Proposal Writer Intern
If you love to learn and want to make a positive impact while growing your career, apply now! This position offers a rare and exciting chance to gain real-world experience in proposal writing within a publicly-traded, global, government services corporation. The selected intern will gain knowledge of general business principles, corporate organizational structure and government procurements. You will have the opportunity to learn, grow and collaborate among various project teams, consultants, vendors and senior management. The experience will include challenging work assignments, gaining insights on various improvement initiatives and building a professional network in a career field with great potential for advancement. Guidance and training will be provided by the Manager.
The primary responsibility of the Proposal Writer Intern will be to work with the Proposal Manager, Business Development and Operations Personnel to plan and deliver major Health & Human Services proposals to a wide range of Government clients at locations throughout the U.S. This position is a highly visible role that works under the supervision of senior leadership, capture personnel, and operations management to write, edit, review, and produce winning proposals.
BENEFITS / COMPENSATION:
Hourly pay range is competitive and commensurate with education and experience. Interns are eligible for benefits. All computer equipment and access to digital systems will be provided to the hired candidate. Students may also complete the internship for academic credit subject to the qualifications of their academic program.
PROGRAM DETAILS:
This position requires a commitment of 40 full-time hours per week for the duration of a 10-week summer program: starting Tuesday, May 30th and ending Friday, August 4th, 2023. This role is 100% remote and the majority of the team is located in the Eastern time zone, but applicants from all zones will be considered.
Interns will also participate in a curated program of workshops and events-- Learn from our leaders through our executive guest speaker series, continue to grow skills through our professional development workshops and build meaningful corporate connections through our summer networking events. We traditionally culminate our program with a celebration of National Interns Day in late July and by spotlighting a special project / working group activity that all interns will contribute to and complete for presentation.
Job Description Summary
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct business analysis to support the Business Development department.
- Support process improvements and project deliverables.
- Research potential market trends.
- Assist in special projects in the Business Development department.
- Assist with ad-hoc reporting and other tasks.
Minimum Requirements:
- Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing a college degree in a related field.
- Must have completed a minimum 2 years of coursework.
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment.
- Skilled in standard computer applications and platforms such as Outlook and MS Office Suite, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Excellent interpersonal communication, teamwork, and customer service skills.
- Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple priorities with superior attention to detail.
Education and Experience Requirements
• Assists with the creation of compliant, compelling responses for assigned proposal sections/ topics and recommend creative ideations of associated graphics, charts, tables, appendices, and other information in support of proposal development
• Under close manager supervision, cross-references solicitation documents (RFPs, RFIs, etc.) to create organized writing outlines that are responsive to requirements
• Assist team with presenting outlines in storyboarding sessions
• Assist in submitting complete written proposal responses within tight deadlines
• Incorporates feedback from reviewers to improve drafts
• Help prepare for technical expert and operational resources interviews to gather information supporting proposal development and transforms that information into clear, concise, compelling proposal text
• Applies win themes and strategic messaging in proposal content drafts
• Collaborates with Business Development team members to understand market positioning, competition, capabilities, client drivers, and solution components
• Identifies and reworks existing proposal content for use in active bids
• Supports the maintenance of a writing team content library
• Interacts with senior-level internal and external personnel
• Uses SharePoint collaborative platform to upload materials
• Serves as an editor for other writers as needed
• Recommends continuous improvement initiatives to refine writing processes and techniques as appropriate
• Collaborates with graphic artists to conceptualize visuals (diagrams, workflows, icons, etc.) to accompany writing
• Performs additional duties as necessary or assigned