Founded in 1981, AKRF is an award-winning consulting firm with 400 professionals bringing the value of strategic thinking to our land development, transportation, energy, and water clients. We serve our clients through a commitment to technical excellence across our portfolio of professional services, while always acting with integrity and fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and environmental stewardship. Offices are located throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, and the company completes projects around the country. 

Professionals join and remain at AKRF for our corporate-casual environment that values flexible work schedules and locations, and balances award-winning planning, engineering, and environmental projects with social impact initiatives, charitable giving, and plenty of fun and games. Our firm fosters a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where employees are respected and valued in honor of their identities; we strive to deliver on this promise every day.

AKRF is seeking a Proposal Coordinator to join our marketing team in the New York City office. The Proposal Coordinator will play a crucial role in supporting the firm's business development efforts by managing the preparation and submission of high-quality proposals along with the following responsibilities: 

• Reviewing RFQ/RFP documents to develop comprehensive proposal outlines and compliance matrices 
• Participating in go/no-go discussions 
• Coordinating and managing the entire proposal development process using Adobe InDesign
• Coordinating the design of MS PowerPoint presentation decks and populating content therein
• Preparing prequalification forms and qualification packages
• Writing and updating profiles, resumes, project descriptions, and other marketing narratives
• Maintaining proposal templates, boilerplate content, and graphics to streamline the proposal production process
• Maintaining marketing data in our Unanet CRM
• Facilitating coordination and collaboration among internal stakeholders, including technical teams, project managers, and executives

Essential requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field of study like English, marketing, journalism, or communications. 
• Approximately two years of proposal coordination experience with an AEC firm. 
• Ability to format proposal content in Adobe InDesign. 
• Familiarity with MS Office Suite (Outlook, SharePoint, and Teams).
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to organize projects, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.

What AKRF is offering:

We provide employees with a benefit package [JT1] that reflects our respect for your workplace contributions, professional goals, and personal priorities. The benefits program at AKRF includes:

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
• Vacation and Sick time
• Flexible work schedules and locations
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching
• Additional Voluntary Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Training and professional development courses
• Opportunities for community outreach through internal networks
• Charitable donation match
• Transit/parking program

Compensation will range from $X to $100K - $125K, and commensurate with experience.

AKRF enforces a policy of equal employment opportunity in our daily operations. The firm has a demonstrated history of hiring, training, developing, promoting and retaining minority group members and women. All employment-related decisions are based solely on relevant criteria and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status or citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.