Bid Writer

Sureserve Compliance Fire Ltd., part of the Sureserve Group, is a specialist in Life Safety compliance services. Through design, installation, maintenance and monitoring of fire safety and electrical systems, we deliver fire and electrical compliance and testing services. This covers a comprehensive range of physical infrastructure and safety considerations required for a building to meet regulatory requirements. As a leading fire and electrical compliance service provider to the public sector, our success relies upon a market-leading, engaged, and highly skilled team, for which we are always seeking skilled and self-motivated individuals to join us.

Role Overview

Sureserve Compliance Fire are seeking a dynamic Bid professional to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will be key to the Growth strategy of our organization and driving its sustainable growth trajectory.

Key Responsibilities

• Responding to SQ, RFP and ITTs.

• Tracking clarifications and liaising with the relevant persons.

• Working with the Leadership Team to create innovative solutions to develop a clear win strategy, ensuring win themes are clear, compelling, and aligned to client requirements.

• Draft content and reusable documentation for PQQ / RFI / RFP / ITT / Frameworks and improving, the existing knowledge base, driving improved productivity.

• Liaising with subject matter experts within Sureserve to develop case studies

• Manage and facilitate storyboard sessions to develop our solutions and approach to qualitative questions, leading to best in class responses.

• Ensure timescales are achieved at each step of the bid process, including all internal governance, while taking the initiative in setting realistic deadlines.

• Ensure on-time submission of compliant and commercially sound bids.

• Co-ordinate and plan client presentations required as part of the bid submission.

• Develop Business winning standard process, resolute tracking of all activities and production of value adding KPI metrics

• Maintain an accurate, documented Sales Database

• Drive continuous improvement through post-bid reviews

Qualifications and Skills

• Demonstrable success and ability in bid writing and winning high-value tenders within the public sector and social housing market, ideally within the Compliance Fire marketplace.

• Able to work quickly and accurately, under own initiative and to tight timescales.

• Excellent analytical, written and problem-solving skills.

• Ideally a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• Demonstrable successful experience in a matrix design organisation.

• Demonstrable career evidence of a key finance role in an organisation achieving significant Growth in Revenue & EBITDA

• Ability to develop and implement processes.

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, DP and InDesign.

• Ideally but not essential, knowledge of fire safety works, such as active, passive works etc.

• Ideally but not essential, social housing sector experience

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus the bank holidays)

• Extra day off for your birthday

• Pension contributions

• Employee Assistance Program

• 24/7 Virtual GP service

• Bike 2 Work scheme

• Discount benefits hub

• Health cash back scheme

• Hybrid working

• Career progression opportunities

• Ongoing Mentoring and ‘career / performance coaching’

• Commitment to training and development