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Serco Group Plc, Holt, Hart
- Remote working
- Full time
- Permanent
Posted 2 weeks ago, 3 May
Job ref: 983ce2f8144c494ea5723744a60c2bd5
Full Job Description
- and thoroughly understanding the proposed solutions
- you'll produce quality bids that meet the client's brief whilst being visually engaging and compelling. This will include the production of written responses, storyboards, and other bidding collateral.
As well as the satisfaction of working on contracts that directly supports the UK Defence Enterprise, you'll also benefit from an environment that firmly sets the stage for your own career development and progression, whether you want to specialise, progress upwards, or broaden your career. We offer a wide portfolio of career frameworks, with the right training and development in place to support your aspirations, including in Sales, Bids, Solutions, Commercial and Project Management to name a few.
Your main responsibilities:
· Support the bid team in the creation of storyboards and to ensure these are implemented in the writing pathway.
· Work with subject matter experts (SMEs) and other colleagues and specialists to translate solutions and knowledge into crafted written responses.
· Create quality responses which are well-written, accurate, concise, and visually engaging. They will also effectively convey the required message, answer the customer's requirements (including adherence to word counts, presentational requirements, and evaluation criteria requirements) and score well.
· When required, to conduct additional research to supplement bid responses including collation and presentation of relevant data.
· To incorporate win themes, USPs, sales messages, case studies and 'hot button' material into responses, aligned with APMP best practice.
· You will have experience of a complex and varied bidding environment (across different methods of procurement) and will have experience of managing multiple deliverables.
· Experience in Defence tenders.
· Highly competent in MS Office software with some experience of other tools and applications such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Project, Visio, etc. Skills around template creation and document manipulation would be advantageous.
· Excellent communication skills including relationship development and stakeholder management; individuals will be confident and articulate in all communications
Desirable Skills and Qualifications:
· There are no specific requirements for qualifications for this role although the successful candidate will have previous defence bid writing experience and is likely to have a background in journalism, linguistics, or similar and must be able to write to a very high level (fluency, accuracy, correct messaging etc.).
· Familiarity with using AI within a writing process
· Practical understanding of Shipley
· APMP Foundation or higher qualification, Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .
Bid WriterHybrid (Home based with regular UK travel for meetings/visits)Full Time, Permanent
Salary
- £40k-£45k dependent on experience
Serco is a global Defence business and a critical player in the UK Defence Enterprise. We make an impact by delivering agile and resilient services, covering people and training, engineering and infrastructure solutions. We bring together the right people, the right technology and the right partners to support the Defence Enterprise to protect the nation in a volatile world., We understand that the skills gap can sometimes prevent us from meeting exceptional candidates - please don't hesitate to apply, we would love to hear from you.
What we offer:
· Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
· APMP Foundation qualification
· A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Simply Health Plans, Annual Leave Purchase Scheme and more
· Access to a huge range of discounts and exclusive deals such as Merlin Attractions, Mobile Phone discounts, Cinema discounts, Leisure, and Hospitality discounts
· Committed to professional and personal development with a wide range of training and coaching opportunities to expand your capabilities
· Up to 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
All Serco employees must ensure that their current line manager is aware of their application. For confidential enquiries please contact MyHR. Serco are Disability Confident Leader employers and are committed to employing and retaining people with disabilities. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
· Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
· APMP Foundation qualification
· A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Simply Health Plans, Annual Leave Purchase Scheme and more
· Access to a huge range of discounts and exclusive deals such as Merlin Attractions, Mobile Phone discounts, Cinema discounts, Leisure, and Hospitality discounts
· Committed to professional and personal development with a wide range of training and coaching opportunities to expand your capabilities
· Up to 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays