Proposal Specialist

ABOUT CAMPBELL & COMPANY

Campbell & Company is a national consulting firm that serves nonprofit organizations and institutions in all sectors, including education, environment, healthcare, human services, arts and culture, associations and membership organizations, and civic and public affairs. The firm has offices in Chicago and Seattle with regional staff in the Midwest and along the East and West Coasts. Our team-based approach enhances our work and is built into our company’s structure as a 100 percent employee- owned firm.

This is an exciting time for our firm as we evolve to meet then nonprofit sector’s changing needs and implement a new strategic plan to guide our firm’s ongoing growth and priorities.

We work with organizations at critical points in their growth and development, when our expertise and partnership can have a powerful impact. We have four primary service lines: fundraising, communications, executive search, and strategic information services. We assemble versatile teams for every client engagement, working to address the challenges from every angle and crafting clear, integrated solutions.

As a firm, we are fully committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA). Accordingly, we’ve created a framework to strengthen the diversity of our firm, address the ways in which we can be more fully inclusive of people from all backgrounds, and work to build equity in our profession and the nonprofit sector. This change framework focuses on our internal talent management, ensuring an inclusive culture, continuous learning, and transparent communication. We are not experts but are getting better every day.

We are also committed to walking with our nonprofit partners in this work. Our goal is to help all our clients be as inclusive as possible, advising on creating inclusive processes and conducting our work through an equity lens. One example of this work is our Equity Partners Program in which we engage with BIPOC-led nonprofits committed to racial equity work.

Learn more about Campbell & Company on our website: www.campbellcompany.com

THE POSITION

Campbell & Company seeks an individual for a Proposal Specialist position based in our Chicago headquarters. The Proposal Specialist will work closely with individual consultants and service/sector/geographic teams to provide external and internal communication support – from proposal development to client stewardship, and CRM management.

Reporting to the Director of Marketing Communications, the Proposal Specialist will be primarily responsible for helping to support and implement a business development strategy for the firm and collaborate with individual consultants to manage the sales process in bringing in new clients.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Proposal Specialist will have the following responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a familiarity with Campbell & Company’s full range of services and advise consultants on integrating services from all departments into prospective engagements.
• Work collaboratively with consultants to plan, develop, and write proposals for new business, providing full support and project management.
• Work collaboratively with consultants to plan and develop sales presentations. This includes writing and designing the presentations or handouts and working with consultants to determine what strategies are most appropriate for specific presentations. This can also include presentation coaching, as needed.
• Manage the strategic distribution of sales leads from website form submissions and phone calls in Salesforce in collaboration with the Senior Vice President to optimize sales processes and achieve organizational goals.
• Participate in business development meetings and other firm-wide activities, helping to plan and execute internal and external business development initiatives.
• Maintain quality results by using templates, following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone, and maintaining proposal support databases.
• Work with the Marketing and Communications team to create, manage, and improve a central collection of business development resources, including past client credentials, standard language, templates, toolkits, and other resources. Ensure best practices are available to members across the firm.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for amazing people who have diverse backgrounds and experiences, are inspired by our mission, and are highly motivated to change lives through meaningful work. The successful candidate will have 3-5 years prior proposal development work experience. In addition, the successful candidate will possess most of the following:

• Strong writing and copyediting skills, with a passion for the nonprofit sector.
• The ability to earn the confidence of a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Creative and critical thinking skills, i.e., the ability to apply reasoning and logic to new or unfamiliar ideas, opinions, and situations.
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Demonstrated success in time and project management skills, with an ability to work in a fast-paced environment to meet multiple project deadlines and tight timelines.
•  Demonstrated success in taking ownership of tasks and seeing them through execution with little hands-on direction. A team-based, collaborative work style with an ability to work independently and with a sense of urgency.
• A high degree of initiative to collaborate with leaders across the firm and the energy and ability to work independently.
• Familiarity with tools such as HubSpot, Salesforce, project management and CMS platforms, etc.
• Ability to use PowerPoint designs and visual elements such as logos, original images, and illustrations to deliver compelling proposals or presentations for service lines and individual consultants.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience is required. Coursework and/or experience in marketing or a related discipline is preferred.

Campbell & Company currently operates in a remote environment, with some in-person meetings based on business needs or upon client request. For this position, preference will be given to candidates located in or around the Chicagoland area.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The salary range for this position is $73,000-$78,000. Campbell & Company also offers a generous and comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; transportation benefits, flexible spending accounts, professional development, paid leaves of absence, profit sharing, an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), and generous paid time off.

APPLICATION

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your full application, including resume and cover letter, at the below link:

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Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Campbell & Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We are proud to partner with nonprofits to advance justice, opportunity, and equity throughout our society and we bring this same commitment to our practices and culture as a company. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Drawing on our deep expertise in environmental/conservation, human services, arts and culture, education, healthcare, and association/membership organizations, Campbell & Company offers a high-touch, human-centered executive search experience for clients and candidates. We recruit from our extensive national networks leveraging the relationships and reach of our entire firm, which for 47 years has partnered with organizations across the nonprofit sector to advance their missions and deepen their impact.

We are proud to be the executive search firm of choice for hundreds of nonprofit organizations. Campbell & Company has been listed four times as one of the country’s best executive search firms by Forbes Magazine and named one of Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy (WOC)’s Top 10 search firms for placing extraordinary leaders of color for three consecutive years. Crain’s Chicago recently named us one of Chicago’s Best Places to Work; Seattle Business Magazine also named us one of Washington’s Best Companies to Work For.

As members of this employee-owned firm, everyone at Campbell & Company has a personal stake in the success of each client. Through our culture driven by belonging, collaboration, curiosity, and rigor, we empower every team member to innovate for the good of our clients.

Combining your mission and our passion, Campbell & Company leverages our entire team to be an effective and supportive partner before, during, and after complex leadership transitions. We are driven to place not just a capable candidate, but one who complements your existing culture, can move your organization forward, and will make a meaningful contribution to the nonprofit sector.

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