Junior Bid Writer

Days of Working: Monday to Friday

As part of your role, your key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Development of responses that are attractive, and concise and bring out the benefits that OCS can offer with a focus on the highest quality of language and technical accuracy
• Re-write/edit proposal responses from a variety of stakeholders, ensuring consistency of response in terms of themes, messages, key phrases and keywords
• Undertake client and market research to support bid development using this research to create compelling responses
• Manage the written and editorial aspects of the bid proposal development process, checking drafts for readability, clarity, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure and formatting. Meticulously review content before inclusion
• Understand customer requirements to ensure the written bid is consistent with the win themes and reflects OCS. This may involve site visits and proactively chasing colleagues to ensure their support

The ideal candidate should meet the following criteria:

• Must have Right to Work in the UK
• A targeting graduate with 2-3 years of bid or copywriting experience is preferrable. 
• Member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) is desirable
• Worked in facilities bid management
• Proven ability to work within a team in a highly customer-focused environment
• Have a proven track record of performance delivery in a sales environment