Proposal Specialist - Business Development

Job Purpose

The Proposal Specialist facilitates and supports capture activities while collaborating with Business Development, operations personnel, internal stakeholders, and teammates. 

Duties

• Lead as required with the design, development, production, and on-time delivery of compliant and competitive proposals and responses to RFIs/SSNs, etc. 

• Research, write, and edit proposal content (technical, management, past performance, resumes), collaborating with SMEs, teammates, and other contributors 

• Develop and maintain methodologies, procedures, tools, and templates to support proposal/capture efforts 

• Develop and maintain repository of proposal content (archived proposals, model content, past performance, etc.) 

• Support Proposal Manager(s) with coordinating schedule, resources, templates/outlines, writing assignments, color reviews, etc. 

• Ensure proposal compliance, and coordinate with teammates, SMEs, internal stakeholders, and other contributors 

• Coordinate post-submission activities (lessons learned, ENs, orals) and support final proposal preparation, print/electronic production, and deliver to the customer 

• Serve as point of contact for opportunities primed by other companies, coordinating data calls, writing assignments, etc.  

• Support capture activities such as win strategy; CONOPs, technical/management/staffing solutions; and win theme/features and benefits development, collaborating with the proposal team, BD, operations personnel, and stakeholders 

• Assist with customer and competitive research/analysis. Assist BD with identifying, assessing, and qualifying business opportunities to support bid/no-bid decisions 

• Provide graphic design support 

• Maintain supplies and other resources 

• Other duties as assigned 

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Skills/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required 

• Tenacious, pro-active, and responsive approach to gathering and analyzing relevant information 

• Collaborative and team-focused individual with a desire to learn and grow professionally 

• Resourceful individual who understands all available government research tools 

• Self-motivated with the ability to develop creative approaches to accomplishing objectives; Demonstrated excellent oral and written communications, and organizational skills 

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in the government market with any of the following: competitor market research, quantitative analysis/decision in support of bid positioning, capture strategy, business development, cost/pricing or acquisition 

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Job Experience

Capture/Proposal Writer, Proposal Coordinator, Business Development