Senior Federal Solicitation Lead – Remote

ICF; United States; Remote; USD 61,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF is seeking a Senior Solicitation Specialist to lead planning and execution support for federal research solicitations and peer-review panels. This role collaborates with project managers, serves as a task lead, and ensures reviews meet schedule, quality, security, and client requirements.

The position is contingent upon contract award and may require domestic travel to support on-site peer-review activities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; college degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience providing business-process support or a bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Willingness to travel domestically and provide on-site support for peer-review panels, workshops, and program meetings when required.
• Must successfully complete a federal background investigation and obtain a PIV credential.

Responsibilities

• Plan and administer proposal review activities across federal solicitations, proposal receipt, peer review, selection support, and closeout.
• Serve as a task lead for on-site and remote peer-review panels and lead the assigned support team through planning, execution, follow-up, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain integrated workplans, schedules, milestone charts, trackers, checklists, roles, and operating procedures for assigned review activities.
• Organize panels and sub-panels and ensure that proposal assignments, reviewer communications, meeting logistics, venue needs, and information-technology requirements are addressed.
• Provide solicitation, proposal, reviewer, and panel data in required formats; develop summary statistics and analytics; and conduct quality-control reviews for accuracy and completeness.
• Lead assigned solicitation and proposal administration activities, including data tracking, approved postings and notifications, and use of grants-management and peer-review systems.
• Interface with panelists and reviewers regarding proposal review, travel, schedules, meeting access, remote communications, deadlines, and required documentation.
• Take notes on panel proceedings as requested and ensure that review records, decision-support materials, approved communications, and closeout documentation are complete and accurate.
• Monitor activities against solicitation deadlines and report significant slippages, delays, impediments, and proposed corrective actions to project leadership.
• Ensure assigned work conforms to established quality standards, schedules, confidentiality requirements, conflict-of-interest procedures, and approved review processes.
• Manage or operate logistics systems that track reviewer information, including sensitive financial and personally identifiable information, in coordination with logistics staff.

Skills

Strong planning

Excellent communication

Panel & deadline management

Attention to detail

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

ICF is seeking a Senior Solicitation Specialist to lead planning and execution support for federal research solicitations and peer-review panels. This role collaborates with project managers, serves as a task lead, and ensures reviews meet schedule, quality, security, and client requirements.

The position is contingent upon contract award and may require domestic travel to support on-site peer-review activities.