Senior Bid Writer in London

We are an independent software and technology consultancy who have clients in the public and private sector. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exciting new digital services for our clients. We focus on understanding our client’s business and work with them to deliver change that makes their business more effective. We are able to support our clients with their strategy, technical design, user experience, software development and delivery into live service.

We are looking for candidates to join our People and Operations Practice as a Senior Bid Writer. You will be working closely with our Senior Leadership Team and Account Managers, managing the allocation of commercial opportunities to internal teams and supporting them in the development of winning written proposals. As well as managing opportunities, the role will involve liaising with teams and senior stakeholders internally and externally, analysing large amounts of information and developing compelling conclusions.

Requirements

About you: You will be a motivated self-starter, who is highly organised and able to balance multiple priorities. You should have strong interpersonal and communication skills, both of which are essential to this role. This role will suit someone who is interested in a career in business administration and operational process development, with a view to progressing towards managing and leading business development processes and opportunities in the future.

Main Duties:

• Setting standards and taking responsibility for crafting accurate, high quality, professional, impactful and hopefully successful bid responses.
• Contribute or lead the development of written proposals and presentations.
• Analyse questions, identify win themes.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams on developing bid responses, ensuring accuracy, and alignment with client requirements.
• Ensure consistency of style and quality across responses.
• Work with Subject Matter Experts to answer detailed technical questions.
• Write content, summarise, shorten, enhance.
• Track bids in progress, outlining potential risks and benefits, as well as the outcomes, collating feedback and providing points for improvement.
• Evaluate incoming bid opportunities against company criteria, managing bid tenders and distributing them to the appropriate departments and teams; prioritise bids based on strategic alignment, potential profitability, and company capability.
• Participate in bid strategy sessions to understand client requirements and competitive landscape.
• Establish and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Representing Solirius, if necessary, at pre-bid meetings.

Specialist skills required:

• A strong degree in any discipline - particularly where analysing information and developing written conclusions forms a significant part of the syllabus, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken word with an ability to successfully engage with team members, clients and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to write reports, proposals (e.g. dissertations).
• Attention to detail, and strong organisational and time management skills are essential.
• Ability to analyse and condense large amounts of information.
• Ability to work in a challenging, fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines.
• A good understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Word and Excel) and Google Suites.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
• Flexible working / Work from home.
• Generous annual discretionary bonus.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• 5 days allocated development training per year.
• Contributory pension.
• Gym membership.
• Private healthcare cover.
• Annual away days and social events.

Equality & Diversity: Solirius Consulting is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages, and respects all individuals and in which all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity, marital status or any other protected characteristics. Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us.