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Bid Writer
November 3, 2022 | Comments Off on Bid Writer
Location: Remote working available, with travel to local Kier office as required
Contract: Permanent, Fulltime
Salary: £45k - £65k (depending on experience)
Responsibilities
As a Bid Writer, you'll be working closely and flexibly with all members of the work winning team to develop tailored proposals which provide compelling narrative for selection questionnaires, tender submissions and other proposals e.g. industry awards submissions
Your day to day will include:
- Following analysis of client requirements, develop proposal templates which comply with client instructions
- Convert knowledge and technical information from operational teams into easy-to-understand language
- Write, edit and format responses to tender quality submissions, drafted by yourself and others
- Support the sharing of best practice and lessons learnt across the work winning team and Kier Highways proposing improvements to quality submissions
- Support the collation of evidence and collateral for the knowledge hub/bid library from Kier Highways contracts and projects
This role of Bid Writer is great for you if have:
- proposal/bid writing experience, preferably within the infrastructure sector
- highly proficient in MS Office and possess advanced MS Word skills
- strong use of oral and written English, with the ability to present ideas in a straightforward and easily understandable way
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier
We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave
- fantastic, matched pension scheme
- Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
- 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
- Green Car Scheme
Who is Kier?
We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here: kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf
Closing date: 1 December 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early. .