Bid Writer

Hybrid - attached to either our Solihull, London or Hook office (regular UK travel for meetings)

Full Time, Permanent

Salary - Up To £45k Dependant On Experience

Are you passionate about the services that we deliver but interested in other ways you can support our communities and meet business objectives? Our newly centralised Bid Writing team are looking for passionate individuals who have firsthand working knowledge of our business sectors to help us develop an in-depth understanding of our proposed solutions and produce quality bids that meet our customer’s brief. Join Serco's UK&E Growth team as a Bid Writer and articulate detailed information to secure impactful government contracts.

Responsibilities:

• Craft high-quality bid proposals for bids of various sizes and complexities, both for individual bids and entire portfolios.
• Collaborate with the bid team to create storyboards and ensure they guide bid creation.
• Partner with subject matter experts (SMEs) to translate solutions into clear and compelling information for bid responses.
• Develop winning bid responses: You’ll write well-structured, accurate, concise, and visually engaging content that effectively conveys the message, meets customer requirements (including word count, presentation, and evaluation criteria), and achieves high scores.
• Conduct additional research to supplement responses, including gathering and presenting relevant data.
• Incorporate persuasive elements such as win themes, USPs, sales messages, case studies, and insightful commentary on current trends into your writing.
• Ensure consistent language quality across bids by maintaining a unified terminology, tone, and style throughout submissions.

What You’ll Need To Do The Role:

• Experience of managing a varied set of deliverables.
• Ability to write to a very high level (fluency, accuracy, correct messaging).
• Highly competent in Microsoft Office software.
• Experience of other tools and applications such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Project, Visio, etc. would be advantageous but not essential.
• Ability to quickly grasp and assimilate complex information and apply creative intellect.
• Methodical, process-driven and organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise, particularly in a time-sensitive environment.

What We Offer:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Annual leave purchase scheme.
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.
• Flexible working options.
• A Serco benefits portal offering a wide range of discounts for major high street brands in Retail, Leisure & Hospitality.
• A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Health Cash Plans, free flu jabs and more.
• A wealth of career development training to suit your future aspirations.
• A safe and supportive culture.
• A company passionate about diversity and inclusion.

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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