About the Role
Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users' lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. Our core values are 'Be open, be compassionate and be bold' and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
We're looking for an experienced bid and proposal writer to join our national Business Development Team. You'll use your writing expertise to make a social impact whilst developing your leadership skills. We'd love to hear from people that have written high-scoring bids and tenders in complex commissioned services, including: drug and alcohol treatment; health and social care; criminal justice; employment support; homelessness; and related public services.
Location: London, Brighton, Manchester or Leeds.
Contract: Permanent.
Please note: In the application portal, there's a section titled '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.
Responsibilities
•Writing and editing complex and highly weighted bid responses, working to short deadlines
•Project managing the writing of key tenders with support from a Business Development Manager
•Supporting the development of Assistant Business Development Officers and Business Development Officers, with the potential of providing line management
•Working with staff across the organisation and our partners to develop bids that reflect best practice and respond to local needs
•Producing and coordinating detailed research for upcoming opportunities, including meeting with subject matter experts, analysing data and collating evidence
•Creating presentations, diagrams and reports
•Participating in and leading reviews of our bid and proposal processes
Requirements
•Proven experience of writing tenders, proposals or grant applications in health and social care
•A highly competent communicator with a successful track record in bid writing, ideally for drug and alcohol treatment or related services
•Experienced in leading smaller bids and proposals
•Able to analyse data and interpret evidence, with good IT and research skills
•Solution-focused, creative and proactive
•Happy to give and receive constructive, challenging feedback
•Collaborative and able to foster a positive team culture
•Ready to work hard to deliver on CGL's values and mission
About the Team and Conditions
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 a Senior Business Development Officer, you'll play a lead role in the development and writing of tenders and proposals for a variety of health and social care services. This role offers a great opportunity to develop your career while using your established skills; you'll be encouraged and expected to take on more responsibility as you progress. 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, from Senior Business Development Officer to Manager, Senior Manager, Deputy Director, and Director. Several of our current Business Development Managers were previously in the Senior Business Development Officer role.
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
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. As guidance, written statements should not exceed 1,000 words. You can address multiple criteria together where you think it makes sense.
We may hold a pre-qualification stage task (e.g. presentation) depending on the number of applicants. Interviews will be held in December via MS Teams. We'll also ask shortlisted candidates to complete a written task, at a time of your choice.
We're a Disability Confident Committed employer. Under our Disability Confident interview scheme, we will offer an interview to disabled candidates where they meet our selection criteria in their application.
Direct applications only, we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 39 to 43 (£44,469.24 - £48,987.04)
ILW / OLW / Fringe: N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
Closing Date: 24/11/2026
For questions about this opportunity, contact Ollie Wilcox at [email protected]
