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who writes proposals as part or all of their job description?

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zippitippitoes · 26/09/2006 17:21

and what does it entail exactly

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Gizmo · 26/09/2006 17:31

For what purpose, zippi?

I occasionally write part of the proposals we make in my office and have editorial control over issues of formatting and finishing most documents that go out. This is in the context of bidding for complex engineering/R&D projects, where we generate the idea for the technical solution and sell that solution, as well as our expertise, in the document.

These documents are between 5 - 60 pages long and are always almost written by committee: they need different expertise for different sections. So, depending on what your proposal is for, I would expect you will need to identify the audience and structure of the document, co-ordinate the actual writing with a number of your colleagues (assuming you don't necessarily have the information to write the whole document yourself), ensure any business terms involved in the document meet your business needs (do the fees cover your costs? What are the legal terms of business?), possibly create and regulate a professional format for the proposal and ensure the document is signed off by someone who is prepared to commit your employer to any work that this entails.

At least, that's my experience: what you are referring to might be a totally different animal.

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zippitippitoes · 26/09/2006 17:37

I have an interview and it's in the job description ..I actually applied with a cv for a different job and she suggested interviewing me for this (better paid) one..it's in a conference and training centre for eg health and safety courses and management courses..so I imagine it's bidding for business..

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ibecksy · 28/09/2006 20:16

I write proposals all the time for business. We do it for contracts from the UK government and overseas to supply research and evaluation of public funded schemes. We also do some training contracts.
If you have any further info on the type of job you are going for I can stick my tuppence ha'penny in.

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weeonion · 01/10/2006 10:39

hi there - maybe late for youbut i am actually sitting doing one right now... i write funding prposals,proposals for new projects and proposals for tenders.
if i can help - come back to me??

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Fiona365 · 02/10/2006 12:10

If it's a conference company and anything like the publishing experience here, then it may be product proposals for new conferences. This would entail proposing a new conference, what it would cover, who would speak, the general format, cost, time, location etc. with justification for all these, how many people would attend, how you would promote it, how much this would cost, and therefore predicted profit levels.
From my experience it's usually based on a template, using information from other proposals and other research work that you might have done as part of developing ideas for new products.

Hope that helps and is not too late!

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