Lead Technical Writer Consultant

 

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. By linking local individuals and communities with new ideas and technology, Winrock is increasing long-term productivity, equity, and responsible resource management to benefit the poor and disadvantaged of the world.   

 

POSITION SUMMARY: 

The Lead Technical Writer will work with Winrock International on an anticipated funding opportunity focused on reducing child labor, education, countering human trafficking, or other technical area under Winrock’s Human Rights, Education and Empowerment (HREE) unit. The consultant will work with the Capture/Proposal Lead and Technical Lead to provide technical inputs and ensure that the written technical narrative effectively addresses donor hot buttons, leverages Winrock and team strengths, and communicates Winrock’s win themes. The Lead Technical Writer will be responsible for asking the right questions to get the information needed to write the proposal and communicating the strategy and design in a cohesive, clear, and concise manner that explains what will be done, how it will be done, who will do it, and how it will contribute to desired outcomes and results. 

 

The Lead Technical Writer will be responsible for writing a technical narrative that uses clear, straightforward, persuasive, and active language, and incorporates evidence and proof points. In addition, the Lead Technical Writer will integrate all writing inputs into one cohesive narrative, ensuring drafts are appropriately developed for each review milestone (pink, red, gold), modifying the drafts after each review milestone based on feedback, and getting the proposal to the required length. The Lead Technical Writer should review and edit the entire technical proposal to ensure consistency, as well as support the Proposal Lead on a cross-walk of the technical narrative and annexes before review by a Winrock-designated editor.  

 

Winrock will provide the consultant access to shared folders on Winrock’s internal WinShare system and/or other platforms to facilitate collaboration, including for relevant documents, references, data, charts, and versions of drafts. 

 

ANTICIPATED DURATION:

July 15, 2024 – September 30, 2024 

 

LEVEL OF EFFORT:

Up to 18 Days (144 hours)  

 

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Serve as the lead writer of the technical proposal, producing technical drafts for review that are compliant with and responsive to donor solicitation requirements. 

• Review the solicitation and referenced documents. Participate in designing a technical approach. Lead and facilitate design sessions as needed. 

• Provide technical inputs and ideas on technical design 

• Add to list of questions for donor and participate in designing a project participant targeting strategy. 

• Conduct research on the country context, competition, and local successful approaches to inform the technical approach and the development of the technical application.     

• Review research on current/past projects, participate in live proposal design sessions, and synthesize other key documents and information that the team has on file or that will need to be secured from local consultants or other sources. 

• Review and help craft key questions to fill gaps in knowledge, along with Winrock’s local staff/consultant,