Bid Writer

We are seeking a Bid Writer to join our team and support the growth of our public sector contracts portfolio. This is a varied and fast-paced role where you’ll be responsible for crafting high-quality written content for tenders, PQQs, and proposal submissions aligned with public sector procurement frameworks. Working closely with internal teams across operations, commercial, and compliance, you’ll support bids through the full tender lifecycle, from opportunity identification and information analysis to submission, post-bid clarification, and handover. This role is critical to ensuring our bids are compliant, compelling, and ultimately successful.

Location: Hull or Sheffield

Salary: Up to £45k per annum based on experience

Key Responsibilities

• Review & identify potential new tender opportunities
• Analyse tender documentation (e.g., ITTs, PQQs, RFQs) and extract key requirements and evaluation criteria
• Write clear, persuasive, and tailored responses to bid questions across a range of technical and service-based topics
• Liaise with subject matter experts to gather supporting information and evidence
• Coordinate the bid process, ensuring all deadlines are met and submissions are fully compliant
• Maintain a bid library of standard responses, case studies, accreditations, and project examples
• Support post-submission clarifications and presentations where necessary
• Continually monitor and improve bid writing quality and win rates through feedback and best practices

Desired Skills & Experience

• Proven experience writing successful bids for public sector construction related contracts
• Strong understanding of public sector procurement processes
• Excellent writing, proofreading, and communication skills with an eye for detail
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple live bids and competing deadlines
• Confident working collaboratively and co-ordinating with technical and operational teams
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (other proposal tools would be advantageous)

This role will be office based, full time 40 hours, Monday to Friday 8:30am-5pm, with 30 minute lunch. Flexibility towards the business needs is required.