Proposal and Technical Writer

The Opportunity:

Edsembli is seeking a seasoned professional to join their commercial team as Proposal and Technical Writer. The company is a specialized software solutions vendor that provides a cloud administrative platform for the K-12 education sector. It serves over 1.7-million students across North America, providing HR and Payroll, Finance and a Student Information System.

This role provides the opportunity to:

Join a small, talented and driven commercial team
Build a foundation for long-term career growth in a growing, entrepreneurial IT firm
Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and lead Edsembli’s commercial proposal and RFP response activities
Lead project teams that deliver proposal responses with persuasive themes, strong value propositions and other elements to ensure winning bids
Collaborative with all areas of the business in order to respond to and serve customer expectations

Responsibilities:

As the Proposal and Technical Writer, your role makes a major contribution to the company’s commercial performance:

Understand RFP and procurement processes and policies of the K-12 education sector
Perform detailed analysis of RFP/RFQ/RFI documents to assess requirements
Author questions and clarify requirements to reduce risk/improve probability of winning
Prepare responses to RFP’s and sole-source procurement inquiries
Collaborate with the internal stakeholders to ensure high quality product is produced
Develop compelling proposal narratives that demonstrate the company’s value proposition
Maintain a repository of content artifacts that can be reused
Act as project manager for RFP responses including leading kick-off meetings, assigning and coordinating tasks across the stakeholder team
Provide technical writing support to the Product and Development teams
Work with regional sales executives to deliver responses to customers and third-party brokers
Collaborate with the Edsembli Legal and Finance & Admin teams to ensure all commercial responses meet legal, commercial, and financial standards of care
Continually enhance content artifacts and proposal libraries
Monitor procurement boards, external sites throughout North America, and all other sources of release to build the proposal funnel

Required Qualifications:

5 years of experience in proposal writing, bid submission and RFP response
Practical experience as a proposal writer with understanding of response strategy/tactics
Practical experience with writing and managing RFP responses in the $40,000-$500,000 range
Strong verbal and written communication skills, and negotiating to influence or impact
Strong experience in project management and scheduling
Experience in a software solutions, SaaS and/or professional consulting environment is an asset.
Demonstrated familiarity with the North American education K-12 sector is an asset