Bid Writer

Capita Pensions Solutions are looking for a Bid Writer reporting directly to the Head of Bid Management, to produce professionally written proposal content that clearly articulates the organisation's value proposition. This is a networked role that requires an ability to work under pressure and to demanding deadlines.

You will work with the Sales Enablement Content Exec to ensure our house style flows seamlessly from market info, sales pitches and through to bid documents. You will also ensure that our standard bid submission templates are always up to date and constantly evolving. Interviews will be taking place in January.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead storyboard sessions with bid / proposal team members and key stakeholders
• Proactively develop and manage a network of subject matter experts
• Assist the Bid / Proposal manager in developing a proposal structure
• Identify and re-work existing pre-written content where relevant
• Deliver completed written proposal responses to the Bid Manager against agreed RFP deadlines, escalating issues as required
• Re-write / edit proposal responses from a variety of stakeholders, typically involving contributions from sales, marketing, technical / product teams, finance, commercial, legal and delivery
• Ability to coach sales teams and subject matter experts in writing best practice
• Present all new proposal content to the knowledge base manager for potential re-use.

What we're looking for:

• Demonstrable experience working across the end-to-end bid process
• Developing, and winning, compelling client propositions
• Working on complex, high value bids
• Project managing multifaceted projects
• Developing compelling and effective collateral for presentations, proposals and submissions
• Using innovative technologies, such as AI, to streamline the bid writing process.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at a senior level and clients
• Highly developed relationship management skills with the ability to bring people together to meet a common outcome
• A growth mindset with the willingness to learn and ability to teach and inspire others to learn

About Capita Pension Solutions

Capita Pension Solutions is one of the UK's leading pension firms. We provide an unrivalled breadth of services to over 600 schemes covering over 6 million members. Our team use their experience, insight, expertise, and latest technology to deliver personalised end to end solutions to meet all of their clients' pension needs. Our services include pensions administration, data & remediation solutions, software, actuarial, investment, scheme management, and member communications.

What's in it for you?

In this role, you would have the opportunity to add real value from the outset and drive the direction of the team that work on a host of high-profile bid projects.

• Company matched pension, life assurance, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more!

What we hope you'll do next:

Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you

We're an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We're committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you'd like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email reasonableadjustments@capita.com or call 07784 237318 and we'll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website. Access to Work can help candidates with a physical or mental health condition or disability to get support in the hiring process, including communication support at interviews such as a British Sign Language interpreter. If you require this support you can apply for this support at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-communication-support-at-a-job-interview-if-you-have-a-disability-or-health-condition-access-to-work .

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