Job Title: Proposal Writer
Location: UK + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £45,000 - £50,000 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF59525
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Proposal Writer at one of our many sites across the UK.
The role
As a Proposal Writer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Playing a critical part of the wider Bid Team, helping us submit compelling, high-scoring, compliant responses that make it easy for customers to appoint Babcock.
Day-to-day, you'll work as part of the Land Future Business Team, supporting the Proposal Management Lead and Proposal Managers in the development and writing of effective written proposals in line with industry best practice.
- Facilitate the storyboarding process of proposal documents, producing compelling, compliant, and impactful storyboards and mock-ups that effectively incorporate defined win themes
- Work with subject matter experts (SMEs), who will act as content owners, to develop 'bottom-up' bid content using various techniques to extract information, including one-to-one interviews and workshops
- Ensure mock-ups and response documents clearly articulate both features and benefits, and how this translates into value for the customer
- Ensure written proposals align to the requirements and guiding policy set by the proposal strategy
- Ensure the compelling and persuasive structuring of proposals, adopting proven writing techniques
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and requires regular travel across a range of internal and customer sites on a weekly / monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.
Essential experience of the Proposal Writer
- Experience of effective proposal writing/bid writing on large, complex, and strategic bids
- Experience of Shipley/APMP proposal practices (or similar)
Qualifications for the Proposal Writer
- APMP foundation level (or a willingness for Babcock to put you through it)
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK.
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'.
We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 07/11/2024
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