Bid Writer - 12 Month Fixed Term Contact

Head Office - Central London
37.5 Hours & Temporary

Salary: Up to £45,000 FTE + Benefits

Circle Health Group is proud to be recognised as one of the UK’s top 5 best big companies to work for as well as top 5 to work for in the health and social care sector.

We have an opportunity for a Bid Writer to join our team of staff in the Business Development team.

This is a Full time role for 37.5 hours a week. This role is for a fixed term period of 12 Months only.

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Minimum of 2 years relevant professional experience in a similar position
• Experience as a bid writer preferably within the healthcare industry
• Experience in writing and winning bids within healthcare services
• Degree or equivalent
• Research experience to support bid pipeline overview
• Understanding of community and secondary care clinical pathways
• Knowledge of public sector tender processes
• Ability to demonstrate involvement in successful bids

Duties of this role include:

• Read and understand all bid documentation, including detailed service specifications
• Ensure compliance with all requirements outlined in requests for proposals (RFPs), requests for quotations (RFQs), and other bid documents
• Write and edit high quality content for bids within deadlines, checking for accuracy, coherence, and consistency
• Collate documentation to support bid submissions
• Proactively engage and manage relationships with a network of SMEs to ensure high quality and relevant clinical/technical information and timely submissions
• Process and translate technical information into readable, engaging prose
• Ensure continuity and ‘win themes’ are evident throughout all bid documents
• Write and develop presentations for client-facing meetings and market engagements
• Attend and contribute to bid kick-off meetings
• Support the monitoring of daily tender email alerts
• Manage and develop the bid library
• Support the Business Development Team with ad-hoc activities as required

Salary & Benefits

Circle Health Group is committed to offering competitive starting salaries and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with service
• Private Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme for treatment at our hospitals, covering pre-existing medical conditions
• Friends & Family Hospital Discounts
• Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption pay
• Non-contributory life insurance
• Staff engagement hub with access to discounts and extensive rewards and voluntary benefits
• Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing
• Employee recognition programmes
• Industry leading training and development opportunities

…and much more!

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles…and more.

Circle Health Group is proud to be a Gold member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and we welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces Community. We are also part of The Valuable 500 and we pride ourselves in being a Disability Confident Employer.

We’re passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.

To find out more about the Circle Health Group Philosophy: https://careers.circlehealthgroup.co.uk/why-circle/our-philosophy