Proposal Writer

Overview

About Us:

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture. The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more! If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value;

if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

The Proposal Writer I develops clear, compelling, and compliant proposal content tailored to Chugach’s Federal customers. This candidate employs strategic storytelling without losing sight of content compliance, translating complex information into clear and effective prose for use in responses to RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, and Sources Sought notices.

Work Model:
Remote

• Work with Capture Managers, Business Development leaders, Solution Architects, and Subject Matter Experts to document, write, and articulate win themes/solutions and corporate experience against proposal requirement with the end goal of presenting a compelling rationale for Chugach Government Solutions.
• Develops assigned proposal sections, to include:
  • Initiating and performing research on subject matter to aid strategy and technical development and presenting findings to Proposal Manager.
  • Performing subject matter interviews in a variety of ways by assessing abilities of subject matter experts and adapting interview methods.
  • Writing and editing original text, tailoring boilerplate, and rewriting third-party contributions to fulfill RFP requirements, with attention to crafting narrative that is compliant with requirements and compelling to the reader.
  • Performing detailed compliance analysis between RFP requirements and proposal narratives written by other authors and provide feedback to ensure a compliant final product.
  • Copy editing for grammar, spelling, factual accuracy, clarity, and Chugach standards;
  • Formatting documents in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Adobe InDesign and Acrobat, and provide Proposal Manager with print-ready final documents.
• Meet proposal deadlines by prioritizing tasks and coordinating with contributors
• Assists the Proposal Manager in analyzing suggested color review changes and leading all color review team changes in assigned proposal sections.
• Researches and drafts proposal boilerplate independent of assigned proposals.
• Performs related work as assigned including supporting operational sites on a temporary basis.

Mandatory:

• Bachelor’s degree OR Four (4) years of relevant experience may be substituted for degree.
• Two to four (2-4) years’ experience in a position requiring writing and editing.
• Demonstrated experience writing proposals for Federal customers.
• Minimum two writing samples to be assessed during hiring.
• Ability to pass pre-hire background check and drug screen.

• Familiarity with Shipley-style proposal development process and review cycle.
• Demonstrated experience writing for large volume Government submissions.
• Demonstrated prior experience writing proposals relevant to Chugach’s lines of business: base operations support services, construction, and/or IT products/services.

• This position is primarily performed in an office setting with standard lighting, heating, and ventilation.

• Prolonged…