Sr. Volume Lead and Proposal Writer

Sr. Volume Lead and Proposal Writer

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Journalism, Business, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
• US Citizen with 10+ years of related Federal proposal writing experience in a government contracting environment for multi-teammate, solutions-based proposals ranging in value from $75M to $2B
• Proven ability to manage several tasks on multiple proposals simultaneously, while meeting deadlines
• Understanding of US Government acquisition processes and corresponding industry proposal response processes and practices (i.e., FAR, DFAR)
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across a multidisciplined team to resolve problems and achieve results under extreme time pressures and in visible and impactful circumstances
• Expert experience with the Microsoft Office suite (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Project)

Responsibilities

• Implement CACI tools, models, and methods in accordance with documented processes and techniques
• Analyze RFP requirements and develop proposal outlines as well as compliance artifacts for volumes and/or sections
• Develop and enforce interim milestones across a team of SMEs, authors and contributors to formulate work plans and achieve the top-level proposal schedule
• Support development of proposal themes, strengths, discriminators, messages, solutions, etc. and allocate these elements to proposal sections
• Collaborate with the Capture Manager, Proposal Manager, solution architects, program personnel, teammates, and/or other members of the pursuit team to ensure proposed solutions are clearly documented and well communicated
• Conceptualize complex graphics to communicate diverse management and technical information in a concise manner
• Ensure proposal compliance and complete integration of the proposal architecture
• Research, organize, write, edit, and produce sections for major proposals, White Papers and Requests for Information (RFI)
• Apply journalistic skills to subject matter by interviewing program management and technical experts, attending meetings, and researching sources and other substantive source material to write proposal materials
• Develop oral presentation slide content and work with orals teams to refine presentations
• Assess proposal content (compliance and quality as represented in proposal structure, narrative response, and graphics); provide direction to proposal writers and solution SMEs
• Author and/or edit proposal content including text and graphics taking inputs from key contributors to construct a compliant and compelling response
• Collaborate with proposal team members to achieve consistency across all proposal volumes and sections
• Assess and integrate feedback from review teams to improve the quality of the proposal product

Preferred Qualifications

• Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret or above security clearance.