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Technical Writer
Bethesda, MD
Job Description
Description
Manhattan Strategy Group (MSG) is seeking a Technical Writer to join our business development team in Bethesda, MD. This position requires experience in a highly dynamic and fast-paced environment where federal proposal responses are developed for federal agencies, state governments, and foundations in response to Requests for Proposals (RFP). A background in actual performance on information technology contracts in the federal government space is a plus for this position. The successful candidate will serve as a technical writer and support the proposal team in other proposal development and production activities as needed. This role is for a full-time employment position.
Job Responsibilities/Duties:
- Read and analyze RFP requirements.
- Work with Capture Manager, Proposal Manager, IT Operations leadership, and SMEs to effectively identify and develop proposal strategies, win themes, outlines, and storyboards.
- Write and develop compliant and compelling proposal content in response to RFIs, RFPs, task order responses, contract vehicle responses, and other business opportunities.
- Gather information for drafting writing, revising, editing, formatting, and finalizing relevant proposal sections, including:
- Project understanding, including objectives, outcomes, and deliverables.
- Scope of work
- Technical solution approach and methodology
- Company core capabilities/competencies,
- Past performances
- Management plans including project management, quality control, and reporting methods.
- Staffing and recruiting plans.
- Proposed staff experience
- Proposed staff resumes.
- Proposal outlines, compliance matrices, table of contents
- Conduct and support draft proposal materialreviews.
- Ensure each proposal is well-written, persuasive, and compliant with RFQ requirements and evaluation criteria.
- Maintain proposal library documents database, including past performance and staff resumes.
- Support team with managing proposal development schedule by including time for solution development, writing, review, revision, formatting, editing, production, and delivery.
- Support proposal managers with tasks as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field (such as software development), English or journalism preferred.
- Experience writing at least ten (10) proposals to the Federal government.
- Minimum 5 years supporting responses to proposals in the Federal IT space.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working as a proposal writer responding to Federal Government solicitations
- Experience with general IT processes, i.e. ITIL, Agile. Experience with content management systems preferred.
- Demonstrated success writing and leading technical, management, resume, and/or past performance volumes for complex efforts creating both compliant and compelling content within available page limits. Ability to coach and instruct others to facilitate consistency across multiple authors.
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Suite
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
- U.S. Citizenship required.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action, employer. Applicants can learn more about the company's status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the federal "EEO is the Law" poster athttps://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.
Employment will be contingent on the outcome of a background investigation and reference checks. While all applications are appreciated, only those candidates selected foran interview will be contacted.
MSG is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or veteran status.
Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
5+ years
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