Bid Writer/Bid Coordinator

December 23, 2024 | Comments Off on Bid Writer/Bid Coordinator

Bid Writer/Coordinator
Based in Bishop's Stortford
Permanent
£40-50K per annum + £5K car allowance

Working hours & salary

  • 8am to 5pm, M-F, 1hr lunch
  • 25 days annual leave excluding public holidays
  • £40,000 - £50,000 + £5,000 car allowance

Skills and knowledge

  • Experience as Bid Assistant role.
  • Knowledge of a construction bid/procurement or business development environment preferable.
  • Experience of working previously within similar sectors/organisations.
  • The ability to work both as a team member and on own initiative when required.
  • Experience of using Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Understanding of Adobe applications, including InDesign, Adobe Pro.

Main duties

  • Develop high-quality, project specific written content for client ITT and PQQ / EOI requests using persuasive writing techniques.
  • Customise and re-work existing pre-written content to meet specific bid requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with required proposal deliverables, scoring metrics and solution/win themes whilst achieving internal and client deadlines.
  • Support with internal bid submission processes including booking and taking part in bid launch and mid-bid meetings as well as site visits.
  • Organise and take part in writing sessions with bid and operational team members, key stakeholders and subject matter experts.
  • Support with producing accurate, relevant case studies and undertake visits to live sites (where required) to gather appropriate information.
  • Be responsible for extracting tender documents and updating the bid library accordingly and regularly.
  • Receive, process, record and track all incoming tenders and alerts.
  • Support with the communication and logging of the clarifications process.
  • Take ownership of internal tender/outcome tracking systems, including the CRM system (Monday.com).
  • Maintain all tendering/response/compliance portals with up-to-date company information/documents.
  • Support with gathering and maintaining information relevant to company accreditations and update the portals in advance of expiry dates.
  • Support the marketing function of the businesses.
  • Attend business events including client as well as soft marketing engagements for upcoming bids, if required.