Chimera Enterprises International is hiring a
Technical Writer

Summary

The job involves developing, planning, and writing proposals for federal customers, particularly the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of State. The ideal candidate has a technical background, strong communication skills, and experience in proposal or technical writing for government contracting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in technical field + 8 years professional work experience. Flexibility is given for years’ experience if candidate has technical certifications and/or proven technical/proposal writing experience
• Strong writing and communication skills with ability to assess and digest large amounts of information to develop tailored proposal content under tight deadlines
• Technical background and/or proficient understanding in any of the following fields: Training, Acquisition, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, Intelligence Analysis, etc

Responsibilities

• Development and curation of technical content leveraging information gathered via multiple methods (interviews, research, legacy review) and turning into compelling and compliant proposal content
• Interviewing Program Managers, Subject Matter Experts, and Solution Architects to draft technical proposal content that is compelling and compliant to the solicitation requirements
• Researching legacy content to apply and tailor to other customer’s solicitation requirements
• Ability to identify and articulate win themes and key discriminators to deliver compelling and compliant content
• Broad depth and understanding of proposal requirements combined with technical acumen to successfully storyboard and also write sections such as Technical Approach, Management Approach, Transition Approach, Risk Management Plans, Quality Control Plans, Executive Summaries, Cost/Price Narratives, etc
• Ability to incorporate comments gathered from storyboard reviews, pink teams, red teams, and gold teams to deliver compelling and compliant content under tight deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior Military experience
• Prior experience in proposal or technical writing for Government contracting
• Trained in professional proposal writing strategy