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SalaryCognitive Medical Systems is seeking a skilled and experienced Proposal Writer to join our business development team.
Hours: This is a 1099 consulting position funded for 30 hours per month.
Responsibilities
- Works in coordination with Proposal Manager and leadership team to provide end-to-end writing support for assigned proposal section(s) or volume in response to Federal solicitations to ensure delivery of a well-written, compelling, and compliant response
- Participates in win theme strategy development and refinement
- Ensures incorporation of strategic themes as well as compliance with proposal requirements and RFP requirements
- Develops ideas and mock-ups of explanatory tables and graphics
- Utilizes proposal database and previous bids to research content for compliant proposal responses
- Meets with Bids & Proposals team, Business Development, Capture, and Operations staff to review RFP and determine requirements to develop compliant, customized proposals
- Conducts interviews with identified subject matter experts throughout the company to capture technical details for solutions based on requirements and platform
- Coordinates with Capture, Proposal Manager, and Operations staff to remediate any identified gaps
- May conduct technical edits of volumes to ensure compliance and “one voice.”
- May participate in color review process as a reviewer on other proposals as assigned
- Ensures proposals are archived in the proposal management system
Qualifications
- 5 + years of experience developing technical narratives in response to Federal solicitations
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Journalism or other related field
- Knowledge of Federal procurement process
- Ability to write and edit in clear, concise, and compelling language
- Ability to conduct interviews with subject matter experts to obtain technical details for solution documentation
- Ability to develop graphic concepts to illustrate and clarify subject matter
- Outstanding communication skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently across multiple functions within the company
- Ability to analyze compliance-driven/technical documentation to determine government requirements and to understand complex customer issues within healthcare and healthcareIT
- Ability to work closely with teams to develop a customer-specific proposal strategy
- Strong organizational, time management, analytical, and problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, matrixed environment
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and the Adobe Suite
