wide range of training and coaching opportunities to expand your capabilities
Up to 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

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About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.

We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services.

We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

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At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the 'Ban the Box' pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required).

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