Bid Writer

4 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Future Leadership Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year
  • You are a key technical specialist ready to leverage AI
  • You offer a flexible approach to bid management
  • You work best with an office-based team and hybrid arrangements
  • Full time or part time work options available

The Position

An outstanding opportunity exists for an enthusiastic, detail-oriented, and service-driven professional to join our dynamic and growing organisation.

Future Leadership is seeking a Bid Writer to lead the delivery of high-quality, persuasive proposals across our Advisory business. Reporting to the Managing Partner, Advisory, you collaborate with consultants and subject matter experts to develop tailored responses to tenders, RFQs, and EOIs -particularly within public sector and executive services.

You demonstrate a clear, consistent approach to shaping proposals that reflect our values, capabilities, and client-centric approach. Your day will be varied with activities including:

  • Coordinating the full bid lifecycle, including timelines, formatting, version control, and submission requirements
  • Maintaining and evolving a library of bid content, templates, and case studies
  • Researching client needs and market trends to strengthen proposal positioning
  • Reviewing feedback from past bids to drive continuous improvement
  • Supporting broader business development efforts, including capability statements and marketing materials

This role requires exceptional written communication skills, the ability to translate complex service offerings into clear value propositions, and a collaborative mindset. You know what it takes to win a bid. Strong attention to detail, the ability to manage multiple bids under tight deadlines, and a curiosity for leveraging AI tools to enhance bid quality and efficiency are essential.

Public sector tender, proposal or communications experience at would be well regarded.

The Organisation

Future Leadership is an executive leadership solutions firm.

We are a capability ecosystem bringing together solutions to help boards and executives lead the future.

We are living through a fundamental transformation in the way we work. Once upon a time, organisations would experience change or crisis once a decade. Today, leaders deal with change and crisis almost constantly.

Like the challenges we face, the executive journey is no longer linear. By underpinning our range of solutions with our Future Leadership Capability Framework, we create a supportive trust ecosystem enabling the sourcing, skilling and sustaining of leaders fit for the new working world.

Leading today, with tomorrow in mind.

We encourage flexible working and aim to create an inclusive workplace where all team members are respected, connected, and can contribute regardless of their gender identity, age, culture, indigeneity, religion, ability, sexuality, or family and caring responsibilities. We value lived experience, and actively encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders and from applicants with all abilities.

To apply
- please send your CV and cover letter to or to request a copy of the Position Description.

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