Jill Blair

Email: abqg6i@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ***** * ******** *****

City: Aurora

State: CO

Zip: 80015

Country: USA

Phone: 303-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $80,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

JILL M. BLAIR

14695 East Stanford Place

Aurora, Colorado 80015

303-***-**** - hm

303-***-**** - cell

abqg6i@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

A challenging and professional position as an RFP Coordinator /Writer/Editor that will utilize my exceptional organizational, interpersonal, writing/editing, and leadership skills.

QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS:

*Manage and direct proposal production personnel and resources to include proposal coordinators, editors, graphic artists and desktop publishers

*Develop proposal production and delivery plans that minimize risks and provide realistic completion deadline

*Assist Proposal Manager in development of the Proposal Management Plan, schedule and requirements driven outline

*Support Volume Leads, Section Managers, Book Bosses in meeting all priorities and deadlines while ensuring adherence to RFP requirements, compliance, proposal page allocations, style guide and page layout

*Member of numerous proposal teams with varying roles and responsibilities including: editing, writing, interviewing SME`s for proposal content, coordinating, production and final delivery of small and large government proposals, including packaging and shipping

*Experience in analyzing and determining proposal requirements and general instructions referenced in Proposal RFP`s, RFI`s, SOW`s, PPI`s, PEC`s, Section L`s and Section M`s

*Proposal writing experience including Security Volume, Past Performance, Resumes, Compliance and Cross Reference Matrices, Acronym lists

*Quick study with an ability to rapidly achieve program and organization integration, easily assimilate job requirements and aggressively embrace new methodologies

*Plan, execute and manage overall workflow and all proposal development activities and deliverables associated with color reviews (i.e., pink team, red team)

*Energetic and self motivated team member/player, self driven and reliable. At ease in high stress, fast paced environments with ever changing requirements and priorities

*Exceptional interpersonal skills with all levels of management, technical teams, executive staff and customers

*Excellent leadership, management, and oral/written communication skills

*Thrive in both independent and collaborative environments

*Experience with Windows NT/2000 Operating Environment, MS Office Products, SharePoint, Company specific Virtual Proposal Center

*Shipley -Writing Winning Proposals- training - 2011

*Current TS/SCI w/CI poly, SSBI date: 07/08/2010

EXPERIENCE:

Innovar Group - Greenwood Village, Colorado

Contractor with Ball Aerospace - Technical Editor/Writer/Proposal Coordination and Production/Security Consultant

October 2011 - present

*Daily interface with customer leadership, management, team leads and team members.

*Gather pertinent company information, via interviews and proposal meetings, from teammates and subcontractors in response to past performance requirements, resumes and program history.

*Plan and arrange, in advance, for the necessary proposal production resources including manpower, money and material

*Assist proposal manager with AMU`s, style guide, document tempates and acronym lists.

*Responsible for coordination of other members of Publications team including graphics, production, desktop publishing and editing in regards to proposal deadlines, deliverables and requirements

*Support to numerous proposals including proposal coordination, editing, production, and some desktop publishing

*Security support including personnel security, OPSEC, classification and Information Security

Raytheon Company - Aurora, Colorado

Security Manager/Security Subject Matter Expert (SME) for New Business

January 2007 - October 2011

*Extensive experience as Primary Security Volume Lead, and volume writer, on winning proposals

*Participate in the Gate Review process for classified programs

*Responsible for interpretation, implementation and administration of Security policies and procedures

*Ability to network, develop and sustain long lasting working relationships with a number of customers in the Intelligence Community

*Planner/Organizer/Host for various customer training courses including Analytical Risk Management (ARM) course, Customer Security Orientation Course, ICD-503 course, etc.

*Supervise the development and management of seven Program Security Representatives

*Responsible for the performance, attendance and conduct of team and team members

*Point of Contact for customer security compliance including tracking, reporting, and resolving security infractions and/or violations

*Responsible for organizational communication and management directives

*Performance development input and review with team members

*Led Security Education and Awareness Training (SATE) events for the Aurora Campus. Responsibilities included development of yearly theme, scheduling of events, recruiting speakers, finding volunteers for outreach events, planning the budget, advertising and marketing, and recognizing and rewarding outstanding contributions and participation of teammates

Raytheon Company - Aurora, Colorado

Team Leader II, Industrial Security

December 2006-January 2007

*Support numerous program meetings (BMR, PMR, TEM`s, SRR, CDR, PDR) as part of program start-up and day to day activities

*Provide input on performance, attendance and conduct of team

*Mentor for junior Program Security Representatives

*Assist and participate in daily workload of team

*Coordinate program security education and awareness activities

*Coordinate the annual Security Awareness Plan

Raytheon Company - Aurora, Colorado

Industrial Security Specialist I and II

October 2001 - December 2006

*Liaison to Programs regarding working with, and handling, classified information which includes flow down and implementation of customer directives and policies.

*Conducted security indoctrination and re-indoctrinations briefings for SCI community and other Special Access Programs

*Maintain personnel databases that include RFA submitted and approved dates, poly dates, program caveats and associated briefed dates, briefing and de-briefing dates, program access quotas and billet lists, etc.

*Single POC for Special Access Program which included day-to-day job responsibilities in all security disciplines (IS, Physical Security, Visitor Control, Document Control, Personnel Security and COMSEC)

*COMSEC custodian responsibilities for a compartmented SAP program which included receiving and returning COMSEC, COMSEC account records, yearly inspection, control logs, and key maintenance

*Actively participate in Government/Contractor Security Working Groups and interact with all levels of government and contractor employees

*Promote Security Awareness by participating in Security Education Week, coordination of guest speakers and demonstrations, etc.

*Mentor for new Program Security Representatives

*Extensive support to SCI hardware and software shipments all over the world

*Host for customer security training held on site

Raytheon Company - Aurora, Colorado

Human Resources/Engineering

Staffing Assistant, College Relations Representative and Recruiting Coordinator, Engineering Staffing Liaison

February 1995 - October 2001

*All administrative tasks associated with the staffing process including typing offer letters, paperwork compilation, drug screening, pre-employment screening, database entry and maintenance (HRIS and RESTRAC).

*Liaison with corporate office, universities, minority programs, professional organizations and recruiters for college and professional recruiting programs.

*Interview training class development and teaching.

*Intern/Summer Employment program coordinator

*Human Resources Interviews, salary negotiations and offers.

*Liaison with Hiring Managers, Team Leads to determine hiring goals and needs. Interact with Staffing Organization on job requirements

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science Degree with an area of emphasis in Marketing from Colorado State

University

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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