Bid Writer
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £29,353 to £32,362 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | Derbyshire, East Midlands |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Citizens Advice Mid Mercia |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Do you have a passion for working in the heart of your local community and are driven by making a difference? Then Citizens Advice Mid Mercia (CAMM) is the organisation for you.
Our free and independent advice helps people solve problems in a confidential and impartial manner. Whatever the problem, we won’t turn people away. We make a difference. Our trusted brand and the quality of our research mean we make a real impact on behalf of the people who rely on us.
We are seeking an experienced and talented Bid Writer to join our established successful funding team. The successful candidate will be responsible for writing persuasive and compelling grant applications and tender responses to secure funding and partnerships for CAMM. As a Bid Writer, you will play a pivotal role in helping the organisation to sustain and grow, including supporting the organisation to expand into new markets.
We are looking for someone who:
• Evidence of excellence in producing high scoring written content for competitive tenders with strong focus on attention to detail.
• Strong research and analytical skills to identify and evaluate funding opportunities and tender requirements.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage complex tenders, precise scheduling and multiple and shifting priorities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the funding and development team and subject matter experts to ensure all available win themes and solution benefits are captured within the written submission and sufficiently evidenced where possible.
• Possession of a full driving licence and use of a car.
Responsibilities / Key Tasks:
• Research and Identify Funding Opportunities: Proactively research and identify potential grant opportunities, requests for proposals (RFPs), and tenders from foundations, government agencies, corporations, and other relevant sources that align with CAMM's mission and programmes.
• Proposal Development: Write, edit, and develop high-quality tender responses, ensuring that they effectively communicate the organisation's goals, strategies, and desired outcomes. This will include providing advice and guidance to the Assistant Bid Writer, to support and guide the development of high-quality content.
• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with operations managers, finance, and other relevant staff to gather information, data, and budgetary details, and develop service delivery models, necessary for grant applications and tenders, ensuring alignment with programme objectives.
• Bid Management: Manage the end-to-end bid process, including researching, preparing, submitting, and tracking grant applications and tenders. Ensure compliance with all submission requirements and deadlines.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with funding organisations, partners, and donors to enhance CAMM's reputation and funding prospects, and to co-develop joint applications/tenders.
• Content Creation: Create compelling content, such as case studies, success stories, and impact reports, to support funding applications and tender submissions.
What we offer in return:
• 28 days entitlement plus bank holidays pro-rata
• Opportunities for further training and continuous professional development
• Internal progression opportunities
• Supportive environment
• Remote/flexible working opportunities, subject to management approval
• Paid DBS application, where applicable
• 5% pension contributions
• 3 month’s full contractual pay for maternity, upon meeting qualifying criteria
We value the health & wellbeing of our teams, and this is very important to us. As such, we offer time out breaks and Telus Health Employee Assistance Programme for all staff and volunteers.
The essentials
• Salary: £29,353 - £32,362, dependent upon experience
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Location: Hybrid Working –a few days per week from one of our offices, a few days from home depending on service needs
• Contract: permanent
Please visit our website to find the full Job Description and Person Specifications for this role and a helpful Candidate Guide on our recruitment process - https://www.citizensadvicemidmercia.org.uk/vacancies
To apply - CV and cover letter, explaining why you would be suitable for this role
Closing Date: when a suitable candidate is found
Thank you for your interest in our vacancy. The above role is advertised on a rolling recruitment basis. We reserve the right to close the advert once a suitable candidate has been appointed. If you do not hear back from us within 15 working days, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please do not be discouraged from applying for other positions within our organisation.
We are a Disability Confident Employer
Citizens Advice Mid Mercia are an accredited (Level 1) Disability Confident employer, and values diversity and promotes equality. We encourage and welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates from all backgrounds. We follow the social model of disability which believes that it is the barriers created by society which disable people. We will use reasonable adjustments wherever possible to remove those barriers.
Our free and independent advice helps people solve problems in a confidential and impartial manner. Whatever the problem, we won’t turn people away. We make a difference. Our trusted brand and the quality of our research mean we make a real impact on behalf of the people who rely on us.
We are seeking an experienced and talented Bid Writer to join our established successful funding team. The successful candidate will be responsible for writing persuasive and compelling grant applications and tender responses to secure funding and partnerships for CAMM. As a Bid Writer, you will play a pivotal role in helping the organisation to sustain and grow, including supporting the organisation to expand into new markets.
We are looking for someone who:
• Evidence of excellence in producing high scoring written content for competitive tenders with strong focus on attention to detail.
• Strong research and analytical skills to identify and evaluate funding opportunities and tender requirements.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage complex tenders, precise scheduling and multiple and shifting priorities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the funding and development team and subject matter experts to ensure all available win themes and solution benefits are captured within the written submission and sufficiently evidenced where possible.
• Possession of a full driving licence and use of a car.
Responsibilities / Key Tasks:
• Research and Identify Funding Opportunities: Proactively research and identify potential grant opportunities, requests for proposals (RFPs), and tenders from foundations, government agencies, corporations, and other relevant sources that align with CAMM's mission and programmes.
• Proposal Development: Write, edit, and develop high-quality tender responses, ensuring that they effectively communicate the organisation's goals, strategies, and desired outcomes. This will include providing advice and guidance to the Assistant Bid Writer, to support and guide the development of high-quality content.
• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with operations managers, finance, and other relevant staff to gather information, data, and budgetary details, and develop service delivery models, necessary for grant applications and tenders, ensuring alignment with programme objectives.
• Bid Management: Manage the end-to-end bid process, including researching, preparing, submitting, and tracking grant applications and tenders. Ensure compliance with all submission requirements and deadlines.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate and maintain positive relationships with funding organisations, partners, and donors to enhance CAMM's reputation and funding prospects, and to co-develop joint applications/tenders.
• Content Creation: Create compelling content, such as case studies, success stories, and impact reports, to support funding applications and tender submissions.
What we offer in return:
• 28 days entitlement plus bank holidays pro-rata
• Opportunities for further training and continuous professional development
• Internal progression opportunities
• Supportive environment
• Remote/flexible working opportunities, subject to management approval
• Paid DBS application, where applicable
• 5% pension contributions
• 3 month’s full contractual pay for maternity, upon meeting qualifying criteria
We value the health & wellbeing of our teams, and this is very important to us. As such, we offer time out breaks and Telus Health Employee Assistance Programme for all staff and volunteers.
The essentials
• Salary: £29,353 - £32,362, dependent upon experience
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Location: Hybrid Working –a few days per week from one of our offices, a few days from home depending on service needs
• Contract: permanent
Please visit our website to find the full Job Description and Person Specifications for this role and a helpful Candidate Guide on our recruitment process - https://www.citizensadvicemidmercia.org.uk/vacancies
To apply - CV and cover letter, explaining why you would be suitable for this role
Closing Date: when a suitable candidate is found
Thank you for your interest in our vacancy. The above role is advertised on a rolling recruitment basis. We reserve the right to close the advert once a suitable candidate has been appointed. If you do not hear back from us within 15 working days, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please do not be discouraged from applying for other positions within our organisation.
We are a Disability Confident Employer
Citizens Advice Mid Mercia are an accredited (Level 1) Disability Confident employer, and values diversity and promotes equality. We encourage and welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates from all backgrounds. We follow the social model of disability which believes that it is the barriers created by society which disable people. We will use reasonable adjustments wherever possible to remove those barriers.
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.