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Tender Writer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what tender writers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most tender writers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Tender writer with a background in technical writing and bid coordination, focused on turning complex requirements into compliant, persuasive submissions. Skilled at working with subject matter experts to gather accurate data and maintain a reusable bid library. Known for meeting strict deadlines and formatting documents to exact specifications.
Key skills
- Project management for bids and proposals
- Regulatory compliance and evaluation criteria mapping
- Microsoft Word (styles, templates, track changes)
- Adobe PDF (assembly, bookmarks, form fields)
- Microsoft Excel (pricing tables, compliance matrices)
- Proposal management software (RFP software)
- Written communication
- Attention to detail
- Time and deadline management
- Stakeholder management
- Problem solving
- Tender database and bid library maintenance
- Proofreading and document formatting
Experience: example bullet points
- Researched requests for tender and client specifications to identify evaluation criteria, then structured responses to address each requirement directly.
- Drafted technical capability, pricing and compliance sections in collaboration with engineers, finance and legal staff, ensuring all data was accurate and current.
- Coordinated subject matter experts to collect cost, timeline and resource information, reducing the number of follow-up queries by [X]%.
- Proofread and formatted final submissions against page limits, brand standards and deadline requirements, achieving a [X]% first-pass compliance rate.
- Maintained a central tender database and library of past responses, cutting drafting time for repeat questions by [X] hours per bid.
- Managed multiple concurrent tenders, prioritising tasks to meet hard submission deadlines without compromising quality.
Education
Common pathways include a bachelor degree in communications, business, journalism or a related field, or a Diploma of Business (Procurement) or Advanced Diploma of Marketing and Communication. Some enter with a Certificate IV in Business or Project Management and relevant on-the-job experience.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Request for Tender
- RFT
- Request for Quote
- RFQ
- Request for Proposal
- RFP
- compliance matrix
- evaluation criteria
- Australian Government procurement
- Commonwealth Procurement Rules
- AusTender
- Tenders VIC
- NSW eTendering
- QTenders
- bid library
- proposal management software
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Acrobat
- Excel
- stakeholder management
- deadline management
- proofreading
- technical writing
- ISO 9001
- WHS compliance
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.