Description
By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It's what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there's no limit to what you can achieve.
As a Proposal Specialist, your primary purpose will be to develop and respond to requests for information and proposals, collaborating with various subject matter experts to ensure proposals are completed timely and accurately, and providing oversight of quality and cohesiveness of responses.
Key responsibilities include:
- Reviewing and responding to requests within the business development group
- Providing initial drafts of each request to various subject matter experts as needed and incorporating any needed edits or updates to the response
- Ensuring initial drafts are compliant, responsive, and specifically tailored to each client's needs
- Ensuring security and integrity of all proposal documentation
- Working collaboratively with subject matter experts to ensure new requirements are identified and documented
- Facilitating internal flow and review of all proposal inputs and directing production of final master proposal
- Determining and maintaining the timeline for each response to ensure that deadlines are met
- Helping develop and maintain proposal best practices
- Taking on additional assignments, such as RFP follow-up requests, proposal library update projects, and other ad hoc assignments
Requirements include:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred
- Four years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required, including one year of project management experience and one year of proofing/editing experience
- Strong grammar and proofreading skills
- Knowledge of appropriate software
- Good project management skills
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Good oral and written communication skills
- PC literate, including Microsoft Office products
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to meet or exceed Performance Competencies