Proposal Writer at Chenega Corporation
Chesapeake, VA
About the Job
Overview
Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Professional Services SBU, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Proposal Writer who will be responsible for authoring and editing content for proposals and responses to RFPs, RFIs and RFQs for current and potential clients. The Proposal Writer works with key stakeholders both independently and as a member of a team to develop proposal sections, such as, but not limited to: corporate and executive summaries, past performance volumes, technical approaches, management plans, business proposals and other documents in support of the overall proposal effort.
Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients.
Responsibilities
- Research information on a broad base of areas and describe the principles, operations, and basic concepts in clear simple language.
- Work with essential team members to derive storyboards, outlines, win themes, approach/methodologies and strategies.
- Interview and work directly with subject matter experts, program managers, and the business development team collecting, tailoring, and translating content to ensure appropriate messaging in compliance with solicitation documentation including RFPs, RFTOPs, Amendments, and Answers to Questions.
- Responsible for rewriting text to ensure clarity, consistency, and compliance in a timely manner following established RFP process.
- Coordinate and manage the efforts of multiple contributors.
- Create and use proposal templates following Chenega standards and best practices.
- Write original text and edit technical data prepared by others.
- Maintain documentation within SharePoint for future reference.
- Ensures proposals are compliant, properly formatted and aligned with Chenega standards.
- Ensure timely completion and accuracy of all work.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications or a related discipline.
- Minimum 3-5 years’ experience as a technical writer.
- Prior experience authoring proposals, RFPs or similar documents in federal contracting and/or government environments preferred.
- Superior grammar, as well as written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to independently author proposal sections, with a focus on compliance, quality and timeliness.
- Strong editing and proof-reading skills as well as an understanding of industry standard proposal best practices.
- Creativity, flexibility, organization, time management, and listening skills.
- Ability to adhere to proposal and RFP response deadlines.