Proposal Writer

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

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deliver high standards of work by 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 create breakdowns to share with your team.
• Work on portals and coordinate the progress of bids with your team.
• Help achieve sales targets through quality submissions that improve our conversion ratio from submission to success.
• Ensure all documents are free from errors in grammar and professionally represent our brand.
• Develop an effective library of information and liaise with other departments to keep this updated.
• Write and develop content for tender responses that are bespoke to the target market and involve creative writing.
• Work with BDMs to create marketing activity within guidelines, e.g., invites for events and case studies.
• Set and achieve tender deadlines by diary management and ensure all stakeholders receive regular feedback.
• Build relationships with colleagues to achieve deadlines and motivate others to send content for tenders.
• Edit all content received to ensure it meets standards and is bespoke to each prospect's requirements.
• Stay up to date with our prospects and competition to ensure responses are bespoke and deliver our strategy clearly.
• Prepare presentations in various formats and communicate status against deadlines accordingly.
• Actively promote personal development to ensure ongoing sales success while showing a willingness to learn and grow within the organization.
• Demonstrate an open mind by listening to differing opinions and promote a professional image at all times.

TARGET:

• Submit 4 quality tenders, including PQQs, per month.
• Conduct follow-ups and debrief evaluations monthly with an action plan.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's 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: 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (in Summers) and 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM (in Winters)
• Work Days: Monday - Friday
• Work Mode: Onsite

Benefits:

• Travel Allowance: 10K
• OPD (10K per year) and IPD - After probation
• Friday Lunch
• 20 Annual Leaves (pro-rata basis)
• 6 Sick Leaves (pro-rata basis)