Bid Writer - US

Arrive • Atlanta, GA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

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As Arrive, we guide customers and communities towards brighter futures and more livable cities, it isn’t a challenge just anyone could take on. Luckily, we have something to help us make it happen. Our people and our values. We Arrive Curious, Focused and Together. Just as our entire brand is inspired by the North Star, the shining light leading travelers to their destinations since time began, our values guide us. They help us be at our best. For our customers. For the cities and communities we serve. For ourselves. As a global team, we are transforming urban mobility. Let’s grow better, together.
Bid/Proposal Writer
We are looking to add to our dynamic team a Bid/Proposal Writer.
This is an on-site role and will require the candidate to be within a reasonable commuting distance of our Atlanta, GA or Moorestown, NJ office.
In this role, you will be supporting our Parking BU.
Our ideal candidate has a strong background in proposal writing working with sales and marketing teams. In addition, you will bring excellent writing, communication, and project management skills to develop compelling proposals that align with our clients' needs and company guidelines.

Requirements

• Superior writing, grammar and vocabulary skills;
• Strong knowledge of information technology concepts and systems;
• Expert editorial (editing) skills;
• Demonstrated pre-planned and structured approach to completing assignments;
• Effective communication with all levels within the company as well as public officials;
• Bachelor's degree in Business, communication or related field;
• 2+ years experience and success as a proposal writer or a technical writer.
• Advanced user of Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office and Google Suite;
• Experienced presenting in front of a crowd;
• General knowledge and understanding of Business to Government (B2G) formal tendering processes, specifically as applied to local and state government organizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the transit market, strongly desired

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all activities needed to prepare and submit proposals, following the established company proposal development processes and procedures;
• Ensure that RFPs are assessed and responded to on time and to the quality expected, in accordance with the company’s proposal development process;
• Create RFP summaries and proposal outlines based on RFP documents.
• Liaise and work with the relevant departments across the business units as required to gain the subject matter expert input;
• Write proposal content while incorporating information from source documents such as technical specifications, procedure and policy documents, and other sources of information, previous proposals as well as inputs from others. This includes editing the document for clarity, grammar, spelling, flow, style and consistent use of terms, titles, etc.;
• Complete all required forms that will be included with a proposal;
• Ensure all RFP clarifications are assessed and responded to pro-actively during the RFP lifecycle;
• Produce, package and ship/send printed and digital copies of proposals, in accordance with the RFP instructions, ensuring on-time delivery;
• Properly file/archive proposals and the related proposal preparation files in accordance with established practices;
• Update the bid library, to include the required content for future bids and keep this library up to date. This includes collecting information, developing and maintaining company customer profiles/reference contacts for inclusion in proposals; and
• Maintain and update company performance statistics and other relevant metrics for inclusion in proposals.
• Collaborate with document requestors (e.g. sales, project management, support services, etc.) to define the scope and content of the requested document;
• Write document content while incorporating information from source documents such as technical specifications, procedure and policy documents, and other sources of information. Including editing the document for clarity, grammar, spelling, flow, style and consistent use of terms, titles, etc.;
• Manage the review of the document by the relevant subject matter experts and obtain their approval before finalizing the document; and
• Prepare the document for publication and publish, as may be required.

Benefits

• Our employees are offered a comprehensive benefit package after 30 days of employment.
• We offer medical, dental, vision; both a non contributory and contributory plan, plus affordable voluntary benefits.
• In addition to all of that, we offer a 401k plan with company matching contributions, the company provides a life insurance policy, short term and long term disability and generous paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level