Bid Writer

Package Description

What we offer if you join our amazing team:

• Competitive Salary 

• Corporate Benefits Package 

• Company events

Job Introduction

Serco is a partner of choice to the European Institutions and other International Organisations. For the past 30 years, we have been providing European and International Organisations a wide range of services including ICT services in support, infrastructure, operations and development as well as managing different contact centres for the key European Institutions, agencies and organisations, in Brussels and across Europe.

We are hiring a Bid Writer to join our Brussels office!

Key Responsibilities

Are you looking to secure a career in a public sector environment?

We would love to hear from you! 

As Bid Writer you will be responsible for:

• Supporting individual bid teams in the production of winning responses;
• Owning the creation of storyboards and supporting Subject Matter Experts in completing them/ensuring they are adhered to throughout bid development;
• Working with technical and commercial colleagues to extract information and ‘interpret’ technical/financial solutions;
• Creating high-quality responses that are well-written, accurate and concise, as well as working with the graphic design team to produce visually-engaging documents;
• Incorporate win themes, unique selling points, case studies and ‘hot button’ material into responses with the objective of scoring maximum points against the customer’s evaluation criteria;
• Conduct research to supplement bid responses, including collation and presentation of data to support governance meetings where required;
• Support Bid Managers and wider bid teams with ad hoc tasks as required.

In return, we offer a friendly, supportive and professional environment that respects your work/life balance and ultimately contributes to the delivery of public services in Belgium and around the world.

Skills

We are looking for a proactive individual with a demonstrable commitment to personal/professional development and a passion for bidding. There are no specific qualifications required for this role but candidates should have strong experience of working in the public sector bidding environment (at least two years +). Moreover, we would like to see:

• Ability to deliver high-quality written work under the pressure of tight deadlines; 
• Ability to quickly grasp and assimilate complex information and apply creative intellect;
• Methodical, process-driven and organised approach with excellent attention to detail;
• Experience of template creation and document manipulation (preferred but not essential);
• Highly-competent with MS Office software and relevant tools such as Adobe etc;
• Excellent communication skills, including relationship development and stakeholder management;
• Confident, persuasive and articulate communication;
• Excellent command of at English and Dutch
• Knowledge of French will be a significant advantage