Proposal Writer/Developer
Location
South Carolina | United States
Job description
Seeking a Proposal Writer/Developer for an opportunity in Columbia, SC.
Work arrangement:
- Onsite
- W2 position; 12 months
Summary:
- Proposal management and Project management are very similar disciplines. Both require attention to detail and at times can be frustrating due to changing requirements or changes made by leadership in the approach, solution, pricing, or compliance. Flexibility and ability to shift without becoming frustrated are characteristics needed for the person that fills this position.
- Daily activities/tasks include maintenance of unit procedures and process documentation, review of content developed by subject matter experts to ensure the content is compliant, compelling, credible, correct, consistent, concise, and clear. Schedule and facilitate review updates, pink, red, gold team reviews, technical work sessions.
- Organization is comparable to a Fire Department! When not engaged in a response effort, maintenance and housekeeping tasks are underway. When there is a proposal response underway, the focus is on that item and all that goes with preparing and submitting a winning response!
Top skills:
- High level skills with MS Word
- Adobe Acrobat DC Pro
- MS PowerPoint.
- Preferred:
- Intermediate skills with MS Outlook, Teams, Excel, Project, Visio, and SharePoint.
Minimum required work experience:
- 5 years technical writing and/or technical process standards development experience
Job/class description:
- Elicits, analyzes, validates, edits, and revises business requirements to be included in technical documentation, such as user manuals, installation manuals, help documents, and tutorials. Ensures that documents follow the style laid out in the corporate style guide. Reviews documentation for organization, content, technical accuracy, and style.
- Analyzes and updates technical documentation and information, while ensuring consistency and availability to all employees and management. Suggests revisions and works with senior management to provide adequate process improvement modifications to existing standards. Creates materials for process improvement presentations, which may include prototypes, test matrices, training documents, and process design documentation.
- Creates, formats, and maintains information on the IS intranet portal. Ensures content is kept up-to-date with a regular review cycle. Formats new content to adhere to IS intranet portal standards and ensure the information follows the corporate style guide. Gathers and analyzes organizational information and update Hierarchical Matrix, Organizational Chart, and Client Diagram as necessary.
- Consults with technical operations staff in gathering, reviewing, and researching the needs of the organization for each assignment.
- Analyzes submitted System Master Index information for usefulness, missing information, and existing content, and maintain master database to include annual content reviews.
- Assists Design Architects with presentation designs and formats across multiple platforms.
Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Solid presentation skills and the ability to communicate, influence, and gain commitment from team members.
- Excellent writing and editing skills.
- Ability to work effectively on several projects simultaneously, independently as well as with groups.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including management, highly skilled technical staff, non-technical personnel, and with external clients.
- Ability to work effectively on several projects simultaneously, independently from general guidance, and with groups.
- Thorough knowledge of documentation security processes.
- Strong organizational skills with close attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including: management, highly-skilled technical staff, non-technical personnel, and senior management.
- Ability to efficiently handle stressful situations and short notice assignments.
- Microsoft Office, Adobe, and Visio.
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