Consulting - MERC - Activation Hub Proposal Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Amman, Jordan

Ref: HP639-1429

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Line of Service
Advisory

Specialism
Operations

Management Level
Associate

Job Description & Summary
This individual will work within the Middle East Activation Hub (AH) to support regional opportunities, proposal development, and management on strategic opportunities across our PwC competencies within the Consulting Line of Service. They will work with the Proposal Manager to collaborate with multiple regional and global teams, to execute standardised proposal processes and coordinate proposal responses. Support in developing insights and tools to ensure that information is readily available to facilitate the organization in achieving its business needs.

Key responsibilities:
• Support the Proposal Manager in facilitating the internal support of proposal development stages, in gathering information to pull together first drafts of proposals, assessing client requirements, and reviewing to ensure that proposal requirements are filled, providing inputs and organizing the content including structure and formatting of proposal documents
• Execute firm standardised proposal processes and management to coordinate multi-territory proposal responses
• Ability to organise and collaborate with individuals at all levels of seniority across multiple territories, where required
• Perform all admin requirements in relation to submitting a bid E.g. submission requirements and compliance, Bid bond issuance follow up, maintaining a schedule for deadline and key milestones for bid submission, etc.
• Support in formatting and editing proposal content.
• Creation and development of slides under guidance from the Proposal Manager.
• Desktop research for credentials, collateral, subject matter experts across the network (global and regional).
• Update the team's knowledge management system to serve the business needs and requirements.

Requirements

Scope of role and qualifications:
• Support on large, strategic RFP responses, including leveraging the knowledge of a professional services firm's operations, internal processes, tools, and support services.
• Demonstrate understanding of key elements, terms, and processes found within a Consulting or professional services proposal.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate compelling value propositions; manage resource requirements, project workflow, and, prepare or coordinate complex written and verbal materials.

Education
• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing Studies, Research or Business Administration

Language
• Fluency in spoken and written English, proficiency in Arabic is an advantage

Overall Experience
• 2+ years of experience in proposal development

Knowledge and Skills
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Independent worker
• Strategic thinker
• Strong organisation and attention to detail
• Process driven and able to facilitate workflow in challenging conditions and working with difficult stakeholders
• Ability to team with stakeholders across functions, borders, and regardless of position
• Capabilities with basic creative design (powerpoint, graphics, etc.)
• Ability to multitask on projects
• Knowledge of the RFP process and working with procurement
• Quick learner
• Basic research and account management skills
• Experience using Microsoft Office packages, specifically PowerPoint and Google for Proposals and Presentations
• Ability to travel (up to 20%)

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.

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