RFP Writer

Summary

Join Cartwheel, a company tackling the student mental health crisis, as their RFP Writer. This full-time, remote position involves managing the entire lifecycle of responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Information (RFIs), and grant applications. You will lead proposal development, manage content, collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure compliance, and track deadlines. The ideal candidate possesses 3-5 years of experience in RFP or grant writing within education, healthcare, or technology, exceptional writing skills, and experience with RFP search engines. Cartwheel offers competitive compensation, equity, high-quality health insurance, paid time off, and a team-based culture.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in RFP writing, grant writing, or business proposal development in the education, healthcare, or technology sectors
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with a keen attention to detail
• Experience with search engines such as RFPSchoolWatch
• Passion for our mission to tackle the youth mental health crisis!

Responsibilities

• Lead the drafting, editing, and submission of RFPs, RFIs, grant applications, and related documents
• Maintain a library of proposal content, ensuring accuracy and relevance to Cartwheel’s evolving service model and product offerings
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including sales, product, and marketing, to gather necessary information for proposals
• Ensure all proposals comply with submission guidelines, legal requirements, and company policies
• Track proposal deadlines, manage the proposal pipeline, and ensure timely submissions
• Analyze past proposals and RFP outcomes to refine processes and enhance future responses

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in RFP/RFI response specifically for K-12 school districts
• Familiarity with K-12 education policies, funding sources, and mental health services offerings
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to coordinate across many stakeholders and prioritize tasks
• Fluency in Google Suite (e.g. Sheets, Slides) and proven ability to quickly learn new tools and technology (e.g. Salesforce, Zoom, Asana)
• Experience with building relationships across diverse stakeholders and influence without authority
• Superb written and verbal communication skills
• Desire to work with a small, entrepreneurial team to build a new program
• Instinctively structures problems into logical components

Benefits

• Competitive cash compensation between $75,000 to $115,000
• Equity ownership stake in the company
• High-quality health insurance with a $0 monthly premium option for employees
• Dental, Vision, and Employer-Sponsored Life Insurance
• 4 weeks of paid PTO (3 weeks any time + 1 week office closure in December)
• Sick Leave + Holidays
• 401K with 2% employer match
• Team-based culture with mission-driven colleagues who will go to bat for you