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Your Impact:
As an Inside Sales Coordinator, you’ll be an integral part of Jacobs’ sales organization to plan, lead, and support a variety of assignments on strategic pursuits, and to position Jacobs for success. Working with other members of the team, you’ll work on a variety of proposal activities, ranging from U.S. government SF 330s and qualification statements to strategic, complex proposals and presentations.
During your time with Jacobs, you will engage with pursuit teams on sales process discipline, win strategy and proposal development, interviews, and presentations; as well as independently lead the coordination, writing, and preparation of proposals of varying sizes for various clients in conjunction with more experienced sales staff.
This role may be performed anywhere within the United States.
As an Inside Sales Coordinator you will:
- Work closely with the F&ES Federal Civilian portfolio Department of Interior account team
- With little or no supervision, independently perform research, writing, editing, and proposal production and coordination of a variety of sales/business development efforts
- Manage multiple tasks concurrently and engage with various stakeholders/reviewers
- Organize, direct, and guide proposal support team (document processors, creative services, reproduction, etc.) to achieve successful, timely outcomes and high-quality deliverables
- Personally participate in writing, editing, coordinating, and ensuring compliance; oversee preparation/writing of proposal sections by others
- Work both collaboratively and independently, as appropriate
- Exercise sound judgment to support timely decisions with the team on compliance-related issues and other issues impacting the development, production, and delivery of high quality proposals
- Understand and apply Jacobs’ sales best practices and processes for proposal development
- Schedule, participate in, take and distribute notes for calls including proposal kickoff and chartering, color team reviews, lessons-learned, etc.
- Coordinate geographically-dispersed proposal teams and be able to do this remotely
- Follow best practices for document management, organization, and version control on proposal SharePoint sites, and apply file-sharing processes on proposals you support
- Support communications and content collection with teaming partners and subcontractors
- Proactively communicate issues/variances, resource needs, or other issues, seek input and support, and help develop solutions in a timely manner
- Write or edit content for non-technical sections, including interviewing subject matter experts and tailoring resume and project descriptions
- Direct and integrate graphic design, editing, document publishing, and reproduction staff
- Contribute suggested improvements/additions to proposal development processes
- Prioritize own and others’ work to meet proposal/team deliverables
- Follow enterprise health and safety policies and procedures and escalates issues
- Maintain robust internal client network within the business unit and/or client account teams
- Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills. Possess effective active listening skills
- Lead communications with graphic design, document publishing, production staff, technical writer/editors, and other proposal staff
- Implement company image/brand guidelines on assigned project
Jacobs health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Eligible employees and their dependents may elect medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, and if eligible, a deferred compensation plan, and Executive Deferral Plan. We have an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for eligible full-time exempt employees, seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave. Hired applicants will be able to purchase company stock and have the opportunity to receive a performance discretionary bonus.
The base salary range for this position is $61,400 to $107,400. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations [add if remote]. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Here’s What You’ll Need:- BS/BA in management, journalism, English, or technical discipline OR 5+ years of relevant proposal coordination experience in lieu of degree
- At least 1 year of relevant experience developing and coordinating proposals, presentations, and related sales or business development deliverables
- At least 1 year of experience with U.S. federal clients across the U.S. for A-E services, environmental, and/or facilities and infrastructure related SF330s and proposals
- Proposal experience in the engineering, architecture, construction, and/or environmental industries
- Advanced editing and proofreading skills, with an eye towards sales messaging, themes, proposal aesthetics, quality, and content
- Strong organizational qualities and attention to detail and quality
- Willing to travel as needed to support pursuits
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
- United States Citizenship
Ideally, You'll Also Have:
- Proficiency Adobe creative suite including In-Design
- Experience producing graphics for proposals
- Proficiency in CRM software (Salesforce preferred)
At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.
At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $15 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.