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.