Senior Proposal Specialist

The Proposal Specialist position within EBC’s pursuits and proposal team is responsible for the coordination, development, organization, review, and finalization of compelling winning proposal submissions.

As a Proposal Specialist, you are responsible for the development and submission of prequalification and proposal responses and related documents and presentations. This includes 1) Development of compliant, accurate, and compelling response narratives and graphics; and 2) Coordination and administration of proposal documents, schedule, kick-offs, reviews, document control, electronic and print submittals, and response data. You are also responsible for leading and / or supporting continuous improvement initiatives such as boilerplates, resume and project profile development.

You will be the lead and local Ontario based Proposal Support specialist, that works and coordinates with senior members of both the EBC national and local teams to provide support and consistency to our brand, image, approach, and submission documents.

Responsibilities :

• Leads the end-to-end development and delivery of RFP, RFQ, and RFI submissions, ensuring compliance and alignment with client evaluation criteria.
• Review requests (RFP, RFQ, RFI) and play a key a role in determining document requirements.
• Collaborates with business line management, business development, operations, and executive team to develop golden threads and win strategies, incorporating throughout proposal deliverables.
• Conducts research to produce accurate and comprehensive proposal responses and messaging. Risk identification and mitigation in proposal strategy
• Provides initial go-by write-ups / materials, provides guidance and others as appropriate, identifying known and potential issues with section responses.
• Creates and manages pursuit responsibility matrices defining roles, deadlines, and assignments.
• Initiates and leads proposal meetings, including kickoffs, status updates and reviews.
• Follow-up / Check in on submissions and ensure debriefing is scheduled and attended.
• Production leadership (layout, graphics, and final document readiness oversight)
• Finalizes and submits proposal documents as appropriate.
• Creates compelling post-bid presentation materials.
• Develops and maintains best practices and templates.
• Information management across platforms (SharePoint, CRM)

Requirements

Skills and Attitudes Needed

Benefits