Description:
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Here's how a(n) Senior Proposal Specialist for our Winnipeg office contributes to our team:
Responsibilities
- Ensures proposals for clients identify differentiators while engaging the three levels of readership. Graphics are used for content improvement and enhancement which emphasizes the key messages.
- Evaluates the narrative for relevance, comprehension, and applicability. Identifies any new narrative requirements with the appropriate partners to create them. New proposal narratives are created as the need arises.
- Accurately proofs, edits, and rewords context to deliver a high-quality, compliant, error-free to meet the established timeline. Ensuring the content is written in a singular voice with messaging continuity throughout the document.
- Owns the proposal planning process, including review of client requirements, development of proposal outline, and creation of timeline/assignments.
- Conducts client background research to identify questions, concerns, and potential risks and advises strategic visioning and proposal planning stage.
- Collaborates with internal client/partners to develop overall proposal strategy and applies it to the proposal in a manner that is compliant with the client requirements and consistent with district win strategy and/or corporate objectives/policies/goals.
- Coordinates and leads the proposal strategy and planning sessions in collaboration with internal partners. Schedules and chairs the proposal kick-off meeting at the beginning of the pursuit phase.
- Proactively tracks and maintains the communication including assignments for local & remote partners and the to ensure timelines are met.
- Collaborating with the proposal team in preparation of presentation and interviews with prospective clients.
- Participates and seeks involvement in outside professional organizations that support the proposal coordinator position.
- Other duties as required.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, journalism, or equivalent preferred.
- Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) practitioner certification, Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) certification or equivalent is preferred.
- 7 years’ experience as a proposal coordinator or in a related role (communications, marketing, visual communications).
- Excellent project management, organizational, and time management skills to effectively establishing the priorities and scheduling of work tasks
- Outstanding attention to detail, good judgement, and able to problem-solve.
- Outstanding verbal, written, and visual communication skills. Ability to develop grammatically sound, customized, technical and written content.
- In-depth knowledge of proposal fundamentals and standard methodologies.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with an ability to lead and collaborate with a diverse group sensitively, thoughtfully, and respectfully.
- Ability to establish, influence, and maintain relationships with decision makers and key partners.
- Strong intuition for business understanding industry practices and new developments in construction process, delivery models, contract types).