Bid Writer (Social Value)

• Take the lead on social value aspects of bidding, analysing questions, identifying relevant and appropriate forms of response to maximise bid evaluation scores whilst avoiding excessive cost of implementation.
• Liaising with the UK&I Sustainability Lead to ensure social value responses are accurate and achievable.
• Providing support and guidance to the wider business in terms of how to address social value aspects of bids including guidance in drafting effective responses.
• Work with the Bid directors and Bid Managers to develop a proposal structure and produce written bid responses and presentation collateral in line with deadlines.
• Reviewing and editing previously written content where necessary, working with other bid team members and wider SYSTRA group employees to gather evidence and craft compelling win themes/propositions.
• Write effective, concise, and compelling content while under the pressure of deadlines.
• Writing content for bid presentations and all supporting documentation, ensuring a cohesive and consistent alignment to bid submissions.
• Construct a response which pulls together information gleaned from a variety of sources in a format which is both interesting and comprehensive.
• Support other bid team members to give them confidence to write and produce materials themselves.
• Support the development of the bid library content.
• Carry audits of past bids for quality and continuous improvement
• Engage with clients on each opportunity to ensure thorough understanding of their current and future needs.
• Review preliminary bid documents to recommend go/no go decisions in line with our business strategy to maximise the probability of success.
• Be familiar with the design and technical capabilities, and operational processes and procedures and team leaders within SYSTRA group
• Engage with the broader UK organisation to develop close working relationships and leverage joint technical capability.
• Write key elements of the bid responses with assistance from colleagues as needed and ensuring commercial requirements and risks are considered and mitigated.
• Champion continuous improvement through lessons learnt for future bids/proposals and by engaging with SYSTRA Group’s ‘Bid Excellence’ team.

• Degree or recognised engineering qualifications (preferred)
• Proven track record of successful bid/proposal quality response delivery including demonstrable completion of Social Value high scoring, well received responses with a sound understanding of commercial and contract terms.
• Ability to understand client needs and translate these into concrete technical solution
• Excellent communication skills and collaboration skills are essential for the role
• Ability to work as a member of cross-cultural teams in different time zones
• Ability to make decisions in a time-pressurised situations
• Ability to write concise and accurate answers in perfect English
• Experience in InDesign and similar deign packages is desirable
• Professional approach with the ability to motivate others
• Good engineering and technical knowledge and the willingness and ability to learn quickly
• Self-motivated with excellent personal time management skills

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