Job Description

Overview

The Bid Writer for will be responsible for crafting persuasive and well-structured propositions, proposals, and tender documents that align with our strategic goals and resonate with potential customers.

This role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, gathering information, and effectively communicating NEC capabilities and offerings.  The Bid Writer will play a pivotal role in winning new business and driving growth.

• Location: This role can be worked on a hybrid basis from our offices across the UK, or remote subject to location.

Key Responsibilities

Proposition and Proposal Writing

• Content Creation: Develop high-quality written content for bids, proposals, and tender documents that effectively articulate the solution, the benefits, and the value proposition.
• Message Alignment: Ensure bid content aligns with the NEC messaging, branding, and strategic objectives, while addressing the specific requirements of each opportunity.
• Content Customisation: Tailor content to meet the unique needs and preferences of each potential client or contract opportunity.
• Persuasive Communication: Write compelling narratives that highlight NEC’s strengths, differentiators, and capabilities, while addressing client pain points.
• Content Editing: Review and edit content for accuracy, clarity, grammar, and consistency, ensuring a polished and professional final product.

Collaborating

• Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Marketing, Legal, and Subject Matter Experts, to gather input and insights for responses and propositions.
• Solution Development: Collaborate closely with the solution lead to make sure our proposed solution fits the customer need.  Leverage our combined technical knowledge to help create strong content that shows why our solution is the best choice.
• Content Research: Collaborate with the proposition lead to leverage resources to provide updated best practices, answers, and relevant content, enhancing bid submission quality and effectiveness.

Bid Management

• Deadline Management: Work closely with the assigned Bid Manager, manage your bid timelines, to ensure all content is completed, reviewed, and submitted within specified deadlines.
• Continuous Improvement: Collect feedback and insights from tender outcomes to continuously improve content, processes, and win rates, feeding these into our Knowledge Management system.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all content meets the highest standards of quality, compliance, and accuracy.
• Knowledge Management: Ensure all responses and feedback are recorded in line with our knowledge management processes and procedures.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience as a proposition, proposal and bid writer and reviewer, with a successful track record of crafting persuasive bid content, proposals, and tender documents contributing and helping others achieve the levels sought.
• Strong writing and editing skills, with exceptional attention to detail and grammar with the ability to convey complex information clearly and persuasively.
• Familiarity with bid management processes and knowledge management systems.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite and bid management software, including emerging AI enabled tools.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment including Sales, Marketing, Legal, and Subject Matter Experts.
• Excellent project management and deadline management skills, and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and persuasively.
• Experience collecting and implementing feedback to improve bid content and win rates.

What We’ll Reward You With

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package, including an above average pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with the following:

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost) 
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE)
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like. 

OTHER INFORMATION

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting, references and occupational health checks. 
• Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.

Who We Are:

We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way.