Bid Writer

When you join Kainos, you get to think beyond limitations to make an immediate and positive impact – like transforming digital services for millions of citizens or helping Fortune 500 companies get live and thrive on Workday.

You’ll be part of a people-first culture that is growing around the world. We’re a creative, committed, and diverse group of individuals who succeed as a team.

At Kainos your ideas are heard and valued and you’ll leave a legacy that you can feel proud of. Join us and discover how our people write our story.

When you join Kainos, you get to think beyond limitations to make an immediate and positive impact – like transforming digital services for millions of citizens or helping Fortune 500 companies get live and thrive on Workday.

You’ll be part of a people-first culture that is growing around the world. We’re a creative, committed, and diverse group of individuals who succeed as a team.

At Kainos your ideas are heard and valued and you’ll leave a legacy that you can feel proud of. Join us and discover how our people write our story.

As an experienced Bid Writer in the Healthcare sector of our Services business, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the high quality of our proposals and bid documents to win new business. You will work closely with sales leads, bid teams and the pre-sales team to understand buyer requirements, our proposed solution/service, write high-scoring bid content, and guide the bid team to ensure end-to-end quality of the proposal/bid.

Key responsibilities will include:

Understanding the buyer’s requirements.

Maintaining a detailed knowledge of our past project delivery and case studies.

Working closely with the sales lead and bid team to understand the proposed solution/service in response to the buyer’s requirements.

Collaborating with the sales lead to clearly define the win themes.

Designing storyboards and the structure of the proposal or bid document to maximise clarity.

Writing compelling and well-structured content that accurately describes the proposed solution/service and incorporates the agreed win themes.

Collaborating with designers to create compelling visuals to accompany or supersede written content.

Guiding the bid team authors on writing high-quality proposal/bid content.

Reviewing the final drafts to ensure clarity, inclusion of win themes, and consistency of language, terminology, tone of voice etc.

Working with review teams to identify lessons and be responsible for establishing and maintaining a culture of continuous improvement to bid quality.

Working with the pre-sales team to help them to maintain ‘gold standard’ content.

Minimum (essential) requirements:

5+ years-experience of writing high-scoring bid content relevant to UK healthcare and Public Sector procurements.

Understand technical detail relating to the delivery of digital services (including bespoke software delivery, agile methodologies etc).

Work effectively in a team.

Experience of interviewing subject matter experts (business and technical) to produce accurate written content.

Sound awareness of technology trends.

Communicate and present complex ideas clearly both verbally and in writing.

Plan and meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment maintaining a meticulous attention to detail.

Mentoring and coaching others to produce high-quality content.

Desirable:

Experience of understanding how Generative AI tooling can improve the efficiency of bid production without compromising accuracy of message.

Visual design experience to develop compelling illustrations.

About Us: Kainos is high-growth IT services company providing digital technology solutions and agile software development to enterprise customers. Across or 30-year+ history, we have delivered high profile national scale transformation projects across government, NHS and a myriad of private sector clients.

So what are you waiting for? Let’s write the next incredible chapter of our story together.

Embracing our differences

At Kainos, we believe in the power of diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team that is as diverse as the world we live in, where everyone is valued, respected, and given an equal chance to thrive. We actively seek out talented people from all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes them who they are. We also believe every candidate deserves a level playing field. Our friendly talent acquisition team is here to support you every step of the way, so if you require any accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to reach out. We understand that everyone's journey is different, and by having a private conversation we can ensure that our recruitment process is tailored to your needs.

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