Proposal Writer

2 weeks ago

McLean, United States Potomac Haven Inc Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

We are a purpose-driven professional services firm dedicated to providing support for a range of diverse federal program missions. Our focus extends across the intersections of national security, public health and safety, and financial services programs. We are hiring an accomplished Proposal Writer to join our business development team.

In this role, you will be tasked with providing superior technical and proposal writing services. The candidate will work directly with business development, capture, and subject matter experts to deliver technical responses to government-issued solicitations, including requests for proposal (RFPs), requests for quotation (RFQs), and requests for information (RFIs). This position is an outstanding opportunity to generate winning proposals for a rapidly growing and esteemed provider of professional services to federal agencies. The primary objective is to develop high quality, technically accurate, and compelling content for proposals, white papers, and other relevant marketing and business development documentation.

  • Lead the proposal development processes and design high-quality, compelling, and compliant federal proposals ensuring consistent, efficient implementation of processes and best practices.
  • Analyze customer’s requirements and prepare responses to formal solicitations, RFQs, RFPs and RFIs ensuring 100% compliance e.g. FARS, evaluation factors.
  • Collaborate with technical specialists to translate complex technical requirements into concise, actionable solutions. Coordinate/attend solutioning sessions and translate the solution design and Concept of Operation (ConOps) into a proposal technical approach narrative; capture and document the most important elements of the technical solution.
  • Proposal preparation and execution of proposal responses. This includes but is not limited to schedule development and management, team collaboration and coordination, kick-off and proposal presentations, proposal artifacts development, data call management, content creation and artifact/file management, color team review facilitation, and coordination with key stakeholders as necessary.
  • Write and collate content as required, edit boilerplates, weave proposal win themes throughout, identify competitive differentiators and unique approaches, and gather information and research to include in proposals.
  • Coordinate across contributors, including business/vendor partners and manage overall proposal development process to ensure 100% on-time delivery.
  • Provide daily progress updates and facilitate after-action debriefings, summarizing recommendations for improvement and applying lessons learned.
  • Design or modify illustrations, visuals and graphics that demonstrate understanding, approach, discriminators, and/or messaging with inputs from subject matter experts and solution design teams.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, communications, English, marketing, journalism, information technology, computer science preferred.
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in federal government proposal management.
  • Experience with a wide range of technical subjects to include technology modernization, software development (Open source, Drupal, SharePoint Framework, low-code) and cybersecurity.
  • Track record of successful proposal planning, organization, and development of compliant and winning proposal responses.
  • Excellent communications (both written and spoken) including ability to motivate others and collaborate effectively.
  • High level of expertise with Microsoft Office 365 and ability to design, develop, and modify complex illustrations, visuals, and graphics.
  • Excellent writing/editing capability; ability to synthesize/analyze material effectively; experience writing/editing technical and non-technical documents.
  • Ability to gather, synthesize and document technical and non-technical information.
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently and in a team environment, including ability to organize, prioritize and work under pressure.
  • Ability to maintain a flexible schedules.
  • Knowledge of proposal-related jargon and terminology and how to navigate government RFP/RFI requirements to ensure compliance.

Benefits:

  • Potomac Haven covers 70% of our full time employees health insurance premiums (medical, dental, vision) through CareFirst, a Blue Cross Blue Shield health plan
  • Simple IRA and corporate match
  • Educational, training, and certification assistance
  • Complementary short- and long-term disability insurance
  • Paid time off

Work Schedule:

  • 8-hour shift during normal business hours of 8 am – 5 pm EST
  • Monday to Friday

More about Potomac HavenWe are an award-winning management consulting and professional services firm. We help our customers achieve their goals by providing diverse, multi-talented and dedicated professionals to fulfill their mission. Our customer includes Bureau of Industry and Security, DoD Washington Headquarter Services, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, General Services Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administration for Children and Families among others. We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to seeking, employing, and treating all employees and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran's status, non-disqualifying disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.


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