Proposal Coordinator II
Cascade Energy · Portland, OR · 3 wk ago
OTHR$35.44–$53.31/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, duplicated lines, application instructions. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- About This Opportunity: description of role: "We are seeking a Proposal Coordinator II The Proposal Coordinator II helps Cascade's Customer Engagement team deliver high-quality, compliant, and compelling proposals to meet company sales goals. The Proposal Coordinator II follows detailed checklists to coordinate the entire RFX*-based sales process from opportunity assessment through proposal development, interviews, contract negotiations, and handoff to the delivery team. The Proposal Coordinator II can expect to coordinate approximately eight active proposals in various stages at any given time. * RFX = Request for Proposals, Qualifications, Information, etc."
- Future-Focused AI-Ready Culture: description about company culture, AI usage. Could be part of About the role? Might be separate but not required heading. We can include under About the role maybe.
- What You Will Be Doing: list of duties (Project Management, Assignments, Proposal Development, Post-Proposal Facilitation, Contract Negotiations, Knowledge Transfer, Teamwork, RFX Discovery, Emerging Technology). Also includes "This is a full-time, non-exempt position, preferably located in Portland OR. We are also open to non-Portland candidates who reside near one of Cascade Energy’s offices with a willingness to travel occasionally."
- Qualifications: required: Bachelor’s Degree in English, Communications, Journalism, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience; 3+ years’ experience writing and editing proposals, grants, marketing materials, or other business development content.
- Preferred characteristics/skills: Experience working with energy efficiency, demand response, decarbonization, climate, and sustainability programs preferred.
- Compensation & Benefits: salary range $35.44 - $53.31/hour ($73,715 - $110,885 annualized). Benefits: health, dental, vision coverage, flexible spending and health savings account options with employer contributions; life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, paid parental leave, 401(k)-retirement plan with guaranteed 3% employer contribution; Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), annual cash performance bonuses, paid vacation and sick time, inclusive flexible holiday policy; $500 contribution to HSA/FSA/Lifestyle Spending Account.
- Schedule: Not explicitly given besides full-time. Could infer full-time. But we should not create Schedule section unless posting actually states them. It says "This is a full-time, non-exempt position". That's schedule info (full-time). So we could include Schedule section with "Full-time". However rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state full-time, so we can include Schedule.
- Pay: we have salary range, so include Pay section.
- Benefits: we have benefits details, include Benefits section.
- Skills: maybe we can include preferred skills as Skills section. The posting includes "Experience working with energy efficiency, demand response, decarbonization, climate, and sustainability programs preferred." Also maybe "utilizes AI tools (such as Copilot, Claude, and others) and other emerging technology". Could be considered skills. We'll include Skills section with those.
- Requirements: maybe combine Qualifications and Requirements? The posting has "Qualifications" heading with required and preferred. We could treat Requirements as required qualifications, and Qualifications as maybe same? But we need to follow instruction: use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where.
We have:
- About the role: overview description (About This Opportunity + Future-Focused AI-Ready Culture maybe). Could be a paragraph.
- Responsibilities: the "What You Will Be Doing" list.
- Requirements: required qualifications (Bachelor's degree, 3+ years experience).
- Qualifications: maybe preferred qualifications? Or we could treat Qualifications as the same as Requirements? But we need both sections if content exists. The posting has "Qualifications" heading with required and preferred. We could split: Requirements = required; Qualifications = preferred (or additional). Let's do that.
- Skills: maybe the AI tools usage and energy efficiency experience.
- Benefits: benefits details.
- Pay: salary range.
- Schedule: full-time.
We must not include boilerplate like "Reasonable accommodation will be made..." etc. That's legal/EEO; remove. Also remove "Application Process", "About Us", "Why Work at Cascade?", "AI Usage During our Recruitment Process", "AAP/EEO Statement". Also remove duplicated lines.
We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to keep the description of role, responsibilities list, required qualifications, preferred qualifications/skills, benefits, pay, schedule.
Let's extract specifics.
About the role: combine first paragraph and Future-Focused AI-Ready Culture.
First paragraph: "We are seeking a Proposal Coordinator II The Proposal Coordinator II helps Cascade's Customer Engagement team deliver high-quality, compliant, and compelling proposals to meet company sales goals. The Proposal Coordinator II follows detailed checklists to coordinate the entire RFX*-based sales process from opportunity assessment through proposal development, interviews, contract negotiations, and handoff to the delivery team. The Proposal Coordinator II can expect to coordinate approximately eight active proposals in various stages at any given time. * RFX = Request for Proposals, Qualifications, Information, etc."
