Pursuit & Proposal Specialist

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join our international team with support from one of the best-qualified full-service environmental consulting firms in the world. The Pursuit & Proposal Specialist with the support of strong internationally recognized staff will utilize their expertise and knowledge of the full pursuit process from positioning and capture planning through post-proposal submittal debriefing in supporting client teams to successfully win projects. Their primary focus is the planning scheduling development and finalization of responses to client requests for qualification proposals bids and presentations that result in contract and/or project awards.

Role accountabilities:

• The Pursuit & Proposal Specialist collaborates closely with other specialists Market Sector Leaders Technical Solution Leaders Account Leaders Pursuit Leaders and Project Managers to support the preparation and production of proposals. This includes participating in capture planning and win strategy development identifying proposal needs such as resources materials and expertise and carrying out tactics to secure project awards.
• The role involves researching internal capabilities and resources to meet opportunity-specific requirements collecting and tailoring information and materials in partnership with capture and proposal teams. Serving either as Lead Proposal Manager or Proposal Support Resource the specialist contributes to winning strategy development coordinates go/no-go discussions reviews and interprets RFPs and develops proposal management plans.
• Managing data calls developing meeting agendas coordinating team activities and meetings driving schedules facilitating quality reviews enforcing RFP compliance and ensuring that proposal production and delivery deadlines are met are all critical responsibilities of this role.
• Writing and tailoring proposal content is essential involving interviewing staff and technical experts incorporating win strategy and capture plan information meeting RFP requirements and crafting persuasive competitive responses that highlight features advantages and benefits.
• The specialist supports other Pursuit and Proposal Specialists with planning reporting research and client or Account Leader communications as needed providing clear written and verbal instructions for action items and following up on progress to maintain momentum.
• Additional duties include developing proposal-specific templates and data call requests working with graphic designers and team members to communicate requirements and expectations coordinating resources and workload balancing with other specialists and performing knowledge management activities such as updating organizing cataloging and storing information for current and future proposal and marketing needs.
• Supporting business development pipeline activities including data collection updating and report preparation as well as assisting broader client development efforts like Marketing/Communications (sales collateral trade shows conferences) and Tools & Systems (CRM Knowledge Library) are also part of the roles scope.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Required: Minimum 5 years A/E/C experience in marketing proposals or business development and a bachelors degree (or equivalent experience) in a related field such as communications marketing business engineering science or architecture; proven experience developing and writing proposals with a solid understanding of RFP and proposal processes.
• Core technical skills: Proficiency in MS Word Excel and PowerPoint; preferred experience with Adobe Creative Suite (especially InDesign) and working knowledge of Office365 tools (SharePoint OneDrive Teams).
• Certifications (optional): APMP or CPSM certification is preferred but not required.

Skills and Abilities:

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong leadership by confidently offering opinions and direction combined with dependability through excellent planning and organizational skills that enable efficient time use and deadline adherence. Creativity and innovation are essential as is the ability to collaborate effectively with marketing proposal staff and client teams in a positive engaging manner. Agility and flexibility are required to thrive in fast-paced environments manage shifting priorities and maintain high-quality standards. A results-oriented mindset strong market and client focus and forward-thinking leadership are critical to motivate teams and develop strategic client and pursuit plans. Excellent communication and listening skills organizational accountability and a commitment to high ethical standards aligned with Arcadis values complete the skillset.

• Demonstrates leadership dependability creativity innovation collaboration agility flexibility and a results-driven mindset focused on client value and quality outcomes.
• Exhibits excellent communication organizational skills accountability forward-thinking teamwork motivation and adherence to high ethical and health and safety standards.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $68187 - $106326 Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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