Bid Writer
Hayes, London - Hybrid
Up to £50,000 + Commission
Join our Business Development team as our first dedicated Bid Writer, taking ownership of tender responses and supporting sales colleagues to deliver high-quality, winning submissions. As our tender activity grows, you'll have the opportunity to shape our bid processes, build our bid library, and develop into a more senior bid management role.
As a UK B Corp Certified salary sacrifice specialist, The Electric Car Scheme is on a mission to make net zero the obvious choice by making electric cars and other Net Zero Benefits easy, affordable and simple for employers to offer their people. Built on best in market pricing, complete employer protection and trusted 5 star service, we are accelerating the UK towards a net zero future while creating win win win outcomes for our customers, our team and the planet. Rated 4.9 on Glassdoor and certified by Welcome to the Jungle, there has never been a more exciting time to join a fast growing, purpose driven business transforming sustainable employee benefits.
Key Responsibilities:
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Review each ITT, PQQ and RFP on receipt, breaking down the buyer’s requirements, scoring criteria and deadlines into a clear response plan.
- Agree win themes with the lead salesperson, then structure every answer against the scoring criteria before drafting starts.
- Write clear, persuasive responses that directly answer the question, gathering evidence from subject matter experts across the business and using AI tooling to accelerate first drafts without losing quality.
- Ensure every submission is fully compliant with the buyer’s specification, page limits and scoring rubric, and edit inputs from sales, legal and finance into one consistent, high-quality voice.
- Manage clarification questions and final submission through the buyer’s procurement portal, working to strict deadlines and escalating early when anything puts them at risk.
- Build and maintain our bid library of reusable answers, templates, case studies and past submissions, so every bid starts further ahead than the last.
About you:
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3+ years managing tenders end-to-end, with submissions you’ve owned from receipt through to award.
- You’ve written bids for mid-market and enterprise buyers, and you understand how larger organisations evaluate, score and buy.
- Exposure to public sector frameworks such as CCS is preferable. You know how framework procurement works and what a compliant, scoring submission looks like.
- You write plain, persuasive English and turn technical detail from busy experts into answers that score, quickly and to a consistently high standard.
- You run multiple bids in parallel to immovable deadlines, and you flag risks early rather than letting them surface late.
- Compliance checks, formatting standards and consistency across stakeholder inputs are where you take pride. Nothing goes out with an error.
- You keep clarification logs, portals, versions and evidence tidy and current, so the lead salesperson always knows exactly where the bid stands.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working: Split your week between home and the office, with set in-office days on Mondays and Wednesdays
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Add 1 day holiday per year service + buy / sell up to 5 days each year
- Flexible work policy with options to take into account family care
- Enhanced parental leave
- Use our own scheme to lease a vehicle through salary sacrifice and save 40-70% to drive a brand new electric car
- £500 pa. personal development budget
- £100 home office budget
- Bupa healthcare
- Equity options - own a part of the business
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