Bid Writer

Razorblue Role

We are looking for a Bid Writer to join our growing team of like-minded tech people. Should you choose to accept, your responsibilities will encompass:

Bid Writing & Proposal Creation (70%)

Bid/Proposal Writing

• Write clear, persuasive, and tailored content for bids, proposals, and tender documents.
• Ensure consistency in tone, branding, and messaging across all submissions.
• Translate complex technical or operational information into accessible language.
• Work with the Bid Manager to maintain a library of reusable content, case studies, and credentials.

Compliance & Quality Assurance

• Ensure all bids comply with client specifications, internal governance and scoring criteria.
• Review and edit content for accuracy, grammar, and impact.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with subject matter experts in business development, commercial, and operational teams.
• Attend bid kick-off and review meetings.

Research & Intelligence Gathering

• Analyse tender documents and customer requirements.
• Assist Bid Manager in conducting competitor analysis and market research to inform bid strategy.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and procurement practices.

Post-Bid Activities

• Attend debriefs and lessons-learned sessions.
• Support client presentations.

Bid/Proposal Coordination – End to End Bid Process

• Work with the Bid Manager to ensure end-to-end bid processes for multiple new business opportunities and key frameworks are followed.
• Manage your deadlines, timelines, documentation, and submission requirements as set by the Bid Manager.

Sales & Revenue Growth (30%)

• Support the sales cycle from initial contact to qualified handover to New Business team.
• Work alongside new business team in any prospect meetings to enhance success rate.

Our perfect candidate should have a wealth of knowledge spanning various technologies and being able to use these skills to troubleshoot and deliver five star solutions that keep our clients happy is a must! Customer service is paramount to us, which is why we only look for candidates with excellent customer facing skills and the ability to communicate effectively. Your friendly tech-savviness will truly shine here.

Razorblue Requirements

We know its unrealistic to find someone who ticks all of these boxes (extra points if you do), which is why we seek those eager to develop over time through our development resources and peer learning. If this aligns with your own personal growth mindset, we would love you to apply.

Qualification

• Must hold a full UK Driving Licence

Experience

• Proven experience in bid writing or proposal development, ideally in a B2B or public sector environment
• Desirable: Experience in IT, ideally for a Microsoft Partner/Managed Service Provider

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written
• Ability to persuade, influence and negotiate effectively at all levels within and outside the organisation
• Excellent telephone skills
• Excellent organisation required
• Ability to work on your own or as part of a team
• Ability to build strong working relationships (internal/external)
• Determined, enthusiastic, reliable and sociable
• Creative thinking and a strategic mindset.
• Self‑motivated, achievement orientated, ability to use own initiative
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple deadlines
• Familiarity with procurement portals and tendering processes
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and document formatting tools
• People CCentric approach & service
• Excellent conversational fluency in English is required to clearly explain complex technical issues

Continuous learning and development are central to our culture, and we heavily invest in elevating our people, not just hiring those already at an expert level.

Razorblue Gives

Working for an IT partner isn’t for the faint hearted, it requires drive, passion for technology, collaboration, and a drive to innovate.

If you want to learn more about the IT domain as a whole or specialise in one particular area, you can do that here. We are not looking for the most qualified people, but people who have a true drive to learn and a passion for the technology sector. Our learning and development opportunities, combined with our team's drive for growth, result in a high volume of promotions granted year after year.

We operate a hybrid working policy across most roles and often get asked why we haven’t made the decision to go fully remote… For us, natural learning opportunities are invaluable and office working enables this and has also inspired our collective culture of teamwork.

Our Other Benefits Include

• Base salary of £30,000‑£35,000 per annum depending on skills and knowledge
• Hybrid working (50%)
• Flexible working to suit your work life fit
• 25 days holidays per annum + public holidays + the ability to purchase 10 more
• Private Health Insurance with Vitality Health
• Your birthday off
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave + baby bonus
• Fully funded training and accreditations to expand your skillset
• Two paid charity volunteering days per year
• Discounted Broadband
• Life insurance
• Quarterly team social fund
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gear up with the latest tech toys through our partnership with Currys
• Cruise around in an eco‑friendly electric car with our EV Scheme

We're committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in our application or interview process. We're here to support you.

Agencies/Recruiters Please Note

To maintain an efficient and direct application process, we ask that recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us regarding our vacancies. We encourage individual candidates to apply directly through our website, as it enables us to manage our hiring process more effectively. Razorblue does not accept unsolicited speculative CVs.

We take no liability for fees or commissions if hiring someone who applied directly or was sourced through other means. Any emailed disclaimers indicating otherwise will not supersede this policy. Candidates must be submitted only in response to specific requisitions from our talent acquisition team.

Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated and contributes to our efforts in finding the best possible fit for our team. Rest assured; we'll reach out if we ever need assistance from agencies. Thanks for understanding!