Lead the creation, production, and execution of proposals for complex proposals, including  RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs

Interact with Sales, Partner Services, Product Development, Marketing, Finance, and potentially other areas to create persuasive proposals that effectively and clearly position Civitas Learning solutions to meet the needs of prospective clients

Own proposal writing processes to make sure there is a precise system in place for all proposals

Manage several proposals simultaneously and often short turn-around atmosphere

Facilitate all aspects of project management for proposals, from analysis and requirements documentation, to solution definition, team and SME involvement, project planning, meeting facilitation, draft development, and final proposal production and delivery

Ensure all SME/task assignments are identified, assigned, and delivered on time and to specification, with precise, complete, and approved draft content that meets all technical and business proposal requirements

Comfort navigating tough questions and challenging status quo appropriately

Maintain proposal content database to make sure all material being used remains updated

Gain expert-level feature, function, and position knowledge of company products, offerings, and industry-specific terms and knowledge

Prep proposal presentation teams and field follow-up questions / clarifications

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in English, Creative Writing, Print Journalism, Public Relations, or another writing focused field

Minimum three-years experience in technical writing or proposal writing for competitive bids, especially public sector proposals

Experience writing compelling documents or proposals in a collaborative environment

Understanding of domestic and international RFP, RFQ, RFI technical and legal requirements

Project management experience

Extreme ownership, including the ability to lead and dig into simultaneous projects with multiple participants and overlapping timelines

Contract administration experience, including an understanding of cooperative purchasing and Multiple Award Schedules

Familiarity with sales process, including experience working with sales organizations

Highly communicative with strong interpersonal skills

Provide consistent status reports on proposals, opportunities

Excellent Microsoft Word skills, solid knowledge of Excel, and creating PDFs

Must be organized, flexible, and self-directed to meet deadlines