Second: Future-Focused AI-Ready Culture paragraph: "At Cascade Energy, we’re actively shaping how AI gets deployed in the real world, in our tools, our client engagements, and our daily work. Our approach has always been relationship-driven and expertise-led, and AI is how we multiply the impact of both. Successful Cascadians are curious and resilient. They embrace change, seek smarter ways to create impact, and take ownership of their own growth. We embed AI into our work in ways that are responsible and human-centered, and we actively develop our people to deploy it creatively and confidently. We believe the future belongs to organizations that pair emerging technology with genuine human expertise. That future is being built here. . . .come be a part of it!"
We can combine into a couple paragraphs.
Responsibilities: list from "What You Will Be Doing". Items:
- Project Management: manages proposal team activities to support milestone achievement, including scheduling meetings, developing work plans, assigning and tracking action items, and following up to keep proposal efforts on schedule.
- Assignments: owns the full proposal cycle for mid- to large-sized sales efforts and innovative proposals. Helps develop Strategy to Win documentation for significant/critical sales efforts. This person will take some direction and guidance from senior team members.
- Proposal Development: conducts research and outreach required to draft RFX response and coordinates with subject matter experts for input as needed.
- Post-Proposal Facilitation: facilitates and drafts initial responses to post-proposal requests including interview presentations, follow-up questions, and revisions.
- Contract Negotiations: facilitates communications and maintains organized records during contract negotiations. Proficient at reading and interpreting contractual documents and managing redlines.
- Knowledge Transfer: supports compilation and transfer of relevant materials and information to program delivery team.
- Teamwork: contributes to the team’s high-quality written proposals by proofreading proposals and collaborating on proposal efforts.
- RFX Discovery: regularly monitors inboxes and checks websites for relevant opportunities.
- Emerging Technology: utilizes AI tools (such as Copilot, Claude, and others) and other emerging technology to refine proposal content, enhance productivity, and improve business outcomes.
Also note: "This is a full-time, non-exempt position, preferably located in Portland OR. We are also open to non-Portland candidates who reside near one of Cascade Energy’s offices with a willingness to travel occasionally." That could be part of Responsibilities or maybe Schedule. We'll treat location/travel as part of Responsibilities? Might be better as Schedule? But schedule is about full-time; location/travel is not schedule. Could be part of About the role? Might be better to include in Responsibilities as a note. However we have a Schedule section for full-time. We'll keep location/travel maybe in About the role or Responsibilities as a sentence. Let's put it in Responsibilities as a bullet? Not exactly a duty. Could be a note under Responsibilities: "Position is full-time, non-exempt, preferably based in Portland OR; open to non-Portland candidates near Cascade offices with occasional travel." We'll include as a paragraph after list.
Requirements: required qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in English, Communications, Journalism, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 3+ years’ experience writing and editing proposals, grants, marketing materials, or other business development content
Qualifications (preferred):
- Experience working with energy efficiency, demand response, decarbonization, climate, and sustainability programs preferred.
- For candidates whose experience may not align perfectly with all these preferred skills but can see themselves adding value in this role, we encourage you to still apply. (That's more encouragement, maybe not needed.)
We could also include "Cascade is dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace and places strong importance on learning and development." That's boilerplate? Might be considered EEO? It's about culture; could be kept but maybe not essential. We'll keep as part of Qualifications? Might be fluff. Safer to keep only substantive: preferred experience.
Skills: maybe include AI tools usage and emerging technology. Also maybe "proficient at reading and interpreting contractual documents and managing redlines" is a skill but already in responsibilities. We'll list skills: Experience with AI tools (Copilot, Claude, etc.) and other emerging technology; Experience in energy efficiency, demand response, decarbonization, climate, sustainability programs; Proficient at reading/interpreting contracts and managing redlines; Strong project management, proofreading, collaboration.
But we must not invent details. We'll stick to what's explicitly stated: "utilizes AI tools (such as Copilot, Claude, and others) and other emerging technology to refine proposal content, enhance productivity, and improve business outcomes." and "Experience working with energy efficiency, demand response, decarbonization, climate, and sustainability programs preferred." Also "proficient at reading and interpreting contractual documents and managing redlines." That's in responsibilities but could be skill.
We'll create Skills section with those bullet points.
Benefits: list as per posting.
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible spending and health savings account options that include employer contributions
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Paid parental leave
- 401(k)-retirement plan with a guaranteed 3% employer contribution
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Annual cash performance bonuses
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Inclusive, flexible holiday policy
- $500 contribution that can be applied to an HSA, FSA, or Lifestyle Spending Account
Pay: salary range: $35.44 - $53.31/hour ($73,715 - $110,885 annualized).
Schedule: full-time, non-exempt position.
We must not include "non-exempt" maybe it's part of schedule. We'll state "Full-time, non-exempt".
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... paragraphs ...
Responsibilities
- Project Management: ... ...
This is a full-time, non-exempt position, preferably located in Portland OR; we are also open to non-Portland candidates who reside near one of Cascade Energy’s offices with a willingness to travel occasionally.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in English, Communications, Journalism, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience