Proposal Coordinator (Entry-Level, Full-Time)
Proposal Coordinator (Entry-Level, Full-Time)
outcome/one is a boutique strategy firm helping organizations accelerate growth in the defense and government sectors. Our work shapes decisions across national security, technology, and global affairs. Our client is growing fast and needs a Proposal Coordinator to keep the wins coming. Hybrid on-site in Raleigh, NC.
The work
You will help win federal contracts and grants by writing, editing, and coordinating the documents the government uses to pick vendors. Real bids. Real deadlines. Real stakes.
In your first year you will:
- Draft and edit proposal sections, white papers, and marketing materials
- Interview engineers and program managers, then turn their answers into clean prose
- Format Word and PowerPoint templates that almost always need fixing
- Track assignments across a team of contributors and keep deadlines from slipping
- Use AI tools every day to research, draft, and edit faster, and learn when to overrule them
You should apply if:
- You have a BA or BS in English, Journalism, Communications, or a related field (within last 2 years).
- You write more than you have to. Campus paper, Substack, fiction folder, long group-chat essays.
- You like deadlines and finishing things
- You are fluent in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and not afraid of Adobe Acrobat
- You already use AI tools in your writing and can talk about how
Why this role is worth it:
Federal proposals are how the U.S. government decides who builds the next decade of national capability. The writing is the difference between good companies winning and good companies losing. Most writers never get inside that process. You will, on day one. You will also learn a craft: federal acquisition and proposal strategy.
How to apply
Send three things:
- Your current resume.
- A writing sample under 1,000 words. Any genre.
- One paragraph on how you use AI in your writing today.
Applications that skip any of the three will not be reviewed. This job is about following instructions exactly. Start now.