The McConnell Group, Inc, a life sciences company supporting Biomedical and Medical Research programs in both Federal and Commercial space is seeking an experienced Proposal Coordinator to support our team with the internal proposal coordination and process.

The Proposal Coordinator will collaborate with the Team in all aspects of proposal planning, development, and logistics. Coordinates document production to support proposal development, reviews, and delivery. This includes working closely with the Proposal Team to review the Request for Proposal (RFP) for requirements and supporting the development of a compliant matrix for production and delivery plans. The coordinator facilitates all desktop publishing and editing activities. The coordinator supports reviews, preparing review copies and merging review documents for comments; final management review; and coordinating final document production.

The position will:

• Assists the team in providing day-to-day activities of the proposal process for planning and building high quality, responses to requests for proposals
• Works collaboratively with a wide range of staff including book bosses, technical and business subject matter experts, authors, capture managers, contracts managers, to facilitate efficient and effective proposal development
• Review and interpret RFP requirements ensuring compliance with font, type size, margins, and other proposal submission requirements.
• Create proposal schedules, timelines with managers to ensure deadlines for production are realistic/achievable
• Work with the Proposal Team in maintaining configuration control of documents and deliverables
• Perform visual Quality Assurance (QA) inspection of all proposals
• Prepare hardcopy/electronic files for submission
• Works closely with the Proposal Team on administrative tasks, as required
• Manages the Proposal Library
• Anticipate and communicate team needs.

Compensation/Benefits: TMG offers competitive pay and benefits packages including health insurance; paid holiday, vacation, and PTO; EAP; 401(k) and College Savings Plan.

The McConnell Group is an equal opportunity employer EOE M/F/Disabled/Vet

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communication, Business or other related field and minimum of 3 years of related proposal coordination experience
• Experience in proposal preparation, coordination, and production support for Federal or Commercial
• Strong attention to details
• Ability to effectively communicate with proposal leaders, subject matter experts, and other staff involved with the process
• Proficient in Microsoft Word. skilled in formatting Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint documents
• Experience with SharePoint and Adobe Acrobat Pro and other Desktop publishing software
• Able to work an occasional evening and weekends to meet proposal deadline
• A team player that can successfully work virtually, a must.