Bid Writer

Independent Clinical Services ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £30,000 per annum

Overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to utilise your Bid Writing experience within a diverse Healthcare environment? Do you want to work for a company that values development? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Independent Clinical Services as a Bid Writer. You will be responsible for the timely completion of detailed responses to bids, proposals, tenders and other response documents in close conjunction with Bid colleagues, the Bid Team Manager and colleagues from across the ICS Group. We are looking for someone who is an experienced Bid Writer and can liaise with a diverse range of internal stakeholders in order to convey complex messages to target audiences. Primarily focused on preparing and producing distinctive winning responses across the health, social care and other niche markets served by ICS organisation, the Bid Manager will provide seamless support as the business requires, working alongside, supporting and overseeing Bid Coordinator colleagues and bid activity. ICS Group is one of the UK’s leading Healthcare Staffing Providers.Our aim, which underpins everything we do, is to be the first choice for health, life sciences and social care professionals and providers. Our recent achievements have seen us outperform our main competitors with strong growth across each of our markets. ' ICS group is the number 1 UK provider of highly skilled and specialised workforce solutions and related services to the health, social care and life sciences segments’ Our Bid Writers are at the heart of our business, so we will offer you: Fantastic company culture Optional charity involvement Great work/life balance Excellent rates of pay The opportunity to enhance your career by applying your transferable skills in a supported Bid Writing Team Competitive bonus scheme Full induction programme and training Support with ongoing professional development Senior management support Company social events throughout the year Strong internal support team Key tasks include: Understand the bid process in order to identify and qualify bid opportunities Analyse win themes to objectively review bid responses throughout preparation, and position ICS companies correctly to secure business wins Work intricately with business colleagues to fully understand opportunities, and relay/ oversee bid coordinator colleagues to support bid completion and submission Apply expertise in bid writing to convey messages clearly, effectively and successfully Work in conjunction with each part of the ICS Group to understand opportunities, and identify areas for proactive development Coordinate bid completion to produce distinctive, winning bids, managing the end-to-end bid process/life cycle Prioritise and produce plans for the efficient and successful submission of bid documents to strict deadlines Producing (writing) and editing bid response documents, ensuring each bid is positioned correctly, and with clear win themes and messages to maximise success rates Write and produce draft documents and bid responses in accordance with company standards Coordinate and manage responses from multiple authors and sources to create seamless, consistent and high quality responses To deliver improved and enhanced standards of written responses in conjunction with the Bid Team Proofing and editing colleague’s bid response documents, ensuring each document contains required information required to create a successful, winning bid Skills and experience: Minimum of 3yrs within a Bid role Experience of writing, editing and producing written pieces of work Previous Bid Writing experience Experience of reviewing and responding to both Public and Private sector bid/ tender requests Experience of managing multiple projects, competing deadlines and priorities Meticulous attention to detail Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience in interpreting complex documents Ability to prioritise and manage a high volume of work Ability to remain calm and work effectively under pressure Experience of working to tight deadlines Skilled, diplomatic and persuasive communicator