Technical Writer (Remote)

Parsons Corporation

1d•$27 - $47•Remote

About The Position

Parsons's is looking for an amazingly talented Proposal Writer to join our team! In this role, you will perform fundamental writing and editing tasks required in the preparation of proposals, presentations, reports, technical papers, newsletters, web sites, multimedia resources, marketing collateral, and other materials, as required.

Requirements

Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to confidently interview and collaborate with people from various backgrounds, experience levels, and seniority to gather the content needed to ensure our responses are both compliant and compelling
Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills with an ability to multi-task and appropriately prioritize multiple assignments to meet strict deadlines
Detail oriented with an attention to detail
Able to think outside the box and know what questions to ask to get the answers needed
Strong customer service with a “get to yes” approach and mentality
Ability to inspire outstanding work from team members with a range of experience and technical abilities in the development of proposal and task order responses
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (specifically Word and PowerPoint), SharePoint, and MS Teams; experience with Salesforce and Adobe Creative Suite are a bonus
US citizenship
Bachelor’s degree in English, Writing, or Journalism
2+ years of writing experience, preferably with at least 1 year of experience writing proposals

Nice To Haves

TS/SCI clearance
Understanding of Federal proposals
Experience working in a SCIF environment
Shipley or APMP certification in proposal writing
Willing and able to travel if needed

Responsibilities

Research, interview, and collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) and capture teams to develop compliant, compelling proposal content.
Perform writing, rewriting, and editorial functions, including drafting, copy editing, rewriting, revising, and proofreading.
Develop content for all proposal sections, including resumes, past performance, management, technical, orals/interviews talk tracks, and executive summaries.
Support capture managers and solution architects in summarizing our solution and drafting strengths/win themes and other solution artifacts to distribute to the rest of the proposal development team.
Collaborate closely with capture team, volume and section leads, and technical experts to develop high-quality content that complies with solicitation requirements and Parsons’ and proposal-/project-specific guidelines, is responsive to customer/client needs, is easy to score as outstanding, and is compelling.
Facilitate plan-to-write sessions with capture manager, proposal manager, solution architect, and volume and section leads to ensure the team developing content understands the requirements, the outline, and the expectations prior to writing.
Facilitate writing discussions with technical experts and section leads to draft content for proposal reviews.
Lead review recovery for assigned sections, collaborating with technical experts to address reviewer feedback and mature the content to meet the entrance criteria for the next review.
Review/edit/rewrite drafts created by multiple authors/writers to ensure clarity and consistency of style/formatting and correct grammar/spelling errors.
Ensure content follows Parsons’ Style Guide, proposal-specific style sheets (e.g., for capitalization, customer name, team name, technical abbreviations and acronyms).
Ensure all information submitted for a proposal (e.g., contract/project writeups, resumes) meets solicitation requirements, is accurate and true, and has no contractual restrictions that would limit use of that information on that specific proposal.
Manage time appropriately to complete writing tasks for more than one proposal at any given time and successfully meets the schedule milestones for all schedules assigned.
Support onsite printing of proposals, including participating in book checks, burning CDs, and packaging all final deliverables, as required.
Assist with proposal closeout activities, including archiving the proposal files and updating the proposal repository.
Support other proposal and Proposal Operations team tasks (e.g., knowledge management, compliance checks, formatting), as required.
Support other writing tasks as requested (e.g., reports, marketing material, training briefs, etc.).
Maintain repository of reuse material and common approaches for frequently written proposal sections.