RFP Writer & Proposal Strategist for ESG & Governance

Glass, Lewis & Co.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental

Life insurance

Pension plan

Job summary

Glass Lewis in Toronto seeks a diligent RFP Writer to craft clear, persuasive, and compliant responses for contracts with institutional clients. This full-time, hybrid role combines project management, strategic messaging, and strong editing skills.

You will articulate our corporate governance and ESG solutions to global asset owners and managers, collaborating with sales, legal, product, and marketing to deliver compelling proposals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of professional writing experience, preferably in proposal development, technical writing, or grant writing.
• Exceptional written communication, collaboration with multiple stakeholders, extreme attention to detail, and proven project management abilities under tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Salesforce, and modern proposal automation or AI-assisted software.

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Own end-to-end RFP project including coordination with internal SMEs, timeline, deliverables, document management, and final presentation preparation.
• Analyze RFPs: Thoroughly review incoming RFPs, RFIs, and Security Questionnaires to extract requirements and evaluation criteria.
• Collaborate with Teams: Work with sales, finance, legal, product management, client success, marketing and SMEs to gather information and translate into clear, value-driven answers.
• Write and Edit: Draft executive summaries, technical approaches, and cover letters while editing content from team members.
• Own and Manage Content Library: Maintain a centralized database of standard answers, templates, and past proposals.
• Ensure Compliance: Verify submissions adhere to brand guidelines, style rules, and client submission requirements.
• Sales Enablement Support: Collaborate with commercial and product teams to build and maintain enablement materials.

Skills

Written communication

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Business, Finance, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Salesforce

Proposal automation/AI tools

Job description

Glass Lewis in Toronto seeks a diligent RFP Writer to craft clear, persuasive, and compliant responses for contracts with institutional clients. This full-time, hybrid role combines project management, strategic messaging, and strong editing skills.

You will articulate our corporate governance and ESG solutions to global asset owners and managers, collaborating with sales, legal, product, and marketing to deliver compelling proposals.