Senior Bid Writer - London, United Kingdom - Mitie

Mitie

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job objectives and responsibilities

Reporting to a Bid Director, the Senior Bid Writer will take the lead bid writing role in a matrix bid team, to produce high-quality, compelling and persuasive written content for bids, proposals, tenders and other work-winning submissions.

Working within a high-performing bid team, you will deliver bidding excellence to help secure commercial and public sector opportunities across a broad range of projects and services, including (but not limited to) Facilities Management, Security, Care & Custody, Defence and Technical Services.

This role requires close working and leadership of other bid writers, team members, and other key stakeholders to develop winning bids, tenders and proposals.

Main duties

To lead the provision of highquality bid writing on bids of various size, scale and complexity on either an individual or a portfolio basis
To support the wider bid team in the creation of storyboards and to ensure that these are adhered to throughout the writing process
To work proactively with key stakeholders in the bid process (e.g., Sales, Business Development, Operations, Legal, Commercial, Pricing) to develop highquality written proposals informed by an integrated approach across all bids
To gather and extract information from key technical experts and develop responses that deliver to the agreed storyboards, writing plans, tone and style
To lead the creation of quality responses which are extremely wellwritten, accurate, concise, and visually engaging and which effectively convey the required message, respond to customer requirements (including adherence to word counts, presentational requirements, and evaluation criteria requirements) and score well
To fully understand and capture subtleties and nuances within our solutions and present features, benefits, added value and social value in a clear and compelling way, in line with clients' evaluation criteria
Contribution to the development of compelling bid win themes and bid strategy, and ensuring win themes, USPs, sales messages and case studies are incorporated within storyboards and writing plans
To manage the language quality of bids to ensure consistent language, tone of voice and terminology throughout a response or portfolio of responses
To manage bid collateral and information sharing across the bid team
Where external contracted Bid Writers are allocated to a bid team, to ensure smooth integration into the bid team and provide ongoing guidance and coaching
To coach, train and mentor Bid Writers as required, to ensure their ongoing personal and professional development at Mitie
To lead the monitoring and improvement of the quality of written bid submissions, ensuring high standards of attention to detail
To prepare for, attend and contribute to Bid Kick Off workshops, regular bid progress meetings
To support bid team with mandatory reviews such as storyboard reviews, written submission reviews, interim solution reviews and governance reviews
Planning and managing the bid writing requirements throughout the bid lifecycle, through the ongoing maintenance and review of the bid response planner
Proactive project management of the full tender writing process, including content planning, drafting, review and production, working to the bid programme
Ensuring a consistent quality of approach is applied across all bids and that the agreed bid strategy is reflected in the written content produced
Consistently adhering to formal bid governance processes and protocols
Developing and sharing innovations that enhance the quality and/or efficiency of the bid writing functions
Managing and overseeing the endtoend bid writing process, including assignment of resources, initiating preventative and corrective action where necessary
To support the development and production of client and internal presentations
Collating and analysing feedback from clients and key stakeholders to share learnings with the entire bid team and drive continuous improvement.

What we are looking for

At least 4 years' proven experience in a bid writing role, working as part of a successful bid team (essential)
A strong understanding of bid writing best practices, bid processes and methodologies (essential)
A proven track record of successfully bidding to win contracts and opportunities (essential)
An ability to challenge senior stakeholders where required, to drive the design of clientfocussed solutions that meet client requirements (essential)
Strong written English language skills (essential)
Excellent attention to detail (essential)
Ability to work well under pressure and in a deadlinedriven environment (essential)
Excellent organisational and project management skills (essential)
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills (essential)
Proficient MS Office skills (essential)
Good time management and prioritisation skills (desirable)
Certified to APMP Foundation l