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Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?\nIf so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.\nThe role\nWe’re looking for a Bid Writer to join the Opencast Bid Team on a 12 month fixed term contract. Working with colleagues across Opencast, you will be responsible for developing high-quality, compelling responses which showcases our credentials, expertise and delivery experience in response to client requirements.\nOpencast works across a range of public sector frameworks, so you will have the opportunity to work on bids of varying size and complexity. In addition to bid writing, you will also have an opportunity to get involved in continuous improvement activities, which will involve contributing to process improvements.\nRequirements\nWriting clear, persuasive, and compliant tender responses which articulate win themes, differentiators, and unique selling points\nSupporting the development of bid storyboards and response structures.\nEnsuring responses address evaluation criteria and scoring requirements.\nApplying best-practice bid writing techniques to improve quality and competitiveness.\nSupport bid reviews and incorporate feedback from reviewers and stakeholders.\nMaintaining bid content and reusable knowledge assets.\nEssential experience\nWe’ll want you to demonstrate experience in bid writing, with strong time management, attention to detail and communication skills.. You don’t need to have had the job title of Bid Writer before, and we encourage applications from candidates that can demonstrate these core skills:\nBid-writing experience, ideally within a technology consultancy.\nKnowledge of technology consultancy services, delivery methodsand technologies.\nExperience responding to government frameworks, including DOS or similar public sector opportunities.\nExperience working collaboratively to identifywin themes and differentiators.\nExperience developing storyboards and structured answer plans.\nExperience analysingevaluation criteria and improving bid responses.\nAbility to manage multiple bids and competing deadlines.\nThe following would also be helpful:\nExperience of writing joint bid responses with partner organisations\nKnowledge of digital transformation, user-centred design, agile delivery, cloud, data, AI, and software engineering services\nAs well as bid management experience, there are essential core skills you’ll need to excel in this role:\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\nA keen eye for detail and a strong commitment to quality\nStrong organisationaland time-management skills\nAbility to coordinate multiple priorities in parallel\nAbility to articulate benefits and align them with client needs\nCuriosity, willingness to learn and a naturally inquisitive approach\nA problem-solving mindset and willingness to challenge the status quo\nA collaborative, team-focused approach\nInterview\nYour skills and experience will be explored at interview, where we’ll ask you to describe how you approach bid writing deliver successful proposals, and engage stakeholders. If you’re successful in the first interview, we’ll invite you back to meet with colleagues that you will be working with outside of the bid team, which will give you an insight into the stakeholders that you would typically collaborate on bids with.\nSalary\nSalary range for this role: £50,000-£65,000\nWhere you’ll work\nYour working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. This varies in frequency, and takes into account requirements of your work and your team\nWe include you\nWe welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.\nInterview\nJob interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.\nWant to know more?\nVisit our website or email .\nWe are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. 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