Job Description
Panagora Group is a woman and employee-owned small business (WOSB) providing novel and integrated solutions in global health and international development. Our goal is to provide innovative solutions that build national capacity and promote sustainability through robust local participation and capacity building, utilizing highly integrated and private sector solutions. Throughout our work, we embrace a virtuous circle of knowledge stewardship, collaborative learning, and application of evidence to heighten and accelerate positive health and development outcomes. In 2023, Panagora was awarded a Great Place to Work certification based on employee feedback.
Panagora seeks an experienced technical proposal writer to work with in-house subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop and finalize proposal writing across a range of sectors. The ideal candidate will have at least ten years of relevant experience within international development and USAID contexts, including in technical writing for proposals and other products.
Responsibilities
- In collaboration with SMEs, from capture to proposal development, drives technical proposal writing processes
- Interprets donor solicitation requirements and develops outlines in collaboration with proposal leader and SMEs
- Facilitates and contributes to the design of technical strategies and approaches in collaboration with SMEs, proposal partners, and proposal reviewers
- Mentors proposal section writers and serves as a proposal reviewer for responsiveness, persuasiveness, technical quality, depth of country context, and section alignment
- Organizes and synthesizes technical research and ensures it is adequately reflected in final draft of proposal
- Integrates technical content from different sections into one cohesive, responsive and persuasive proposal that is in “one voice”
- Perform substantive edits of proposal drafts prior to submission including changes to overall structure, content, organization, and flow
- For certain proposal efforts, serve as lead technical writer for overall technical proposal or contributing writer for assigned sections
- Develops and maintains capability statements corporately and across practice areas in between proposal efforts
- Provides general writing editing services across company departments, as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- Minimum of 10-15 years of experience writing proposals and other communication products within the international development context, including at least five years’ writing and editing technical proposals for global and bilateral USAID-funded proposals
- Experience writing and editing proposals and communication products for global health, localization, and MEL desirable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Efficient and effective writing for different audiences
- Commitment to fostering an inclusive, respectful work environment
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
Reports to: VP, New Business
No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted. Only applicants who include the required application components will be considered.
Panagora Group is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Panagora Group is currently working a hybrid work schedule, and employees are encouraged to come into the office at least once a week to foster engagement, collaboration, belonging and professional development. Departments/teams will hold in-person meetings that involve a high degree of collaboration, where ideas are generated quickly and often feed off each other, e.g., brainstorming, storyboarding, proposal development, strategic planning, and performance discussions. Staff who reside in the DC/MD/VA area are strongly encouraged to work from the office on those days.
Benefits
Panagora Group, Inc. offers competitive salaries including regular performance reviews and merit increases with an excellent insurance program (health, dental and vision) paid leave, holidays, bonuses, employee assistance program, training and development assistance, commuter allowance, phone allowance, Society for International Development and Humentum Memberships, as well as employee stock ownership (ESOP) and 401K programs.
*Note: Panagora does not offer visa sponsorship at this time.