Proposal Specialist

Job Overview:

ITEAM is searching for a Proposal Specialist who has a good understanding of the federal proposal process with a basic understanding of state and local proposals as well.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Lead task order or standalone opportunities of various sizes with a primary focus on federal proposals and a secondary emphasis on state and local government bids

• Support Proposal Managers with large ID/IQ efforts as volume lead or writer

• Take end-to-end ownership of proposal development and related support processes, including:

• Developing and maintaining proposal management tools such as compliance matrices, schedules, outlines, storyboards, win themes, and action items

• Conceptualizing and developing strategic win themes and discriminators

• Leading a team of writers, graphic artists, schedulers, estimators, procurement, contracts, and other key proposal staff from kickoff through proposal delivery

• Writing and editing proposal/marketing narrative

• Leveraging existing archived proposal information

• Interviewing technical and program staff to extract critical information

• Tracking all solicitation amendments and modifications

• Performing quality and compliance checks of all proposal sections and volumes

• Participating in the development of oral presentation slide concepts and scripting, as needed

• Closely interacting with capture managers, program and project managers, strategic business unit leaders, and technical professionals

Basic Qualifications:

• Critical attributes include exceptional organization, time management, multitasking, communication, and teamwork skills.

• Ability to manage concurrent assignments

• Ability to motivate along with a "do-whatever-it-takes" attitude

• Ability to manage situations involving high stress and deadline pressure

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications, engineering or related discipline

• Five or more years of federal proposal experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, high-volume proposal environment is preferred

• Some large (>$10M) federal proposal experience is required

• DoD proposal experience is preferred

• Demonstrated organizational capability and ability to balance multiple competing priorities under deadlines.

• Ability to conceptualize and write compelling, marketing-oriented proposal narrative, as required

• Expert knowledge of MS Office Suite is required

• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud Suite is preferred

• Excellent command of English grammar and punctuation is required

• Proven ability to work remote with little to no supervision is preferred

• Although not extensive, some travel and evening and weekend work may be required

Additional Desirable Qualifications:

• APMP certification is preferred

Benefits:

• Dental insurance

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Retirement plan

• Vision insurance

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