Bid Writer
Shaw TrustI'm looking for a new Bid Writer to join our team Shaw Trust.
This is a remote, homeworking position (UK based), with a salary band of £35,000 to £45,000.
Full details are in the job description, but I'm especially open to candidates with two or three years of successful bid writing experience under their belt, looking for the next step on their career ladder.
The ideal candidate will have experience of writing bids, proposals and tenders in one or more of Shaw Trust's public sector markets: employability, vocational education, skills, justice, community health, or children's services.
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At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.
For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.
Purpose
Shaw Trust is a charity committed to employment as the core pathway to a better life and recognises that access to good employment is critically dependent on what happens in people’s formative years and the opportunities they then have. To support this commitment, we provide a broad framework of complementary services including: Education and Skills, Children and Young People’s Services, Health and Wellbeing.
We partner with the UK Government, devolved administrations, local authorities, combined authorities and NHS Trusts and have extensive experience of delivering contracts across the public sector (c. £200m turnover p/a).
The Bid Writer is a meticulous and highly organised individual who, working as part of the Bid Management Team. This is a great opportunity for an excellent writer looking to for the next step on your bid writing career in a successful team with progression opportunities.
Download the Job Description for full details.
Location:
You will be home based
Employee Benefits
As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:
25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
2 days paid volunteering leave each year
An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)
Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
Opportunity to request flexible working from day one
Our Strategy
To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf
Join a diverse and inclusive organisation
Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.
In addition;
We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.
If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk
Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
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