Deloitte US

Are you up to the challenge of being a trusted business advisor with an opportunity to influence business strategy at one the world’s leading professional services firms?  If you have experience with the complete acquisition proposal lifecycle and an interest in leading “must-win” proposal opportunities, Deloitte’s Government and Public-Services (GPS) team is the place for you!  Join our team of professionals in delivering strategic and tactical guidance to senior leadership in support of pursuit development efforts.

Work you’ll do

As a Pursuit Coordinator you will have responsibility across multiple, concurrent projects.  This position is characterized by shifting priorities, stringent deadlines, last minute requirements, and occasional evening/weekend hours to accomplish task within non-negotiable client deadlines.  As a Pursuit Coordinator on our team you will:

• Assist the Pursuit Managers with the development and maintenance of proposal management tools / templates by analyzing RFPs and helping to determine appropriate response formats
• Work as part of a team and working collaboratively to produce large volumes of work with consistent quality
• Provide clear and effective communications
• Provide document management and controls
• Works closely with the Graphic Designers, Formatters and Editors to provide direction, track status, and maintain schedules
• Effectively use of procedures, tools and templates
• Properly interpreting solicitation requirements governing document organization and production
• Provide accurate and timely communications regarding document status, proposal team meetings and formal reviews
• Directing design and production support staff to create and consistently apply templates, formats, and styles per Request for Proposal (RFP) requirements, GPS guidelines, and Deloitte U.S. Firms' standards
• Assist with digital delivery - managing file size, naming convention is accordance with RFP etc.
• Manage smaller proposals as appropriate
• Manage specific sections of the proposal (ex. small business volume)
• Update graphics with minor edits (i.e., typos, name changes)
• Plan and coordinate final production activities
• Ensuring quality and responsiveness of all work

Qualifications Required

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in proposal development with personnel management responsibility
• Have approximately 3-4 years of work experience
• Bachelor’s degree with preferred concentration in Marketing, Communications, Business, or equivalent work experience
• Excellent communicator – both written and oral
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available 
• Ability to travel 20%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of employment
  

Preferred:

• Knowledge across document development domains to implement procedures and provide skilled support to proposal teams. This individual should have experience with the proposal development lifecycle and all of its intermediate phases and processes.
• In the absence of the assigned Pursuit Manager, the Pursuit Coordinator will serve as the point of contact for specific proposals and, in this role, provide the proposal account teams oversight of schedules and document status, in addition to their typical specialist functions.

Tools:

• Microsoft Office Suite
• SharePoint
• Adobe Acrobat