Lead Publications Specialist

Title:

Lead Publications Specialist

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KBR is seeking an experienced Lead Publications Specialist to oversee the end-to-end content development of large, high-value proposals for government contracts across various federal and state agencies. The Lead Publications Specialist writes and leads technical, management, staffing, and/or past performance sections and volumes. Experience in conceptualizing graphics to best convey proposal/document messages and solutions is required. The successful candidate will collaborate with management and technical experts to ensure clarity of content and refine content for final production and delivery of documents. 

In addition to content development, the Lead Publications Specialist tasks also include editing and proofreading our technical and management proposal content for grammar, punctuation, style, clarity, and factual correctness ensuring content distills complex technical terms into easy-to-understand proposal content and marketing materials.

This position reports directly to the Senior Manager of Proposal Operations. 

The successful candidate must demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to provide constructive feedback to our technical writers to help them improve the quality of their writing and possess the ability to provide support within tight turnaround timelines. The Lead Publications Specialist must also have the ability to work collaboratively with a variety of diverse teams assembled based on expert needs.

Additional Responsibilities Include: 

• Works as part of a collaborative team to clearly articulate solutions, strategies, win themes, and discriminators
• Develops and articulates compelling proposal content that reflects an understanding of the customer’s needs and the KBR’s solution strategy
• Edits technical content for accuracy, clarity, grammar, and style
• Ensures all content is easy to understand and adheres to KBR and client style guidelines
•  Incorporates approved KBR capture solutions, is compelling while remaining fully compliant with customer solicitation requirements
• Collaborates with business development, capture management, and technical subject matter experts to craft persuasive, accurate, and compliant proposals.
• Facilitates solution strategy discussions to create a proposal that effectively highlights differentiators and win themes.
• Independently researches and identifies existing proposal content for applicable relevance to requirements, and interviews subject matter experts to compile compelling proposal content
• Provides feedback and suggestions for improvement to technical writers 
• Creates templates and proposal global consistency/wall of truth documents for writing teams when necessary
• Writes or edits content within schedule deadlines

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Education: Must have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in English, Journalism, Engineering, Applied Science, or similar fields
• At least 8 to 10+ years of proven work experience in a similar role
• Experience with Federal Government proposal development and related Shipley training
• Proven writing experience with the ability to clearly and concisely write proposal sections to convey knowledge of KBR’s mission and business objectives and how our solutions meets or exceeds requirements
• Ability to take bulleted information, snippets, and rough ideas and transform them into compelling proposal narrative
• Must be flexible, highly motivated, and reliable
• Strong computer skills and experience working with SharePoint and using Microsoft 365 products

PREFERRED/DESIRED SKILLS

• APMP Certification
• Familiarity with a wide range of government agencies and contracting vehicles (e.g. IDIQs, GWACs, MACs, and BPAs)

Basic Compensation:

$87,200.00 - $130,700.00

The offered rate will be based on contract affordability and the selected candidate’s working location, knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity

KBR Benefits​

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule.  We support career advancement through professional training and development.​

Click here to learn more:  https://careers.kbr.com/us/en/kbr-benefits

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.