Location
Central London / Hybrid

Hours
Not specified

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Net Zero Careers Accelerator aims to become a market leader in the provision of Electric Vehicle charging solutions to Local Authorities and Businesses as part of its strategy to lead the transition to zero carbon. The goal is to undertake an ambitious electric vehicle charging installation program, deploying high volume and quality EV installations across the nation. Our aim is to make the world a better place, one charge point at a time.

The Bid Writer will work within the sales team to create professionally written content for proposals and tenders that articulate our value proposition and win themes. They will support the end-to-end bid process, writing compelling content and collaborating with multiple stakeholders across the business.

Key Accountabilities
The role is responsible for the following:
- Supporting the Head of Bid, Senior Bid Manager and Bid Manager with writing and coordinating bid responses, ensuring bids are submitted on time and in line with the bid cycle
- Conducting customer research to maximise understanding of their requirements and align our win themes
- Working with the Head of Bid, Senior Bid Manager and Bid Manager to storyboard answers to responses
- Producing high scoring proposal content that clearly articulates the benefits of our solution to meet specific client needs, answering tender questions and aligning with tender scoring matrix or market best practice
- Checking drafts for clarity, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure and formatting, ensuring responses answer the questions asked
- Ensuring all bid management tools are used to support the production of comprehensive, timely bids
- Keeping up to date with all bid documentation including responses to clarification questions from clients
- Delivering completed written proposal responses to the Head of Bid or Senior Bid Manager in line with agreed deadlines, escalating issues as required
- Proactively developing and managing a network of subject matter experts
- Maintaining internal content such as bid library, CVs and subject matter content up to date
- Providing regular updates on bids in progress to the Head of Bid and Chief Development Officer as required
- Engaging with other sales team members and the wider business to ensure thorough and compelling bids are written and submitted
- Managing own time to ensure early identification of potential conflicts with bid timetables
- Communicating any issues and partnering with team members to address them ahead of time
- Supporting the bid team to ensure all bids progress in line with appropriate governance processes
- Attending business review meetings, including quarterly in-person review meetings
- Performing any other duties as required by the leadership team

Outcome, Results and Key Performance Indicators
- Achieve growth targets in line with current KPIs

Key Relationships
Internal – Chief Development Officer, Head of Bid, Senior Bid Manager, Bid Manager, Public Sector BDMs, Bid Coordinator, Social Value Manager, Customer Experience Director, Marketing Manager, Finance Director, CTO, Technical Director and Operations Director
External – Procurement officers, Directors of Service, Senior Managers, Sustainability/Environmental Leads, Public and Private Sector bodies

Experience
- Experience of bid and proposal management
- Previous experience in a similar role

About you
- Strong writing skills
- Good time management skills
- Ability to develop compelling and robust proposals
- Excellent communicator
- Strong project management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate at various levels within internal and external organisations
- Commercial knowledge
- Good business acumen and understanding of risks
- Strong attention to detail

Behaviours
- Willingness to learn and develop
- Self-driven
- Inclusive
- Team focused
- Open
- Respectful of others

Qualifications
- Previous experience in a similar role