Job Description

Bid Writer

Salary: £40,850 per annum

Hours: 37 Hours per week

As Norse Group continues to engage with new business partners and tender for further opportunities, we are in a position to recruit a Bid Writer into our successful Bid Team, based at our Head Office in Norwich, Norfolk. The bid team forms an integral part of securing new business ventures to the group, and your role within this team will be to influence the tendering process by delivering creative and articulate content on a range of documentation.

As Bid Writer for Soft FM, you will produce tender responses and proposals for Norse Group’s facilities management businesses, focussing on the critical activities we carry out on a daily basis. Writing with clarity and persuasiveness and working closely with operational colleagues, you will articulate the business’ commercial approach and technical capability to promote the benefits of working with Norse. Principle service lines will include: Catering, Building Cleaning, Security, Grounds Maintenance, Waste Management.

Main Responsibilities

• Produce bids and proposals that articulate clearly the business’ offer in an accurate and compelling way.
• Establish priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval of each bid response in order to meet deadlines.
• Take ownership of all technical response content throughout the duration of the bid.
• Work with Technical Leads to refine content by interviewing/questioning relevant parts of the business.
• Liaise with estimating and commercial management colleagues to understand and articulate the commercial elements of each bid or proposal.
• Work closely with bid writing colleagues to bring ideas and fresh thinking to the department and identify opportunities for improvement and development.
• Communicate and influence at a senior level, including participation in key review meetings and the presentation of management information alongside the Bid Manager.