Heitman

Heitman

Senior Proposal and Investment Writer

Chicago, IL, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 3410 days ago
Project ManagementExcelLeadershipCommunicationMicrosoft OfficeSharePoint

About the role

  • Heitman's real estate investment strategies include direct investments in the equity or debt capitalization of a property or in the securities of listed and publicly traded real estate companies.
  • Heitman serves a global client base with clients from North American, European, Middle Eastern and Asia-Pacific institutions, pension plans, foundations and corporations and individual investors.
  • This position will interact regularly with sales & client service, investment team members, and senior management.

Responsibilities

  • Add new, update and maintain existing content within the firm's RFP database
  • Work with investment team members to develop and write new content
  • Ensure timely deliverable of quarterly updates, including documents in RFP library and updates to proposal database
  • Collaborate with resident experts and author articles to be published in target industry and other publications

Requirements

  • 7 years of direct job-related experience required
  • Bachelor's degree required.

Nice to have

  • Degrees in Journalism, English, Political Science, Marketing or Communications preferred.

Skills

  • Strong writing, editing, proofreading skills are essential
  • Direct experience leading, writing, editing and preparing RFPs
  • Direct experience leading, writing, editing and preparing thought leadership, content programs
  • Superior project management skills
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
  • High level of professionalism, client service skills and an enthusiastic team player
  • Ability to work efficiently and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
  • Must be a results-oriented self-starter with strong attention to detail
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SharePoint
  • Experience working in PMAPS or Qvidian preferred
  • KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES - The following are essential:

Compensation

  • Review and edit client communications, including quarterly and annual reports

Company info

  • Founded in 1966, Heitman LLC is a global real estate investment management firm with over $36 billion in assets under management.
  • Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Los Angeles, London, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, and Melbourne, Heitman's over 300 employees offer specialized expertise - from a specific discipline to local insight.
  • Our Chicago office is seeking a Senior Proposal Writer who will develop responses to requests for proposals and due diligence questionnaires from consultants and prospective clients.
  • This position will also handle updating the PMAPs content library, develop marketing collateral for the firm's funds and strategies, and will edit client communications, including quarterly and annual reports.
  • The Senior Proposal Writer will work across Heitman's three complementary business units and will support the firm globally.
  • As the position will handle a high volume of work in a fast-paced environment, ideal candidates will exhibit strong attention to detail and the ability to effectively manage time and prioritize assignments.
  • Primary Duties - May include, but not limited to the following:
  • RFPs
  • Write, organize, edit and format responses to requests for proposals (RFPs) across all of Heitman's products and geographic regions
  • Analyze RFP requirements in order to write, answer, organize and edit proposal content
  • Coordinate sales and investment teams to establish RFP timelines and determine content ownership
  • Responsible for updating consultant databases on a regular basis
  • Provide feedback and recommendations to improve processes
  • Responsible for tracking, analysis and/or reporting on trends and RFP process effectiveness
  • Thought leadership development
  • Write, and coordinate development of various thought leadership pieces that can be leveraged across multiple platforms and present the firm's investment capabilities in the context of global secular and cyclical macroeconomic developments and client investment
  • challenges and objectives
  • Review and edit client communications, including quarterly and annual reports
  • Responsible for tracking, analysis and/or reporting on effectiveness
  • Excellent academic qualifications; Bachelor's degree required.
  • Financial services, real estate, or professional services industry experience a must

Equal opportunity

  • Heitman is an equal employment opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, physical, medical or mental disability or condition (including, without limitation, HIV and AIDS), developmental disability, handicap, denial of family and medical care leave, denial of pregnancy leave, domestic partner status, status as a victim of sexual or domestic violence (or familial relationship to such victim), veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, arrest records, citizenship status, criminal history that has been expunged, unfavorable discharge from the military, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.

Visa & Work Authorization

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