Senior Bid Writer – London

Overview

In this role you will lead the end-to-end creation and submission of public sector and healthcare tenders, ensuring high-quality, compliant responses under tight deadlines. You will work closely with marketing, business development and cross-functional teams to gather information and craft persuasive proposals. The position offers impact by shaping tender content and improving bid processes within a healthcare-focused environment. You will operate in a deadline-driven setting, contributing to the firm’s competitive positioning and growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation, writing and submission of public sector and healthcare tenders from review to final submission, collaborating with the marketing team
• Analyze tender documents (ITT, RFT, PQQ, RFP, framework) to identify requirements, criteria, risks and deadlines
• Develop clear, persuasive tender responses that address evaluation criteria and scoring
• Ensure submissions comply with formatting, word counts, mandatory questions and supporting docs
• Develop and maintain a library of bid content, case studies, company information, policies and service descriptions
• Coordinate with Business Development, Operations, HR, Finance and senior management to gather required information
• Ensure all submissions meet standards and deadlines
• Review and proofread responses for accuracy, clarity and professionalism
• Maintain a clear tender pipeline and provide regular progress updates
• Contribute to continuous improvement of bid and tender processes

Key requirements

• 5+ years in a Bid Writer or Tender Writer role
• Proven experience writing and submitting public sector tenders
• Proven experience writing healthcare-sector tenders or tenders for healthcare services
• Experience with frameworks and multi-year public sector contracts
• Experience using eTenders or similar procurement platforms
• Excellent research, editing and proofreading skills
• Strong project management and organisational skills
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to articulate value proposition
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
• Collaborative and able to build relationships across teams

• collaborative
• strong communication
• attention to detail
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• eTenders

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