Senior Bid Writer

Agincare is experiencing rapid and exciting growth, making it a fantastic time to join our Commercial team. As one of the UK’s leading care providers, our continued expansion depends on securing high-quality, competitive tenders that support our strategic ambitions. We’re now looking for an experienced and proactive Senior Bid Writer to help drive our success and strengthen our bid writing function.

About the Role

As a Senior Bid Writer you will play an integral role in achieving the Company’s growth objectives by supporting the Bid Manager to develop the bid writing function/process and deputises in their absence. Day to day, you will support the business throughout the bid process and deliver compelling content that is line with the Company’s brand, position and processes.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced bid professional looking to make a real impact in a fast-paced, collaborative and purpose-driven organisation.

What’s on Offer

Agincare is a proud family-run organisation, committed to our values and delivering the highest standards of care and support. Working with us brings many benefits, including:

• A salary of up to £52,000 per annum

• This role will be remote working with the occasional expectation to travel to our Head Office on Portland, Dorset to attend team meetings

• Fully funded training and career development

• Blue Light discount package (travel, leisure, entertainment and more)

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – support for you and your family

• Company pension scheme

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership for the tenders allocated and effectively manage the completion of method statements/other relevant activities from start to finish, within dedicated/tight timescales.
• Project manage own activity, in line with department bid plans.
• Taking a proactive role in the writing of standard content, CVs, case studies, capability statements and project profiles - closing gaps where possible by interviewing/questioning relevant Subject Matter Experts across the business.
• Researching and conducting a deep dive of regulatory requirements, project scope, specifications and service requirements, customer strategy documents, local initiatives, competitor analysis.
• Working with internal stakeholders not limited to Operational leads, Commercial leads,
• Marketing team, Directors, and many others.
• Ensuring that consistent quality and methods of content creation are used.
• Leading answer planning/storyboarding sessions with technical and commercial teams to understand the question or scoring mechanisms, and obtain any input needed.
• Create any relevant appendices required to support the method statements or other elements of the bid.
• Proofreading and copy-editing content.
• Identifying opportunities, synergies and added value in bids and with the writing process/function. Threading strategic objectives and win themes throughout responses.
• Ensure effective version control of the method statements and supporting appendices, in liaison with the Bid Administrator.
• Support the presentation team/s with preparation for presentations/interviews and creation of PowerPoints/other documents. May involve participation in presentations as part of a presentation team, where required.
• Deputise for the Bid Manager on occasion and lead on team meetings where required.
• Lead on developing and maintaining the method statement and evidence library across the different Agincare companies, to include building a strong library of case studies, quotes/testimonials, statistics, graphics and any other evidence that adds value to bids.
• Engage with any professional development, learn from internal/external feedback and ensure improvements are implemented within tender responses and processes.
• Support the business in any other tasks required, for example business proposals.

What we are looking for

We’re looking for an experienced bid writer with strong writing, organisational and stakeholder management skills. You’ll be confident managing complex tenders to deadline, translating technical information into clear and persuasive content, and working collaboratively across teams.
You’ll have a strong eye for detail, excellent proofreading skills, and the ability to think strategically about how to position bids for success. Experience working in regulated environments or large, multi-site organisations would be advantageous.
Above all, you’ll be proactive, reliable, and motivated to grow with us.

About Agincare

We’re a family run business that's been caring and supporting people since 1986.

With over 4,500 team members, we’re one of the UK’s largest care providers and are continuing to grow. We have over 100 locations across England including our care & nursing homes, home care branches, extra care schemes, supported living properties and live-in offices.

Agincare are signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant and are committed to supporting care leavers to live independently. We are proud to be able to offer a guaranteed interview to care leavers, or an informal conversation about our career opportunities.

All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.