Proposal Specialist (Remote) (12-month Contract)

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Proposal Specialist to join our team! In this role you’ll support the development and delivery of proposals for projects within the critical infrastructure market across Canada. This is a 12 month opportunity.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Performing detailed analysis of solicitation documents to assess requirements and building compliance matrices, schedules, and annotated outlines

• Collaborating with capture team members and subject matter experts (SMEs) to guide proposal development efforts through the proposal process

• Working with graphics and desktop publishing teams to tailor templates

• Reviewing proposal drafts and final documents for compliance, responsiveness, thoroughness, accuracy, and quality

• Establishing a print production schedule and resource plan to ensure required proposal documents are produced properly and delivered on time

• Populating and maintains SharePoint and Microsoft Teams libraries

• Retrieving resumes and project descriptions from Parsons’ qualifications repositories

• Facilitating proposal kick-off meetings, milestone meetings, and color reviews (pink, red, gold)

• Writing non-technical proposal content (e.g., resumes, past performance) and tailors content written by SMEs to develop cohesive, clear, and persuasive submissions

• Researching, analyzing, and synthesizing information from multiple sources

• Performing closeout activities, initiating the lessons learned process, and archiving files

• Assisting with closeout activities, including archiving and repository updates

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Must reside in Canada

• Strong writing and editorial skills

• Understanding of proposal best practices and ability to collaborate with team members with a range of experience and technical abilities in the development of proposal documents

• Strong communication skills to coordinate with capture teams throughout the pursuit life cycle

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to build meaningful relationships with key stakeholders across the organization

• Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a very dynamic work environment and working in stressful situations with critical deadlines (evening and weekend work may be required to meet deadlines)

• Coordination of multiple assignments with overlapping schedules, and the ability to multi-task

• Ensure alignment with proposal process, corporate strategy, business line strategic goals, and business markets

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite software (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe InDesign and Acrobat)

• Four-year Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, English, Rhetoric, Business, Communications, Liberal Arts, or a related field

• Approximately 7+ years of proposal management experience

This position is part of our Corporate team.

For over 80 years, Parsons Corporation, has shaped the future of the defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure markets. Our employees work in a close-knit team environment to find new, innovative ways to deliver smart solutions that are used and valued by customers around the world. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, transportation, smart cities, and more, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today.

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for indigenous peoples, women, individuals with disabilities, and visible minorities.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest-APPLY TODAY!

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