Proposal Specialist

Proposal SpecialistStreet Level Strategy is a growing public affairs firm, with a high volume of proposal opportunities. In this role, you'll prepare proposals that describe the features and benefits of Street Level's constantly evolving services. You'll edit, rewrite, and write technical and nontechnical text as necessary to prepare the most compelling possible proposals that highlight Street Level's services. You'll also be responsible for the creation of clear, visually persuasive graphics and for the timely delivery of a clean, error-free final product.Reporting directly to the Managing Partner and coordinating with Client Team Leads, this role will play a critical part in designing and defining SLS's business strategy.This position is ideal for someone who has initiative, flexibility, and dependability to produce documents that reflect Street Level's commitment to engaging and outreaching to communities.What You Will AchieveBuild and develop a pipeline across federal, state, local, and private sources, establishing the tools and routines that surface relevant solicitations earlyPerform detailed analysis of RFI/RFQ/RFP documents — evaluation criteria and applicable state or agency procurement rules — to identify requirements, constraints, and discriminatorsProvide leadership with honest bid/no-bid recommendations, including recommending which RFPS to pursue and have a chance to winDraft and submit questions to the contracting officer or procurement contact to resolve ambiguity before the response is builtTrack priority business pursuits from client team leads, as well as build a tracking mechanism to monitor all public business sites for federal, local, and state RFP's.Develop working knowledge of target local, state, and federal agencies' priorities and procurement history, and translate it into positioning SLS can act onIdentify and recommend structures that close capability gaps for specific RFP pursuitsProduce capture plans for the firm's highest-value business pursuits, defining win strategy, discriminators, and gaps to closeOwn the proposal schedule end to end, with milestones, reviews, and author deadlinesCoordinate input from teaming partners and subcontractors on the process, ensuring deadlines and milestones are met.Build and maintain the compliance matrix or checklist for each submission, ensuring every requirement is addressed,Enforce all format constraints — page counts, fonts, margins, volume structure, file naming and size — as hard limitsFact-check content and flag technical errors, unsupported claims, and inconsistencies before submissionHold final documents to firm editorial standards, drawing on shared editorial support for line-level proofingWrite high-quality, responsive, persuasive content that answers what was asked and scores against how it will be evaluatedDevelop win themes and executive summaries that lead with outcomes that position SLS capabilities, services, and skillsSynthesize complex technical and policy input from subject matter experts into coherent, readable narrativeEdit and rewrite for clarity, logic, and argument structure, not just correctnessIdentify graphics needs and partner with Design to produce visuals that carry argument rather than decorate the pageRun internal review cycles with defined purposes and reviewers, ensuring comments are adjudicated and reconciled rather than accumulatedCoordinate with the client team on the budget, ensuring it is compliant, complete, and reconciled against the technical volume's stated approach, labor, and assumptionsAssemble the final compliant package and manage submission through the required portal or channel, with time built in for portal failureEnsure the submitted package is complete, correctly assembled, and matches the approved versionStand up SLS's proposal function from the ground up: templates, style standards, review protocols, and a documented development processBuild the reusable content library — past performance, resumes, capability boilerplate, graphics — so each pursuit starts from assets rather than a blank pageRequest and document debriefs, track outcomes, and translate customer feedback into changes in how SLS proposesWho You AreYou have 3 to 5+ years of experience in proposal or grant writing, preparing documents for publication, writing captions or headlines, and following editorial style guidelinesYou have led or played a central role in leading efforts with multiple senior team members in executing a project from inception to completion.You have knowledge of the government or commercial proposal processYou have proven ability to work under the pressure of long- and short-term deadlines, while balancing both short- and long-term projectsYou are confident in executing and implementing decisions made by leadershipYou have a track record of successfully planning and completing projects with a high degree of attention to detail, in an organized fashion.You communicate clearly, document decisions well, and can bring structure without unnecessary bureaucracy.You are confident partnering directly with senior leadership and navigating trade-offs.Must be able to have predictable and reliable attendance.Working at Street Level StrategyCompensationThe pay scale for this position is $80,000–$95,000 per year.Core Benefits32 days of paid time off: 10 vacation days, 9 sick days, 13 holidaysBereavement leavePaid parental leaveStreet Level pays 75% contribution toward Medical, Dental, and Vision401K with 4% company matchPerksHybrid in office schedule - 3 days remote and 2 days in office each week.Weekly in office catered lunchPaid office parkingFirm wide social events including summer outing, winter mountain trip, and annual off-site retreat.