McColm & Company is hiring a
Technical Proposal Writer

Summary

The job is for a Senior/Expert Technical Proposal Writer at McColm & Company (McCO), a consulting firm that supports U.S. federal customers with internationally focused portfolios. The position is fully remote, consultancy-based, and requires work authorization in the US.

Requirements

• Subject matter expertise in one of McCO’s 3 service areas: professional training and capacity building, advisory and technical consulting, and research and analysis
• At least 5 years’ experience as a lead technical writer on winning bids for U.S. government clients, especially DOD, DOS and DOI
• Demonstrated capability to successfully design innovative, practical, and viable technical solutions for federal proposals
• Excellent ability to work flexibly as part of a team in a fast-paced environment with tight and fluctuating deadlines

Responsibilities

• Attend key bid preparation meetings to support the identification of win themes and the development of key messages in the proposal narrative
• Leverage deep customer knowledge and understanding to support the design of responsive technical solutions
• Contribute to the workplan development in collaboration with bid managers
• Write clear, compelling and complete technical approaches that are compliant with bid requirements including evaluation criteria
• Work with a variety of specialists across the organization to incorporate their input into the technical proposal ensuring they come across as a ‘one voice’ technical solution
• Attend (or lead, when appropriate) color team reviews
• Identify more appropriate content formats (e.g. infographics, diagrams) that help strengthening the bid readability
• Write/support other proposal sections (Management Approach, Past Performance) as agreed according to specific contract and proposal requirements