Assistant Business Development Officer; Bid Writer

Overview

We’relooking for an
Assistant Business Development Officer (Bid Writer)to join our national Business Development Team. Thisisa greatopportunityfor an excellent writerto startor growyourbid writing career in asuccessful teamwithprogressionopportunities.

Location
:
London, Brighton, Manchester or Leeds.

Salary
: £27,861.26 ‘‑£32,002.35 per year. Ifyou’rebased in London,you’llreceive an additional £4,133.14 per year as Inner London Weighing.

Contract
: 12 months fixed term.

Change Grow Live is a health and social care charity. Across the country, we support people to make positive changes in their lives, including around drug and alcohol use, smoking, homelessness and criminal justice.

As an Assistant Business Development Officer,you’llplay a key part in helping us secure new contracts and deliver high quality services for adults, children and young people. You’ll support the development of bids and proposals by writing, researching and collaborating with colleagues across the organisation.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Writing and editing bid responses
• Working with colleagues across the organisation and our partner agencies
• Completing on-line research, analysing data and collating evidence
• Creating presentations, diagrams and reports
• Helping improve how we do things.

This is a developmental role, and you’ll receive ongoing support, guidance and training to help you progress.

We’relooking for an excellent writers who share our passion for supporting people to make positive changes in their lives. You don’t need previous experience in business development, but experience in health and social care, writing, sales, research, or data is beneficial.

You are:

• A clear, concise and engaging writer
• Motivated to learn and develop, welcoming feedback
• Collaborative and contribute to a positive culture team
• Curious and analytical
• Solution-focused, creative and proactive
• Ready to work hard to deliver on CGL’s values and mission.

You’ll be able to access structured training, development and mentoring as part of a supportive team. There’s a clear progression pathway within the team. We have a great record of people quickly progressing to Business Development Officer and Senior Business Development Officer roles as they take on increased volume, complexity, and leadership across proposals.

We also offer:

• The option to work from home for some of the week
• Wellbeing support, including an employee assistance programme and an hour each week for wellbeing activities of your choice(find out morehere).

We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we work with. We pride ourselves on an inclusive and supportive workplace, evidenced through our Investors in People silver status.

We’re happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that you need to be successful. Please let us know in your application or at any stage of the process if you would like to discuss this.

In the application portal, there’s a section called ‘how you meet the criteria for the role’. This is your chance to tell us about why you’re a good fit for this job – we won’t be able to consider your application unless it’s filled in. Please explain how you meet each of the person specification criteria (listed at the end of the job description).

Use clear examples of your experience (this link contains some useful guidance). As guidance, written statements should not exceed 1,000 words. You can address multiple criteria together where you think it makes sense.

Interviews will be kept 16th – 23rd February 2026 via MS Teams. We’ll also ask shortlisted candidates to complete a written task online during this timeframe, at a time of your choice. We may hold a pre-qualification stage task (e.g. presentation) depending on the number of applicants.

We encourage applications from individuals who may not meet every requirement but are excited about the role. We value lived experience of substance use, homelessness, and/or multiple disadvantages.

We’re a Disability Confident Committed employer. Under our Disability Confident interview scheme, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates…