MSI Business Development Associate, Washington DC

MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding, MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more than 70 projects worldwide. More than 30 are long-term, many in conflict-prone or fragile states that include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, our range of technical expertise includes analytical and field projects in democracy and governance, economic growth, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, health and the justice sector. MSI focuses on helping our local partners foster progress, manage change and improve the effectiveness of development assistance. We expanded our global footprint in 2008 by becoming part of Coffey International Development, a leading development firm that is part of Coffey International Limited, a publicly traded company on the Australia Stock Exchange. Alongside Coffey, MSI has corporate offices in 17 countries. Together, MSI and Coffey International Development employ more than 1,400 professionals worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Position Summary: MSI has an immediate opening for an entry level Associate to support the Business Development Unit. This person will serve as a member of our Business Development team and work closely with the team to prepare for bidding opportunities, create proposal sections and maintain proposal resources.

Responsibilities: • Coordinate planning and logistics for proposal preparation teams, including research, scheduling and scopes of work. • Write corporate capability statements and tailor past performance reports for proposals utilizing MSI internal databases and key informant interviews. • Review solicitation documents for corporate capability and past performance requirements. • Work with the proposal manager to appropriately archive and create citations, reports, and matrices for submitted proposals for easy retrieval by others. • Review MSI proposals and marketing pieces and edit for consistency, tense, and punctuation. • Draft biographical summaries and personnel resumes.

Qualifications: • BA in international studies, business management, public administration or equivalent experience. • Minimum of 3-4 years of experience working in proposal management. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • A teamwork approach and ability to work under tight deadlines. • Ability to maintain confidentiality in all business matters. • Knowledge of a foreign language and previous international work and/or travel preferred.

How to apply:

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

To apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com/careers.