Bid Writer

Job Description:

Contract type: Full time, permanent 
Location: Home based, with occasional travel to offices in Nuneaton and Cowley 
Salary: £50,000 plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme 
 
About the Job 
 
Your role is critical to securing Unipart’s future success in Strategic and Public Sector Bids, across all sectors including Defence, Aerospace, Rail and more. You will be involved in an array of Unipart's largest strategic/public sector bids.  The core purpose of the role is to translate complex logistics, engineering, and digital solution designs into high-scoring, compliant, and compelling narrative responses.  You will act as the lead pen for technical quality submissions, interviewing Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to extract raw intelligence and turning it into a ‘Gold Standard’ submission that meets the rigorous requirements of strategic clients.  You will hold an existing understanding of defence bidding in the public sector environment. 
 
As part of your key responsibilities, you’ll: 

• Draft, edit, and proofread high-quality technical responses on strategic public sector bids - ensuring all narratives are articulate, concise, and persuasive 
• Proactively interview and interrogate internal Subject Matter Experts (Operations, IT, HR, Supply Chain) to extract the technical detail required to answer complex questions 
• Analyse tender questions to break down requirements, ensuring every sentence contributes to the scoring methodology and full compliance with customer standards 
• Lead storyboard sessions to structure answers before writing begins, ensuring the ‘Win Strategy’ and ‘Ghosting’ of competitors are embedded in the draft 
• Manage the feedback loop from review stages, specifically addressing criticism to improve the score of the final document 
• Convert internal Unipart terminology into client-facing benefits 
• Manage the rigorous document control required for high-security bids, ensuring security classification handling 
• Incorporate knowledge of the sector landscapes into responses to demonstrate deep customer understanding 

 
About You 
 
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role! 

• Excellent writing skills 
• Experience of defence bidding in the public sector 
• Experience of using AI best practices within bid writing 
• Articulate, with strong verbal and presentation skills 
• A proficient user of Microsoft Office, in particular PowerPoint and Word 
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and manage resources/output timelines 
• Used to working under pressure and to challenging deadlines with energy and passion, and will have the flexibility to deal with change 
• Experience in the field of supply chain logistics and external bid training (for instance, Shipley or APMP would be advantageous) 

 
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies.  We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales.  As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day. 
 
You may have experience in the following: Bid Writer • Senior Bid Writer • Bid Manager • Proposal Writer • Proposal Manager • Technical Writer • Public Sector Bid Writer • Defence Bid Writer 
 
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