Consulting Employee

Leidos hiring for Consulting Employee jobs in Fairfax, VA, US

Description

 Leidos is seeking a Proposal Facilitator to partner in capture and proposal development/submission activities. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with his/her assigned capture/proposal team and other team members to facilitate support on a full range of opportunities. Telework is available for this position but travel for key opportunities will be required.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Proposal Facilitator will partner with both the Capture and Proposal Managers in all aspects of opportunity planning and logistics. Aid Capture Manager during teaming, strategy and solution development, identification of win themes, maintaining call plans and any needed conference coordination. Contribute to development and submission of white papers and RFIs. Coordinates proposal production, promote proposal development, reviews, and delivery. This includes working closely with the Proposal Manager and team to review the Request for Proposal (RFP) for requirements and questions. Reinforce schedule development and the development of compliant production and delivery plans. The facilitator sets up or monitors the Collaborative Capture Environment (CCE) and monitors configuration control of all proposal artifacts. The facilitator coordinates all desktop publishing, graphics, and editing activities. The facilitator conducts reviews, preparing review copies and merging reviewers’ comments; preparing documents for final management review; coordinating final document production including final formatting, preparation of binders and tabs, and coordination of printing; preparing electronic copies; and ensuring boxing and shipping.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assists capture managers during the qualification and pre-proposal phases.

• Assists proposal managers in providing day-to-day supervision of the proposal process as they plan and build high quality, winning responses to requests for proposals.

• Works collaboratively with a wide range of personnel, including book bosses, technical and business subject matter experts, authors, contracts managers, and production staff to facilitate efficient and effective proposal development.

• Read and interpret RFP requirements to ensure compliance with font, type size, margins, and other proposal submission requirements

• Review the proposal schedule with the proposal manager and ensure deadlines for DTP, graphics, and editing are realistic/achievable

• Prepare the Proposal Production and Delivery Plans to ensure RFP compliance

• Work with the Proposal Manager in maintaining configuration control of documents and deliverables in SharePoint (CCE)

• Organize logistics for the proposal team

• Coordinate and schedule publications efforts (DTP, editing, and graphics)

• Able to DTP proposal deliverables

• Perform visual Quality Assurance (QA) inspection of all proposal deliverables

• Coordinate hardcopy production of proposal deliverables

• Prepare electronic files

• Works with and facilitate hardcopy and electronic delivery in coordination with Capture Manager, Proposal Manager, and/or Leidos Contracts Representative

• Works closely with the Proposal Manager with other administrative tasks, as required

• Anticipate and correspond team needs (CCE, IT, reproduction, proposal facilities, special supply orders, etc.). Be assertive if additional resources are required

Basic Qualifications:

• BA and 12+ years or HS diploma and 16+ years of related work history

• Experience in capture activities and proposal preparation, coordination, and production

• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to effectively convey with proposal leaders, proposal authors, and Business Development personnel

• Expert in Microsoft Word. Skilled in formatting Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint documents

• Expert in Adobe Acrobat Pro for creating PDFs, and comparing and merging files

• Able to work overtime and weekends, as required, to meet proposal schedule

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expert Desktop Publisher able to create and format visually appealing Microsoft Word templates and Excel documents in compliance with RFP requirements

• Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and other Creative Suite software

• Track record of contributing to large complex captures and proposals.

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.