ISG
About ISG
ISG is a dynamic global construction services company.
We have had a hand in some of the world's most impactful and recognisable places, but our legacy is about far more than buildings. Across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we deliver places where people and businesses make memories, forge new experiences, and reach their goals.
In short, we deliver the places that enable people and businesses to thrive.

Job Purpose

Job Title - Bid Writer

Location - London (Aldgate House)

Hybrid

Role purpose

A great opportunity within our successful proposals team for an experienced Bid Writer, to support the development of content and strategy and to research, develop and review high-scoring answers to produce winning bids. The successful candidate will join a close-knit, highly motivated, and supportive team who are responsible for working on over £5bn worth of tenders annually across all divisions within ISG - Fit Out, Construction, Data Centre's and Hyperscale.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide written content for business-critical private and public sector bids and national frameworks.
• Provide support to subject matter experts to write engaging and technically correct content for tenders, PQQs and our Bid Asset Library
• Attend start-up meetings with production team to agree strategy, content, and actions.
• Work with bid managers, directors, or project managers to assign responsibilities for technical responses.
• Provide written content before tenders arrive where applicable.
• Dissect questions and produce answer plans to maximise relevant information extracted from subject matter experts.
• Lead answer planning workshops.
• Review and record client scoring from each bid and work with team leads to establish where changes could be adopted to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure a consistently high standard of content is available on the bid asset library, working with others, to ensure it is being regularly maintained and updated.
• Ensure bid asset library responsibilities for self and other writers are kept on track
• Capture best practice information from submissions to drive continuous improvement
• Review, edit and write material for case studies, project profiles and CVs
• Build trust and credibility with stakeholders from across the business
• Support your colleagues in the proposals team at critical deadlines
• Support others to peer review content
• Potential line management for another bid writer or writers
• Help others grow and develop, carrying out mentoring and support
• Support our early careers programmes to work with graduates and apprentices
• Lead or support in the induction of new team members and carry out training
• Input and lead presentations, team meetings and away days
• Ensure conformity with brand writing guidelines.

Essential skills and experience

• Experience from within the Construction Industry; and industry specific knowledge of Bid Writer roles and responsibilities within the construction market
• Experience of public sector bids and mini competitions is essential with private sector bid experience being beneficial.
• Ability to review technical content with a good knowledge of construction process.
• Evidence of having produced written content for successful bids.
• Experience of responding to framework bids and mini competitions
• Good quality research skills and effective questioning techniques
• Experienced with stakeholder management.
• Evidence of the ability to mentor and develop other writers and an enthusiasm for this is essential.
• High level of working knowledge of MS Word including working with templates
• Ability to influence and persuade others and have strong attention to detail.
• Exceptional proof reading and editing skills and excellent eye for accuracy.
• Must be able to take full accountability for their role, judgements and decisions.
• Must be organised and able prioritise own and others work- loads.
• Excellent eye for accuracy
• Ability to review technical content with a good knowledge of construction process.
• A knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics would be advantageous but not essential as training will be given.

Qualifications

• APMP qualified or an openness to join our corporate programme to become qualified.
• Preferably qualified to degree level or similar in a relevant field

What's in it for you?

• Ongoing career development and accredited learning
  
• Annual recognition and values awards
  
• Global employee assistance program
  
• Pension scheme
  
• Life assurance
  
• Private healthcare including private GP service and mental health pathways
  
• As part of our wellbeing offering, ISG offers a monthly wellbeing allowance
  
• Cycle to work scheme
  
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
  
• Industry-leading family friendly policies (39 weeks maternity leave and 8 weeks paternity at full pay)
  
• Volunteer day
  
• Discounts such as cinema to ensure you're still loving ISG even when you leave the office
  
• Most Friday's are a 4 pm finish providing work is completed for the week
  
• Your work-life balance really matters to us, so in addition to your holiday allowance we have a You Day to allow you to take an extra day off to celebrate a special event, spend time with your family or just do something that will make your life easier or more enjoyable
  
• Thriving networks including I-NOW (Women's Network), Race and Faith, LGBTQIA+, Armed Forced Covenant and the menopause working group, everyone's invited
  

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