Proposal Writer 

Chantilly, VA

Talent Orchard LLC, a Woman Owned Small Business with 8a designation has been contracted by a large defense contractor in their search for a Proposal Writer who will collaborate with experts and team members to develop compliant, compelling proposals in response to Federal Government solicitations.

Description of Duties:

• Writes technical, management, resume, and past performance sections.
• Leads volumes, providing direction and oversight to supporting writers.
• Works as part of a collaborative team to develop proposal sections that clearly articulate the team’s solution and strategy, approach to performing the work, win themes, experience, and discriminators.
• Applies interpersonal and interviewing skills to gather needed information from internal and external personnel to support writing activities.
• Researches and collaborates with SAIC professionals on the most effective way to present proposed approaches and solutions and substantiate any claims.
• Writes clear, persuasive, and articulate proposal sections; translates complex ideas into easily understandable text.
• Uses organizational skills to manage, assign, track, and reports on assignments, status, and issues and needs.
• Identifies, resolves, mitigates, and escalates gaps and risks to proposal management and center leadership.
• Develops and implements process improvements to help improve proposal quality.

Required Experience/Skills/Attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 6+ years of related experience with bachelor’s, 4+ years with master’s
• Demonstrated success writing technical, management, resume, and/or past performance sections
• Excellent writing skills, including understanding of grammatical rules, punctuation, sentence structure, and active/passive voice
• Excellent organizational and team leadership skills
• Excellent Microsoft Word skills
• Ability to surge work schedule to meet proposal schedule demands
• Ability to work in a dynamic team environment with a variety of personnel and organizations

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated success leading proposal volumes
• TS/SCI, Top Secret, or Secret clearance

Established in 2010, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery.

To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.talentorchard.com.