Senior Proposal Writer

Overview

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation’s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers’ missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Responsibilities

• Writes, rewrites, and edits documents in response to full lifecycle proposal requirements.
• Collaborates with subject matter experts, proposal team, and other stakeholder to develop proposal content in accordance with RFP requirements, capture strategy, and corporate style guides.
• Conducts quality reviews of proposal material; may peer review material.
• Translates complex data into compelling, evaluator-friendly narrative and graphics.
• Researches related topics to better understand the content.
• Recommends, selects, and tailors layouts and exhibits to amplify or clarify proposal objectives.
• Edits draft content by reviewing for completeness, accuracy, clarity, brevity, correct language use, compliance, consistency, flow, tone, organization, and alignment with specified style guide(s).
• Allocates space for text, photos, and illustrations according to RFP requirements and space allocations. Reorganizes, cuts, or rewrites as necessary.
• Verifies facts, dates, and statistics using standard reference sources.
• Maintains awareness of contents of repositories of previous proposal material (e.g., templates, exemplars); supports the loading and labeling of new proposal material after submittal and award.
• Assists with documenting, maintaining, and using internal proposal processes.
• Contributes to and benefits from maintaining a collaborative environment—expanding skills and mentoring others.

Qualifications

 

 

Required:

• Bachelor's (or 4 years relevant experience) plus 10–12 years of experience, or a Master's with 8–10 years of experience, or a PhD with 5-7 years of experience
• Recent proposal experience with Shipley-based new business processes
• Must Posses and be able to maintain TS/SCI clearance
• Strong Microsoft Word skills, including applying style templates to generate compliant proposals

Desired:

• Familiarity integrating graphics into proposal documents
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams, including using multi-authoring for document collaboration and Track Changes
• Experience providing technical writing, particularly related to IT and cybersecurity, for Federal Government proposals.
• Experience using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to compose proposal sections.
• Understanding of Government RFPs and the source selection process.
• Adaptability to changing requirements and dynamic schedules.

EEO Statement

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.