[Hiring] Senior Proposal Writer @Colliers Project Leaders

Role Description

This role is perfect for people who like making a difference and are passionate about the proposal process, working with a wide variety of people to create winning submissions. This is an important role for the company to help us reach our business development targets and overall company growth strategy.

As the Senior Proposal Writer, you are responsible for telling the story of how we can help our clients meet their real property needs. You lead the timely delivery of proposals for various internal teams, writing, editing, coordinating, and formatting content into clear submissions that are responsive to the client’s requirements.

Using your organizational and communication skills, you manage the many moving parts of a submission, by working effectively with a wide range of people, developing strong working relationships with your teams as you do so.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of professional, high-quality, compelling proposals that effectively educate and inspire action on the part of customers and prospects.
• Strategically manage the proposal response from receipt of RFP to the delivery of the final product, including writing content and editing submissions to ensure the proposal is accurate, concise, and effective.
• Define and manage the proposal response plan, schedule, and internal communications associated with the proposal development including follow-up with the contributors.
• Identify and voice concerns associated with the proposal preparation process and response, as related to issues of compliance and risk.
• Actively participate in and lead proposal strategy meetings, researching internal and external information, and distilling into win strategies to be executed in your proposal response.
• Participate in trend analysis, proposal debriefings and other similar opportunities to ensure continuous quality improvement and to identify enhancements for proposal content and process.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in reading and responding to Request for Proposal (RFP) documents and developing proposal/bid submissions that respond to their requirements.
• A post-secondary education in Communications, Marketing, English, Writing, Journalism or equivalent field of study.
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Office products with strong Word proficiency.
• Exceptional business writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suites software, in particular InDesign, is a strong asset.
• Must be able to speak and write in French.

Benefits

• An opportunity to truly impact our communities.
• A flexible work environment.
• A comprehensive onboarding experience.
• Significant professional development, training, and a mentorship program.
• A paid volunteer day.
• An environment where people feel welcome, heard and included, regardless of their differences.
• And much more!