Growth Support Proposal Specialist Senior

The proposal specialist senior is part of a national team that collaborates with pursuit leaders to produce brand- and risk-compliant proposals, pursuit deliverables and other documents. This position also serves as an industry-specific resource to the team and will also be responsible for occasional peer-to-peer training.

1. Coordinate with pursuit leaders, business developers and other internal team members to prepare and produce pursuit documents.

• Prepare pursuit documents leveraging existing text and graphics using multiple databases and resources.
• Review pursuit deliverables to monitor brand and risk compliance and quality assurance standards while ensuring adherence to Associated Press and RSM guidelines.
• Serve as a resource to others within the team and within the firm for proofreading and editing to ensure proposal documents, bios and other pursuit materials adhere to firm brand and risk guidelines. * Project manage pursuit to coordinate version control, edits and meet deadlines.
• Keep abreast and knowledgeable of firm thought leadership.
• Ensure that pursuit documents leverage current statistics, graphics and language.
• Create and coordinate delivery of pursuit documents.
• Monitor customer relationship management platform to ensure proposal data is reflected accurately.
• Maintain accuracy of records within the SharePoint request database.

2. Talent and team development

• Regularly engage, participate, and contribute to group discussions and activities within their focus area, such as industry or line of business teams.
• Serve as industry-specific resource to growth teams, business developers and internal market development teams.
• Ensure effective support of relationship development and growth strategy by collaborating with ESS growth team leaders, engagement leaders, business developers and pursuit teams.
• Collaborate effectively with growth support leaders, team members, ESS subfunctions and other internal firm client service teams to ensure business needs are met.

3. Peer-to-peer training

• Partner with and coach team members through complex pursuit requests.

4. Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Associate degree or 2+ years of experience in related field

TECHNICAL/SOFT SKILLS

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of tools, resources and technology required with assigned responsibilities
• Proficient with customer relationship management software
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills, ability to learn programs/software utilized by the firm and train others as needed
• Ability to communicate, effectively with a diverse audience
• Excellent people skills
• Ability to balance multiple tasks and projects
• Strong grammar and proofreading skills and experience
• Effective organization, prioritization and time management skills and strong attention to detail
• Ability to prepare presentations including charts, graphics and tables, speaker notes and handouts, etc.

EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of relevant experience in a related field or area
• 1+ years of prior experience managing multiple projects
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects of low to moderate risk
• Ability to interact with multiple levels of leadership.

Leadership Skills

• Cultivates a safe environment to ask questions, share innovative ideas and make suggestions; provides coaching on an informal basis
• Provides on-the-job training and directs others to relevant development opportunities
• Provides relevant and timely performance feedback to others, both positive and constructive * Provides peer-to-peer collaboration and guidance
• Provides mentorship and feedback * Helps build a diverse and inclusive culture in the workplace
• Has the ability to respond positively to changing circumstances, seeks and implements change to drive business improvement and serves as a model of the change
• Works collaboratively with the growth support supervisor/manager to provide support across the enterprise particularly during peak times.

• There is an expectation that your first ninety days of employment will be in-office five (5) days per week. After those 90-days, you will have the ability to work a hybrid schedule, minimally with three (3) days in-office, to be confirmed with your Performance Advisor in writing.