We are currently looking for a Growth Bid Writer to join the new business team in one of the groups specialist divisions. This role sits within M&C Saatchi World Services of M&C Saatchi Group. World Services is a specialist division of M&C Saatchi Group. Partnering with governments, civil society, foundations, academia, and the private sector, we work on the critical issues of our time, including national security, social justice and conflict prevention.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Growth Bid Writer, you will lead the development of compelling, compliant, and market‑specific proposals, ranging from expressions of interest to full commercial tender submissions, ensuring they effectively meet and exceed client requirements. This includes analysing tender documentation, translating complex delivery approaches into clear and persuasive copy, and collaborating with internal experts and market leads across global offices.

What you'll do:

• Focus on bid procurement (writing) for UK government clients and/or EU or European country clients.

• Writing and editorial oversight on commercial tender submissions, as well as developing proposals for expressions of interest.

• Analysing and assessing commercial tender requirements and developing copy that successfully scores maximum points available on those requirements.

• Developing new business proposals that are market specific and compliant as well as compelling.

• Attending market engagement events to engage on potential tender requirements.

• Liaising and engaging market-based business leads to develop persuasive reports and presentations for generating business opportunities.

• Engaging with in-house experts to translate oft-complex delivery ideas and mechanisms into highly readable and understandable content.

ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will bring bid writing experience, producing clear, persuasive, and compliant proposals for public‑sector or international clients. They will be an exceptional written communicator with strong attention to detail, able to translate complex ideas into accessible content while managing multiple deadlines in a fast‑paced environment. Fluent in English with excellent proofreading skills, they will work effectively both independently and collaboratively, with additional European languages, EMEA bid‑winning experience, or knowledge of behaviour‑change communications considered strong advantages.

You’ll bring:

• Proven professional experience of bid writing, with exposure to international environments and non-commercial clients. 

• Demonstrable skills in proposal writing, sub-editing and effective communicating through the written word. 

• Fluent in written and spoken English with excellent proof-reading skills. 

• Strong attention to detail. 

• Evidence of planning and seeing written work through to the end. 

• Able to work both independently and collaboratively in groups. 

• Ability to work in a high paced, results-oriented environment. 

Bonus points if you have:

• Record of winning on written tender bids within the EMEA market.

• An understanding of the role of communications in behaviour change.

• Ability to triage and manage a number of concurrent bids being prepared.

• Fluent in an additional European language.

WHAT YOU GET

A competitive salary and benefits package that includes 27 days holiday per year, pension contributions, private healthcare, discounted dental insurance, enhanced maternity/parental leave, plus a whole host of others including:

• Cultural stimulation allowance - £250 per person per year

• Half days off before bank holidays

• Emergency care days for dependants

• Up to 5 days volunteering leave per year to work for a registered charity

• Up to 10 days special emergency leave per year

• Season Ticket loan

• Payroll Giving Scheme

• Thursday drinks to unwind and socialize

• An annual Summer and Christmas party

• Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion sees us offer inclusive bank holidays

We also offer learning opportunities around D&I, targeted mentoring programmes and the opportunity to participate in several active Employee Led Networks and associated events. Finally, this role will be supported with all the necessary personal development required to set someone up for success.

ABOUT M+C SAATCHI WORLD SERVICES

M+C Saatchi World Services is a specialist division of M+C Saatchi Group, the world’s largest independent communications network. Our specialists work in office hubs across six continents, grounding our global expertise in local nuance.

We offer award-winning commercial communications capabilities, which are utilized by global organizations to address the world’s most complex problems across defence, development, diplomacy, homeland and national security, law and order, health, education, and the environment.

We work with clients that want to help the hardest-to-reach, hardest-to-influence audiences. This includes a range of Western Government departments, such as DOS and USAID; partner governments, including the U.K. and Australia; and prominent IGOs/NGOs such as the U.N.

We are a comms agency that works on behaviour change projects typically focused on issues related to Security, Defence and Stabilization. Whether it’s producing critically acclaimed feature films in Africa, to TV shows in the Middle East, to pop music videos in Asia, we have a record of leveraging creativity to access communities anywhere in the world.

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