Bid Writer

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Key responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Leading storyboard and content-planning sessions with bid teams and key stakeholders
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with subject matter experts across the business
• Supporting Bid Managers in defining proposal structures aligned to client requirements
• Reviewing, refreshing, and tailoring pre-written content where appropriate
• Writing, editing, and finalising proposal responses to agreed RFP deadlines, escalating risks where required
• Integrating contributions from sales, marketing, product, finance, legal, commercial, and delivery teams into clear and compelling responses
• Coaching contributors on bid-writing best practice and quality standards
• Submitting new and updated content to the knowledge base for future reuse
• Contributing to the ongoing improvement of bid templates and written standards

Essential skills and experience

To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience working across the end-to-end bid or proposal process
• Proven ability to develop clear, persuasive written content aligned to client needs
• Experience supporting complex or high-value bids
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to adapt tone and messaging for different audiences
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and managing competing priorities
• The ability to work to fixed deadlines within a structured bid environment
• Experience using digital tools (including AI-enabled tools) to improve efficiency and quality

Desirable skills and experience

The following would be advantageous, but are not essential:

• Experience within professional services, financial services, pensions, or regulated environments
• Exposure to formal bid governance processes
• Experience contributing to bid knowledge management or content libraries

About Capita Pension Solutions

Capita Pension Solutions is one of the UK’s leading pension providers, supporting over 450 schemes and more than 7 million members. We deliver end-to-end pension solutions across administration, data remediation, software, actuarial services, investments, scheme management, and member communications—combining expertise with technology to meet our clients’ evolving needs.

What’s in it for you?

• 💻 Remote working  – work from wherever you’re happiest in the UK
• 💰 Competitive salary
• 🌴 23 days’ holiday, rising to 27 (pro rata) – plus the option to buy more after qualifying period
• ❤️ Paid volunteering day with a charity of your choice
• 🍼 Generous family leave policies – including 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• 🚴‍♀️ Cycle2Work scheme, pension, life assurance, and more

🤝 Customer first, always​🧑‍💻 Fearless innovation​✅ Achieve together​💙 Everyone is valued

What we hope you’ll do next

Select Apply now to complete our short application and tell us more about you.

We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email [email protected] and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.

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