REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• A strong background in proposal writing, editing or strategic communications, ideally within Defence or other complex industries.
• Experience with ASDEFCON or major government tenders.
• Ability to distil technical or strategic information into sharp, structured and on-message bid content.
• Excellent editing skills to ensure documents exhibit one voice across multiple contributors.
• Skilled at coaching others to lift writing quality and own their content.
• Strong understanding of Defence sector language, tone and win strategies.
• Autonomous, resilient and confident in managing competing deadlines across multiple stakeholders.
• Tenacity to push for excellence and consistency under time pressure.

• Lead and support the authoring of proposal content that is concise, persuasive and aligned to win themes.
• Review and edit complex technical and strategic content to ensure tone, clarity, structure and consistency across proposals.
• Collaborate with key contributors across the business (including internal and subcontracted authors) to embed a cohesive voice across all submissions.
• Drive content development best practices
• Identify and address content gaps, helping build sustainable proposal capability within the team.
• Partner with Proposal Managers to align messaging with broader business development strategy.