Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Parsons Corporation is seeking a talented Technical Writer to join their team. In this role, you will be responsible for preparing various proposal and marketing materials while collaborating with subject matter experts to ensure compliance and quality of content.
Responsibilities
- Research, interview, and collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) and capture teams to develop compliant, compelling proposal content
- Perform writing, rewriting, and editorial functions, including drafting, copy editing, rewriting, revising, and proofreading
- Develop content for all proposal sections, including resumes, past performance, management, technical, orals/interviews talk tracks, and executive summaries
- Support capture managers and solution architects in summarizing our solution and drafting strengths/win themes and other solution artifacts to distribute to the rest of the proposal development team
- Collaborate closely with capture team, volume and section leads, and technical experts to develop high-quality content that complies with solicitation requirements and Parsons’ and proposal-/project-specific guidelines, is responsive to customer/client needs, is easy to score as outstanding, and is compelling
- Facilitate plan-to-write sessions with capture manager, proposal manager, solution architect, and volume and section leads to ensure the team developing content understands the requirements, the outline, and the expectations prior to writing
- Facilitate writing discussions with technical experts and section leads to draft content for proposal reviews
- Lead review recovery for assigned sections, collaborating with technical experts to address reviewer feedback and mature the content to meet the entrance criteria for the next review
- Review/edit/rewrite drafts created by multiple authors/writers to ensure clarity and consistency of style/formatting and correct grammar/spelling errors
- Ensure content follows Parsons’ Style Guide, proposal-specific style sheets (e.g., for capitalization, customer name, team name, technical abbreviations and acronyms)
- Ensure all information submitted for a proposal (e.g., contract/project writeups, resumes) meets solicitation requirements, is accurate and true, and has no contractual restrictions that would limit use of that information on that specific proposal
- Manage time appropriately to complete writing tasks for more than one proposal at any given time and successfully meets the schedule milestones for all schedules assigned
- Support onsite printing of proposals, including participating in book checks, burning CDs, and packaging all final deliverables, as required
- Assist with proposal closeout activities, including archiving the proposal files and updating the proposal repository
- Support other proposal and Proposal Operations team tasks (e.g., knowledge management, compliance checks, formatting), as required
- Support other writing tasks as requested (e.g., reports, marketing material, training briefs, etc.)
- Maintain repository of reuse material and common approaches for frequently written proposal sections
Skills
- Experience and knowledge writing Federal Proposals
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to confidently interview and collaborate with people from various backgrounds, experience levels, and seniority to gather the content needed to ensure our responses are both compliant and compelling
- Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills with an ability to multi-task and appropriately prioritize multiple assignments to meet strict deadlines
- Detail oriented with an attention to detail
- Able to think outside the box and know what questions to ask to get the answers needed
- Strong customer service with a 'get to yes' approach and mentality
- Ability to inspire outstanding work from team members with a range of experience and technical abilities in the development of proposal and task order responses
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (specifically Word and PowerPoint), SharePoint, and MS Teams; experience with Salesforce and Adobe Creative Suite are a bonus
- US citizenship
- Bachelor's degree in English, Writing, Journalism, or Communications
- 2+ years of writing experience
- 8+ years of experience
- TS/SCI clearance
- Understanding of Federal proposals
- Experience working in a SCIF environment
- Shipley or APMP certification in proposal writing
- Willing and able to travel if needed
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid time off
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401(k)
- Life insurance
- Flexible work schedules
- Holidays
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