
Proposal Coordinator
- London, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Competitive Salaries: We recognize and reward your skills and experience with a competitive pay structure.
- Benefits Package: Comprehensive health and wellness benefits to keep you and your family covered.
- Company Matched RRSP Contributions: We help you plan for the future with our RRSP matching program.
- Flex Hours & Paid Time Off: Enjoy flexibility in your schedule and paid time off to recharge when you need it.
- Summer Fridays: Enjoy shorter workdays in the summer to kick-start your weekends.
- Social and Charity Events and Initiatives: Participate in engaging social events- both in-person and virtual and contribute to charity initiatives as part of our community focus.
- Career Framework: We provide clear paths for growth and development, helping you reach your career goals with ongoing learning and mentorship.
- Develop and maintain proposal milestones and schedules by issuing and reviewing briefings, response plans, kickoff meetings and due dates and generating Gantt Charts.
- Utilize and further integrate project management processes and methodologies within the role, such as Project and Development Life Cycle, Change Management and Scope Management.
- Update RFP tracker and Salesforce with opportunities and significant dates and documents.
- Track tenders which are out of scope to create a list of potential products and services that could be developed by PSD Citywide.
- Monitor tender websites daily for new opportunities and forward relevant opportunities to their respective account manager.
- Develop comprehension and descriptions for PSD Citywide products, asset management plans, and roadmaps so that prospective clients fully understand PSD Citywide products and service offerings.
- Communicate with other teams to gather necessary information, coordinating the RFP response to establish needs, due dates, signatures, development of new components and submission.
- Develop shared directories and processes for Request for Proposal information exchange and dispersion.
- Develop and manage past performance citations, resumes and proposal reuse materials’ libraries and software functionality database.
- Lead proposal response for RFP, RFQ, award submittals and roster application responses.
- Develop proposals and presentations to deliver materials meeting RFP requirements, quality standards and overall strategy.
- Develop and execute consistent company identity through document templates, letterhead and logo usage.
- Draft proposal portions such as introduction, overview, project approach and cover letter.
- Ensure timely communication of responses, providing buffer time to prevent delivery issues, communicate and report delivery in RFP tracker.
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Political Science, or related field.
- 1-3 years professional experience in a similar role.
- Excellent writing skills, attention to detail, and proof-reading ability to ensure proposals flow seamlessly. Experience writing long form documents is an asset.
- Previous experience with legal and contract drafting with a focus on the public sector industry (Federal, provincial, municipal etc.) is an asset.
- Firm understanding of project management processes, such as Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling and Closing projects.
- Extensive knowledge of the Canadian public sector, previous experience working in/with the public sector, and experience with policy analysis.
- Ability to conduct research to leverage PSD Citywide's expertise when completing proposals.
- Continuously improving knowledge and understanding of PSD products/services to serve as a subject matter expert when completing proposals.
- Ability to work with various software including Word, Excel, Salesforce, Kantata, Citywide modules, and Smartsheets, etc.
- Professional self-starter with a commitment to constantly upgrade skills through continuous learning.
- Deadline driven individual and being able to collaborate with team members with professionalism and tact.
- Proficient with Google suite, MailChimp, GoToWebinar.
- Advance skills with MS Word, Excel and Smartsheet.