Bid Writer

As a Bid Writer within the Strategic Capture and Bids (SCB) team of Nova Systems Australia and New Zealand (NS ANZ), you will utilise your writing experience to produce compelling, client focused proposals and bids with an emphasis on accuracy and quality.

As a key member of the SCB Team, you will proactively communicate with our consultants and industry experts to achieve logical flow and structure of content in complex technical proposal responses. You will contribute to the overall success of the SCB Team, and business unit bid teams by planning and writing responses to bids and proposals within given time frames, as well as capture and develop new content and maintain a broader bid collateral library.

**Key Accountabilities**

The key responsibilities of the role include:

- Collate and develop document content to produce proposals that are compliant, customer focused, compelling and persuasive (including EOIs, RFIs, RFPs, ITRs, RFTs, RFQs, capability statements, case studies and CVs).
- Proofread and edit documents to improve clarity, accuracy, grammar, structure, format, and to ensure alignment to win strategy and cohesive content across a proposal.
- Develop and adhere to formats and templates according to proposal requirements and Nova branding.
- Work collaboratively with the proposal team, internal stakeholders, and proposal partners to comply with the proposal schedule and tender quality review process to deliver proposals in a timely manner.
- Autonomously engage with multiple stakeholders across all levels of the business to gather input for proposals.
- Actively collaborate with other teams (when required) on the production and management of marketing materials to support the proposal.
- Proactively advocate for tendering best practice throughout everyday work and response development and provide instruction on effective response development to proposal contributors.
- Support client-facing activities including preparing presentations.
- Assist the bid manager/lead and bid coordinator during production to complete and submit final bid responses. Populate and maintain the proposal database to enable efficient reuse of relevant content and ensure the bid collateral library is updated and maintained.

**Essential requirements**:

- Strong writing skills, with ability to succinctly and compellingly convey complex technical information and key messages within rigid response requirements.
- Ability to provide sound advice to bid teams on key messages, style and format of proposal collateral/presentation material as it relates to the particular requirements of the RFP/RFT and client needs to provide compelling differentiation.
- Highest level of written attention to detail.
- Highest level of written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to readily adapt to different work scenarios to support internal teams prepare responses to varying proposal requests e.g. simple EOI responses to more complex RFTs.
- High level proficiency in Office Suite (Advanced Word, Intermediate Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint skills), including Microsoft Word template development and maintenance experience.
- Australian Citizen. Hold a current NV1 clearance or have no impediments to attain an NV1 clearance or higher clearances as required.

**Desirable requirements**:

- Experience in bid/proposal/tender writing, preferably within Defence, emergency services, engineering, professional services, or similar industry.
- Experience in bid writing across EOIs, RFIs, RFTs, proposals, capability statements, and large and complex bids. APMP Certification or Shipley training.

**Life at Nova**:
In addition to salary, you are supported with:

- Flexible ways of working and dress for your day
- C ommitment to Professional and Personal Development (up to $5000 per year)
- Reward & Recognition Program offering exclusive discounts from hundreds of major retailers, helping you to save on groceries, petrol, holidays and more
- Additional Leave entitlements include Reserve, Professional Development, Loyalty, Emergency Services, Parental and Purchased
- Wellbeing Hub with access to health and fitness content
- Employee Assistance Program for employees and family members
- Access to Defence Health and Travel Insurance
- Novated Leasing and Salary Sacrifice
- Nova Employee Share Offer
- An inclusive and supportive culture
- Social activities throughout the year, we even dress up at times, think Safari - we don’t like to take ourselves too seriously
- Annual ANZ conference - great way to connect more broadly and strengthen your internal networks A range of other great benefits, just ask us

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Alternatively for a confidential discussion, please contact the Nova Talent Acquisition Team on (08) 8252 7100.

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