Proposal Writer - Ottawa, Canada - Coeuraj

Description

Proposal Writer

For a friendlier future to emerge, we need a new approach that unlocks the human potential for transformation living inside each and every one of us.

Are you ready to join Coeuraj to enable this change as our new
Proposal Writer?


About Coeuraj:

Coeuraj is a transformation practice that exists to build a more inclusive, collaborative, and sustainable world.

We help people address change by finding the solutions they hold within themselves using tools that leverage the richness and complexity of human interaction, including collaborative design, data science, and strategic foresight.

And now, we're looking for a
Proposal Writer to join our growing team in Canada and support people, organizations, and groups to collaboratively solve their challenges—and tackle the complex, global problems humanity faces today.

The Coeuraj Canada team combines world-class designers, facilitators, researchers, and data scientists with a suite of advisors who know the ins and outs of the complex systems we operate in and the diverse communities we work with.

To learn more about us, check out a selection of our past projects and ideas.


The Role:

Reporting to the Proposal Manager, the Proposal Writer will primarily help coordinate our responses to opportunities.

We're looking for someone inspired by the art of and strategy behind storytelling and can help bring to life our service offerings for those who want to work with us.

The Proposal Writer understands that proposals are critical to our success and has a team-oriented approach that helps us bring our best visions forward.

Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities:


_ Opportunity Screening / Evaluation_

• Monitor sources of RFPs and proposals to identify rightfit opportunities. Provide "go/nogo" recommendations.
• Review RFPs to identify and highlight critical components; create opportunity summaries, content outlines, submission checklists and other supporting documentation.

_Opportunity Response_

• Plan, organize and direct all elements of a proposal response, including supporting resources such as design, estimating and other administrative functions.
• Assemble and edit boilerplate and brand content.
• Further contribute to developing proposals by providing original writing assistance, research support, and other strategic input.
• Work closely with practitioners across the organization to translate processes into compelling messages that convey a unique value proposition.
• Ensure proposals are delivered on time, are on brand, and have the expected impact.
• Assist in quality assurance and copyediting

_Opportunity Readiness_

• Support the maintenance of our content library.
• Track award opportunities and assist with kickoff and onboarding processes.
• Track won standing offers and assist with followups.

_Collaboration_

• Communicate and collaborate with growing Communications and Business Development teams located across North America
• Ensure strong communication flows between the proposal, sales, finance, and delivery teams

What You Offer:

• At least 1 year of relevant experience in scanning, reading and interpreting the technical requirements of RFPs
• At least 1 year of relevant experience in writing, copy editing and submitting proposals
• A relevant educational background in business, technical writing, marketing, or another field
• An exemplary storyteller with strong writing and editing skills; you're able to support a diversity of writers through the process of developing clear and compelling content, from ideation to execution.
• A digitalsavvy skill set with experience working with Loomly and Salesforce or other similar CMS and CRM platforms, and fluency in working and formatting content using the Microsoft Office Suite. InDesign experience is an asset but not required.
• A strong research aptitude and an appetite to stay on top of opportunities being tendered through online platforms.
• French/English bilingualism is an asset but not required.
• U.S. market experience, and experience with Foundationbased grant programs is considered an asset.

To Succeed in This Role You Should Also:

• Have a large capacity for empathy and possess an 'always learning' mindset. If you don't know something, you're not afraid to learn about it and proactively integrate your learnings. If you hold knowledge that others around you do not, you're proactive in sharing and patient in your delivery.
• Be a critical thinker that can see connections between people, problems, and opportunities and suggest improvements when appropriate. You know when to 'trust the process' and when to do things differently to reach successful outcomes.
• Be a committed team player and relationshipbuilder who can positively collaborate across different teams and roles.
• Be detailoriented and display a high degree of organizational skills.
• Have a connection to or an interest in the work Coeuraj does and the impact it enables for