Bid Writer Head Office · Leeds

Bid Writer / Tender CoordinatorLocation -Cross Green, Leeds (LS9)Salary -to £38,000Based at our Leeds Head Office with easy access via the M1 / M62 & M621, the position of Bid Writer plays a key role in the success of NEO. The successful candidate reportingdirectly to the Managing Director, will hold day to day responsibility for the preparation of technical tender proposals required in response to long term service contracts and one-off projects for passive fire protection services across the social housing, education, health care and student accommodation sectors.
Whilst previous experience in Bid Writing would be preferred, we’re opening to considering someone with a background in tender submissions who has commercial acumen, is organised and has great communication skills.Key DeliverablesYour primary responsibility will be to write high quality bid responses for new tenders. This will see youcoordinating and completing the bid response process, developing, and maintaining a knowledge base of ‘standard’ answers and templates, as well as identifying ways to improve the quality and consistency of the bid response process. To do this effectively you will need to liaise with other teams and senior stakeholders ensuring submissions are made on time and to the required quality. Applicants must have excellent communication skills, especially written English grammar, spelling & vocabulary, combined with the ability to understand technical concepts and tender questions then provide clear concise responses whilst working to tight deadlines and challenging targets. Key Responsibilities: Compile, edit, and proofread commercial proposals which contain technical content ensuring that these are presented in a professional and concise manner.
Review and revise documents prepared by others and coordinate the preparation of those materials in a completed bid document. Determine the scope and timeline of new bids.
Lead and coordinate the preparation of tender bids ensuring other contributors provide information on time to the correct standard.
Develop knowledge of the business, and its services by reading and reviewing previous bid submissions and spending time with technical and commercial functions. Develop a library of documentation and reference materials.
Review and improve other customer materials and develop a consistent set of standards for other commercial functions to follow.
Develop a set of standard templates for less complex bids.
Experience / Skills: Writing experience in a technical authoring field
Technical awareness including an understanding of building service solutions.
Excellent interpersonal skills
Able to provide leadership and guidance to less experienced personnel.
Able to work to tight timescales particularly when developing proposals.
Substantial experience using MS Office including Word and PowerPoint.
Team and action oriented; proactive in prioritising own workload and assigned areas of responsibility to others.
Able to influence assertively to get results. What you get: Salary to £38,000 Holidays 29 days holiday per annum (including 8 statutory holiday days) rising by 1 day for each year of service up to a maximum 33 days / annum. Hours of work 08:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:30 on Fridays Benefits package comprising: Medicash Health Care Plan Life insurance
Neo Property Solutions, part of the PTSG Group, deliver specialist passive fire protection services, including Fire Compartmentation Surveys, Fire Door Surveys, Fire Stopping and Fire Compartmentation Works, executed as part of a rolling programme of annual inspection and/or rectification works required across multi-occupancy housing, buildings of public amenity, healthcare facilities, education establishments, student accommodation blocks and security sensitive office buildings and workplaces.Equal Opportunities in PracticeWe are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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