Bid Writer

Company Description

Hitachi Solutions Europe is a global Digital, Data and Technology consultancy, Microsoft Gold partner and Cloud Services partner, specialising in end-to-end transformation. We build services that are user centred and accessible, designed by our brilliant agile teams, capable of harnessing the power of the latest technologies.

Our capabilities include Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Azure including CRM, Application Modernisation, Modern Data Platform, Performance & Analytics, Fraud and Error, Grants, User Centred Design, Accessibility and Agile DevOps.

Be part of our Hitachi family

We place value on collaboration, open communication, and transparency. We emphasise the importance of team spirit, cohesion, and appreciation - and through our talented people, innovative culture, and technical and business expertise, we deliver game changing outcomes every day. Our learning culture and flat hierarchy are our recipes for success. But don't take our word for it - have a look at what our employees are saying: Hitachi Solutions: Recruiting the best talent and offering outstanding career opportunities (hitachi-solutions.co.uk)

Diversity and Inclusion at Hitachi Solutions

Diversity is the wellspring of our innovation, and we believe that creativity is fuelled by inclusivity. Our collective success is achieved by fostering and respecting our employees' and customer's individualities coming together as One Team. Hitachi strives to create an environment not only where genders, races, cultures, sexual orientations, and identities can work together, but where the beliefs and views of those participating feel equally represented. You can read more about Hitachi's mission and values here: hitachi-solutions.co.uk

What to expect, your benefits

Hitachi Solutions offers competitive compensation packages (incl. bonuses), pension and benefits plans. Work/Life balance is an essential part of our culture, and all our employees are home workers, although you will be expected to come into our or customer's offices regularly. We operate a comprehensive career development programme that includes mentoring and training plans to ensure that you will continue to grow and develop your career at Hitachi.

Job Description

A team growing through success
We are growing our Pre-sales Public Sector Bid Team in order to handle more business and to continue the work we already do in the public sector with high profile Central & Local Government departments. We are proud of the impact our solutions make to bring better digital services to the country and its citizens. To help us with this mission, we are looking for a Bid Writer to join Presales.

As part of a team, you will be partnering with our Bid Manager and Digital Transformation Subject Matter Experts (SME) within Presales, Sales and the wider business to create bid response content within the presales bid process.

Content Creation
Our need is for a Bid Writer to focus on improving the written content of our bids. This role will complement our existing Bid Management process and discipline in how we run all bids. The Bid Manager role will provide process guidelines for a bid and the Bid Writer support content created by the Bid Manager, SMEs, Account Managers, Business Development Directors on content in a complementary partnership that plays to each roles' strengths.

Helping you make an impact
To help you succeed, we operate a supportive environment where learning and development are taken seriously. You will be supported with targeted training on our standard solutions documentation and our bid content collateral, as well as by frequent opportunities to work with the seasoned bid writer on the team, the Bid Manager. Finally, you can count on the right solutions and insights being supplied by our talented Subject Matter Experts, which you will then finesse to produce bid winning responses.

What Will You Be Doing?
Working within the process set by the Bid Manager for each bid, you will:

• Adhere to well-defined bid processes and deadlines, set by the Bid Manager
• Use our software suite and Content Library to search for and match existing content with bid questions
• Review our SME's contributions to further develop, edit, proof and suggest improvements to our bid responses
• Use the agreed bid writing plan to partner with and guide SMEs in what a good response to individual questions might be, e.g. advising on scoring and weighting criteria, essential points and win themes
• Partner with the Bid Manager to flag the best bid content you create so it can go into the Content Library to be used in future bids
• Undertake occasional research and organisation of bid content 'off-bid'

Qualifications

Who we are looking for
We certainly welcome applications for Bid Writer from persons with a background in bid writing, but also welcome applications from those with a more general communications, journalism, or marketing background. The main drivers are an interest in how technology can help transform society and that you will be happy to develop a focus on creating and editing good bid responses.

If you are interested and want to know more about this opportunity, apply directly and have a chat with us.

Additional Information

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