Application Close Date: 28/02/2020 (Closed)

Bid Writer

Location: Chorley, Duxbury Park

Remuneration: Upto £22,000 per annum

This is an outstanding career opportunity for a talented aspiring bid writer to join an experienced tenders management team with a market leader providing green services to private and public sector businesses. 

The Opportunity

The bid writing role is a crucial part of our head office based business development team, responsible for growing the business and expanding into new markets. The successful candidate will be provided with exposure to, and understanding of the whole Glendale business. This varied role will be part of a dynamic team submitting pre qualification questionnaires, tender/re­tender proposals and research projects across the full range of green services reporting to the Senior Tenders Manager.

Your duties will include (but not limited to):

• Assisting in the management and writing of high-quality bid documents
• Planning bids as part of the team and ensuring that they meet agreed quality, timescales and compliance
• Preparing compelling written quality submissions,  with innovative responses that exceed client expectations
• Work closely with bid teams and subject matter experts across the Glendale business
• Support Tender Managers at all times
• Work to tight deadlines in a constructive and planned manner 
• Maintaining the bid library and updating of information
• Gathering and developing information relating to specific tenders, relative projects and long term opportunities and obtaining and analysing results of tender submissions

The Person

The successful candidate will be:

• Familiar with all tendering related activities and have experience of tender bid preparation
• Articulate, with clarity in all written material
• A capable and confident communicator
• An excellent project planner with strong organisational and time management skills with a keen eye for detail
• Driven, with a desire to succeed under time pressured situations

Candidates should ideally have previous experience of securing local authority or private sector contracts and be a confident user of MS Office and Google applications.

What can Glendale offer you?

• Competitive salary
• Generous annual leave
• Free gym membership for you and a nominated person
• Employee health cash plan
• Employee discount portal – discounts on travel bookings, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Company sick pay
• Career progression
• Training and development

Glendale is a well established business that is continuously growing. Successful applicants can look forward to joining a company that can offer career prospects and believes in investing in its people.

How to Apply

If you feel like you could bring some fresh ideas to the table we want to hear from you.  Please apply with a letter of application and CV to recruit@glendale-services.co.uk 

Closing Date

• 28th February 2020

About Glendale

Glendale is one of the largest green space management service providers in the UK and specialises in tree care and management, grounds maintenance and landscaping. For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk.

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If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.