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Content Specialist - Proposals & Business Development - Remote

Employer
Westat
Location
Rockville , MD
Closing date
Jun 26, 2021

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Industry
Research
Function
Administrative, Sales
Hours
Full Time
Career Level
Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Details

Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC.

Westat is seeking a content specialist to assist in creating, tracking, and maintaining quality and consistency for staff resumes, project descriptions, and boilerplate text for use in proposals. The position requires a combination of writing, editing, user support and training, and records management tasks. 

This role is remote eligible.

Job Responsibilities:
• Work in partnership with Westat staff to develop corporate and proposal resumes that are tailored to specific opportunities and RFP requirements.
• Work with staff to target project descriptions for proposals and other corporate uses.
• Identify and assist in crafting appropriate boilerplate content; work with subject matter experts to obtain needed information.
• Conduct ongoing quality control and  coordinate regular updates of all proposal content (by making requested edits and applying consistent writing style standards).
• Process all content through a SharePoint-based library and create and maintain metadata.
• Assist with training new and existing users of systems to create and update content and provide day-to-day user support. 
• Serve as a resource on available content to proposal teams, responding to requests about creating, updating, and finalizing content and assisting users with locating content. 

Basic Qualifications: 
• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Business, and a minimum of 5 years of  marketing, technical, or proposal writing experience. 
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, a writing sample will be requested during the interviewing process.
• Proficient in latest versions of MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint) as well as Adobe Acrobat. 

Preferred Qualifications: 
• Experience in new business development, including proposal preparation, is preferred. 
• Experience with proposal content library.
• Experience in large scale document management
• Familiarity with APA or GPO style guides preferred.

In this role you will bring together your ability to work independently and with a team to meet project and proposal deadlines. Your collaboration and communication skills will be key in building relationships across the organization.

Westat offers a well-rounded and comprehensive benefits program focused on wellness and work/life balance. Eligible employees may participate in:
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Vacation Leave
  • Sick Leave
  • Holiday Leave
  • Professional Development
  • Health Advocate
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Travel Accident Insurance
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Short Term Disability Insurance
  • Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Health Savings Account

 

Westat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other protected status under applicable law.

Company

Westat, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC, is an employee-owned research corporation serving agencies of the U.S. Government, state and local governments, businesses, and foundations. We conduct surveys and program evaluations, provide statistical research, and offer related services. Our multiproject environment provides career opportunities in health, energy, education, transportation, the environment, human services, and the workforce. We combine the relevant research area expertise

Company info
Website
Location
1600 Research Blvd
Rockville
MD
20850-3195
US

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