Proposal Manager

Proposal Manager

Company Overview:

CAMRIS International is a growing international development and research firm that realizes innovative solutions to health and development challenges through high-quality, cost-effective program and research management services. With experience working in more than 80 countries, we combine our proven systems with today's most effective, evidence-based best practices to improve the lives of people around the world. We apply a customized, customer-centric, cost-effective business approach to offer greater value to our clients and challenge the way things have always been done in our field.

Building on the experience of our founding companies CAMRIS has nearly 60 years of experience implementing international development programs. CAMRIS' practice areas include global health, agriculture and food security, economic development, education, environment, humanitarian assistance, democracy and governance and medical research. CAMRIS' proven performance in monitoring and evaluation, project design and implementation, capacity building, research and other capabilities on more than 2,000 contracts testifies to our ability to meet the highest standards of public and private sector clients worldwide.

We have honed a cutting-edge approach to customer service built on providing expert human resources supported by a strong quality assurance process and reliable management and administrative services. We have developed agile, efficient systems for implementing large technical assistance, research, institutional support and other task-based contracts.

Role in Organization:

The Proposal Manager is responsible for preparing all competitive awards from the United States Government (USG), and other agencies and/or organizations as appropriate.

Primary Duties:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· Recruit, organize, and direct the proposal planning team. This includes selecting coordinators to direct the activities of various groups involved in research, program development, time/cost analysis, and the like.

· Help the team analyze the RFP to determine the client's needs and expectations.

· Establish the proposal-planning schedule and assign tasks to individual members or team task groups.

· Ensure that the team stays on track and within established guidelines and goals.

· Review materials submitted by team members.

· Maintain close contact with upper management to report on team's progress and results and to obtain added assistance when and where it is required.

· Submit the draft proposal to top management.

· Oversee assembly the final proposal and act as liaison to senior management, client management and the proposal team.

· Oversee production and delivery of the printed proposal and follow up to ensure senior management and client receives the proposal.

Qualifications:

Required Education/Experience:

· Minimum of Bachelor's degree in International Relations, Economic Development, Public Health, Public Administration, Business Administration, or relevant development/aid sector-related field.

• Minimum of 10years experience in proposal management.
• Must have experience managing short-term teams.
• Must have additional industry training in capture management, proposal management, and proposal production, or demonstrated experience.
• Experience leading successful major bids (in excess of $50,000,000) for USAID, DOS, DOD or other USG Agencies.
• FSI-3 proficiency in at least one foreign language preferred (Spanish, French, other)

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:(Licenses, certifications, etc.) Certified Proposal Practitioner OR Certified Proposal Professional (CPP) certification preferred.

(KSABs) critical to successful job performance)

· Strong knowledge of USAID and other USG agency proposal processes.

· Detailed knowledge of proposal rules and regulations; strong knowledge of donor budget processes.

· Thorough knowledge and understanding of policies and procedures of a variety of international donors, with an emphasis on USAID.

• Knowledge of the most effective and efficient proposal tools to facilitate proposal team knowledge sharing.
• Understanding of project planning and execution (manpower, money and material resources); project management experience and skills highly desired.

· Ability to work productively under the pressure of tight deadlines

· Ability to multi-task, organize and prioritize multiple on-going projects.

· Excellent oral and written communication skills.

· Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows based computer applications.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time position, and regular hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; however, this position can regularly require long hours and frequent weekend work.

Travel: 10-15 percent of local travel is expected.

Comments

CAMRIS International offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. Please submit your resume online at www.camris.com.

CAMRIS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit your resume online at www.camris.com.