Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
Are you a wordsmith with a passion for public service? Vander Weele Group seeks a highly motivated and detail-oriented Proposal Writer to join our team. In this essential role, you'll create compelling proposals highlighting our agency’s vision and impact on the oversight of government-funded programs. You will collaborate closely with our Capture Manager and Subject Matter Experts to facilitate kick-off meetings, identify and leverage our team’s capabilities, tailor our content to each solicitation, and ensure timely submissions. Strong project management skills, critical thinking, and the ability to manage multiple proposals simultaneously are essential for success in this role. Join us in making a meaningful impact through effective and winning proposals.
At the Vander Weele Group, we are passionate about improving federal and state grant programs and the agencies that manage them. Our goal is to make grant oversight and monitoring more effective, thereby empowering organizations to better serve grantees and the public.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the proposal-writing process from kick-off to submission: Drive kick-off meetings to identify our approach to delivering a phenomenal and tailored proposal every time; ensure all team members hit internal deadlines; complete all forms and registrations; and submit proposals on time.
- Produce compliant, organized, and compelling material for proposals on deadline.
- Develop proposals by assembling information, including project nature, objectives/outcomes/deliverables, implementation, methods, timetables, staffing, budgets, performance standards, and evaluation.
- Communicate effectively with team members to incorporate feedback through multiple rounds of revision.
- Must be a detail-oriented problem solver who enjoys building structure from complexity.
- Update and manage in-house proposal content management system: Find, analyze, and synthesize written material; revise, repurpose, and tailor content for new efforts.
- Liaise with respective business units (CEO, Subject Matter Experts, sales personnel, etc.) to gather information for proposal responses.
- Tailor our Work Plan methodology for each Request for Proposal by deeply understanding what we do and how we do it.
- Ensure proposal formatting and language comply with Vander Weele Group’s branding guidelines and Style Guide.
- Analyze competitor proposals and post-mortem information to ensure we position ourselves to win.
- Contribute to marketing and sales strategy and approach.
- Undertake special projects as required.
Requirements:
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, English, or a related field.
- 2-3 years of government proposal writing required.
- 2-3 years of managing the proposal-writing process required.
- Understanding the flow of how a project is managed.
- Excellent written communication skills, including relevant, tailored, and error-free communications.
- Able to synthesize complex information and project processes into clear and compelling language.
- Must be able to work with Subject Matter Experts to conceptualize project flows and map out project work plans.
- Must be well-versed in formatting complex Microsoft Word documents.
- Proficiency in MS 365.
- Strong planning and organizing skills.
- Self-motivated and resilient, with strong interpersonal skills.
- Able to handle stressful situations effectively and juggle multiple proposals.
- Possess high integrity, positive attitude, and professionalism.
- Utilize strong common sense to identify urgent and vital issues and tasks.
- Able to work remotely and engage with team members across multiple US time zones.