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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