Position Overview
Proposal Coordinator
The Company:
Censeo Consulting Group is a top Washington D.C. based management consulting firm dedicated to helping public sector and non-profit clients build operational excellence, deliver better outcomes, and lower cost. We take a personalized approach to strategic consulting to solve our clients’ most complex problems and build operational excellence that transforms their organizations, allowing them to better deliver on their public and social missions.
At Censeo, our award-winning culture means you’ll join a tight-knit community of 80 brilliant and passionate colleagues. We are advocates for a better functioning public sector, and we’re also good friends who know the names of each other’s dogs. Our philosophy is horizontal, not hierarchical, and our open-door policy encourages a culture of entrepreneurship at all levels. We share successes, make decisions together, and foster an environment for those with initiative to lead. Our colleagues bring their own unique personalities to work every day and use them to help shape our growing firm in ways that reach far beyond client projects.
The Position:
Censeo seeks an energetic, self-motivated, and flexible individual for the role of Proposal Coordinator to support our Business Development team as the firm grows. The Proposal Coordinator organizes, coordinates, and helps execute business development activities across Censeo to ensure the company’s growth strategy is implemented in a well-coordinated, timely, and efficient manner.
Responsibilities:
- Supports the proposal development process, including developing proposal templates, establishing deadlines, collecting information from technical writers, drafting non-technical content, and editing of proposal drafts
- Manages and regularly updates the opportunity tracking dashboard within SharePoint; proactively identifies risks when delays occur and mitigates accordingly
- Schedules and facilitates meetings with partner companies
- Identifies new potential opportunities through open-source research and monitoring government websites
- Works with business development team to develop action plans for capturing opportunities
- Manages and coordinates business development collateral, working closely with Marketing on material and social media content development
- Continuously identifies and introduces process improvements to ensure effectiveness and efficiency
- Facilitates other aspects of business development including managing proposal documents on SharePoint, maintaining a database of partner firms, alerting partners of new opportunities, and evaluating partners capabilities and interest in opportunities
The Ideal Candidate:
At Censeo, we are looking for unique candidates whose passion and enthusiasm will help shape Censeo’s client insights and workplace culture. Our staff have a wide range of backgrounds, areas of expertise, personality types, and favorite breakfast foods. Our client and cultural successes are rooted in our team’s innovation, creative problem solving, and collaboration. The unique perspective that you bring and the way you tackle problems are much more important to us than what’s printed on your diploma. We believe a successful Proposal Coordinator will be collaborative, detail- and deadline-oriented, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment as part of a small, high performing team. The ideal candidate would have:
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (business, communications, English, or journalism, etc)
- 0-1 years of business experience (internships count) preferably with direct exposure to Federal government business development, marketing, or proposal development
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite of tools, including Word and SharePoint
- Experience collaborating with team members and comfortable being the point person for coordinating team efforts
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Strong written communications skills; ability to communicate clearly and succinctly
- Ability to quickly and effectively learn new tools
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Demonstrated experience in a deadline-oriented environment
The Location:
Censeo Consulting Group is based in Washington D.C., a fantastic city for working professionals. We work in a hybrid setting with flexibility to work from home and work in our office conveniently located in the heart of downtown, just a few blocks away from the White House. And with many of our clients also based in D.C., we have the luxury of leaving for a meeting and being back in the office in time for post-work happy hours, team dinners, and game nights.
The Fine Print:
- The salary range for this role is $50,000 - $80,000
- Hybrid Opening
- Exempt role
- Expected travel 0-10%; may increase based on business needs
- Essential Physical Functions
- Sitting: Particularly for sustained periods of time
- Light Carrying: Physically transporting items weighing less than 15 pounds from one location to another
Censeo offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including paid vacation and sick leave, flexible and remote work opportunities, and tuition and training reimbursement. More information on our benefits and perks can be found at: https://www.censeoconsulting.com/about/join-us/.
Censeo is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all applicants and employees in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, gender, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other class protected by applicable state or federal law. #LI-Remote
Join Our Award-Winning Culture!
Our passion wins awards. But don’t just take it from us…
- 2023 Vault #9 Best Consulting Firm for Work/Life Balance
- 2023 Vault #23 Best Consulting Firm for Overall Diversity
- 2023 Management Consulted #3 Best Boutique Firms in Washington DC
- 2022 Vault #41 Best Overall Consulting Firm to Work For
- 2020 Vault #21 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2019 Ivy Exec #7 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2018 Consulting Magazine Best Small Firms to Work For
- 2017 Vault #12 Best Boutique Consulting Firm
- 2016 Forbes Best Management Consulting Firms in America
- 2015 Washington Business Journal’s Philanthropy