Senior Proposal Writer

Job Title: Senior Proposals Writer

Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire (Hybrid working)

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £50,000 to £70,000 (DOE)

Bonus: Up to 10% company bonus

Car: Company car or £5,400 allowance

Benefits: Healthcare, pension up to 7% employer contribution (salary sacrifice possible)

About the Role

A leading UK infrastructure and highways organisation is looking for an experienced Senior Proposals Writer to take a lead role in producing high-quality, high-scoring submissions for major highways and civils opportunities.

This is a senior, strategic work-winning role supporting large, complex programmes typically valued £100m to £1bn+, with a strong focus on Local Authority and wider public sector procurement. You will be expected to shape win themes, lead planning activity, and drive a consistent tone of voice across submissions.

This is not an entry-level writing role.

Key Responsibilities

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• Lead the development of winning value propositions for major highways and civils frameworks
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• Shape and articulate compelling win themes tailored to Local Authority clients
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• Run answer planning sessions and support senior review panels
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• Ensure submissions align to evaluation criteria and scoring mechanisms
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• Drive a consistent tone of voice across bid responses
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• Produce structured, compliant responses for complex £100m+ programmes
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• Coach and develop junior bid team members
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• Manage evidence, case studies, and knowledge systems
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• Support graphics input, document production, and final submission upload
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• Work closely with senior stakeholders across work winning, estimating, commercial and operational delivery teams
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• Stakeholder-facing involvement, with some customer-facing engagement as required
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Essential Skills and Experience

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• Strong track record writing and managing proposals within civils and highways infrastructure
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• Proven experience bidding into Local Authorities (public sector)
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• Experience leading submissions for large, complex programmes (£100m+)
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• Strong understanding of public sector procurement processes and evaluation models
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• Experience facilitating planning sessions and managing reviews through to submission sign-off
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• Comfortable operating in large, multi-disciplinary bid teams (often up to ~50 contributors)
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• Strong stakeholder management across technical, commercial and operational teams
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• Ability to translate operational delivery detail into clear, compelling, differentiated narrative
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Desirable

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• APMP Foundation or Practitioner
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• Degree in English, journalism, or professional writing background
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• Advanced MS Word and document production skills
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Working Pattern

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• Hybrid: typically 1-2 days in the Basingstoke office and 2-3 days from home
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• Flexibility required: likely more office-based time at key bid stages
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