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Senior Proposals Writer

Job Posted: 25 days ago

Salary: £ 50,000 - 70,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire

Expire in: 3 days

Job Description

Senior Proposals Writer - Basingstoke (Hybrid)

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

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

Essential Skills and Experience

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

Desirable

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

Working Pattern

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

Interview Process

Two stages 
Stage 1: Remote (Teams)
Stage 2: Face-to-face, including an exercise (details TBC)

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