Senior Proposal Writer

Job description

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

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Basingstoke

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

01-08-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English