Content Writer

Job Description

To support the Sales in the completion and management of the tender process, ensuring our strategy to win the business is clearly articulated in a professional manner. An Ideal Candidate must have an academic background in creative writing, content writing, bid writing with a keen interest in developing a career within this field of bid writing- the role has the potential to a promotion.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To deliver high standards of work through supporting others to complete tender questions
• Write tender responses within the PQQ and ITTs
• Follow the company's Bid Process
• Find tender opportunities, source documents and read to create breakdowns to share with your team
• Be able to work on portals and co-ordinate the progress of your bid with your team
• To help in the achievement of the sales target through quality submissions, which improve our conversion ratio from submission to success
• Ensure all documents are free from errors in grammar and professionally represent
• To develop an effective library of information and liaise with other departments to keep this updated
• To write and develop content for tender responses which are bespoke to the target market and involves creative writing
• To work with BDMs to create marketing activity to fit within guidelines e.g. invites for events and case studies
• Set and achieve tender deadlines by diary management. Ensure all stakeholders receive regular feedback and advance notice of upcoming activity
• Ensure you are known so new information is sent to you without having to ask
• Contributes to documents by questioning others against the client objectives
• Edit all content received to ensure meets standards and is bespoke to each prospects requirements
• Be up to date with our prospects and competition to ensure responses are bespoke and deliver our strategy clearly
• Deliver on time bespoke documents, editing all content received from the business
• Responsibility of compiling and distributing bids within the team
• Keep up to date with group business ventures and services, competitors, relationships with customers, clients and suppliers, market evolution
• Help identify additional opportunity by getting to know client requirements
• Builds relationships with colleagues to call upon if required to achieve a deadline
• Achieve deadlines by motivating others to send content for tenders
• Target and develop a network of influential internal and external contracts ones that are up for renewal and upcoming
• Work with colleagues to fully understand our target clients
• Set all deadlines for information to be received and managing these deadlines
• To prepare presentations in a number of formats
• Know at all times where we are against deadlines and communicate accordingly
• To actively promote your own development to ensure ongoing sales success but you must show a willingness to learn and grow in the organization
• Demonstrate an open mind by listening to people with different opinions
• Promote a professional image at all time

TARGET:

4 quality tenders, including PQQs to be submitted a month

• Follow up and debrief evaluation on a monthly basis with action plan

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in English, Communications, Marketing, or a related field (creative or bid writing background preferred).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills must confidently interact with UK-based clients in a professional manner.
• Strong interpersonal and soft skills; must be organized, proactive, and detail-oriented.
• Prior experience in the facilities management industry or with UK-based FM clients is a strong advantage.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with tendering portals (e.g. Proactis, In-Tend, Contracts Finder) is preferred.
• Experience with project tracking tools (e.g. Trello, Asana) and document management platforms (e.g. SharePoint, Google Drive) is a plus.

Other Details:Experience: 1-2 years

• Work Timings: 12:00pm 8:00pm (in Summers) and 1:00pm 9:00pm (in winters)
• Work Days: Monday- Friday
• Work Mode: Onsite
• Location: Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi

Benefits:

Travelling Allowance 10k

OPD (10k per year) and IPD - After probation

Friday Lunch

20 Annual Leaves (pro-rata basis)

6 Sick leaves (pro-rata basis)